On 17 February 2016, CFDA released the Health Food Raw Materials Directory (the first batch) –Nutrition Supplement Raw Materials Directory. In order to further regulate the management of health food filing and in accordance with requirements of Measures for the Management of Health Food Registration and Filing, CFDA organized to draft the Name List of Excipients available for Health Food Filing (the first batch) (Chinese version download) and the Name List of Health Food Filing Excipients Need Further Argument (Chinese version download). The two documents cover the technical requirements for health food excipients.
These two documents were released on 30 May 2016 and are now open for public comments. Enterprises can come up with their opinions and send them to the CFDA before 11 June 2016.
I Specific Contents
These two drafts specified the variety of the excipients available for health food filing, relevant standards for reference, the maximum usage of excipients in each dosage and the usage basis. Details can be found in the following table:
These two documents were released on 30 May 2016 and are now open for public comments. Enterprises can come up with their opinions and send them to the CFDA before 11 June 2016.
I Specific Contents
These two drafts specified the variety of the excipients available for health food filing, relevant standards for reference, the maximum usage of excipients in each dosage and the usage basis. Details can be found in the following table:
| Main Contents | Specific Contents |
| Quantities of excipients | 155 (the first batch for public comment) and other 137 (still need further argument) |
| Standards of excipients for reference | National Standards, Chinese pharmacopoeia, industrial standards, announcements released by Ministry of Health or National Health and Family Planning Commission and others |
| Main dosage forms of health food in need of filing | Oral liquid, hard capsule, soft capsule, drop, particle/ powder, tablet and soft sweets |
| Basis for the maximum usage of the excipients |
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II CIRS Warm Prompt
1. If the excipients of health food do not comply with requirements of Name List of Excipients Available for Health Food Filing, this health food is not available for filing;
2. Concentrated fruit and vegetable juices (such as apple juice, orange juice, lemon juice, pineapple juice, blueberry juice, litchi juice, peach juice and vegetable juice), fruit powder, acerola cherry powder and acerola cherry extracts are all contained in the Name List of Health Food Excipients Need Further Argument. These excipients are controversial and still need further discussion to decide whether these excipients are available for health food filing. If enterprises have any opinion on this issue, you can submit your suggestions to CFDA or you can also send your opinions to CIRS, and CIRS will help you to submit your opinions.
3. Materials such as amino acid, dietary fiber, unsaturated fatty acid, saturated fatty acid, iodine, soy isolate protein, DHA, dried full cream milk, dried full cream goat milk powder, goat milk powder are not included in the two name lists, as a result, the above mentioned materials cannot be added into health food for filing as excipients.
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Ms. Cathy Yu Team Leader of Food Safety and Regulatory Affairs Department, CIRS China
11F Dongguan Building, 288 Qiuyi Road, Binjiang District, Hangzhou, China, 310020
Tel : +86 571 8720 6538 | Fax : +86 571 8720 6533
Email: cathy.yu@cirs-group.com
11F Dongguan Building, 288 Qiuyi Road, Binjiang District, Hangzhou, China, 310020
Tel : +86 571 8720 6538 | Fax : +86 571 8720 6533
Email: cathy.yu@cirs-group.com
