China NHC issued notifications regarding the acceptance of “three new foods”. The applications for FOUR new food materials, ten new food additives and one new food related materials have been received.

On March 21, 2025, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) issued 8 new food additives for public comments, including 2 new food additives, 2 new food nutrition enhancers, 1 food additive with expanded scope, 1 food processing aid with expanded scope and 1 food additive with supplemented quality specifications. Comments are welcomed before April 20, 2025.

China’s National Health Commission (NHC) Government Services Platform issued notifications regarding the acceptance of “three new foods”. The applications for three new food materials and seven new food additives have been received.

On February 10, 2025, National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China (NHC) issued an announcement (No. 1 of 2025) for “Three New Foods” with 20 products approved, including 5 new food raw materials, 8 new food additives, and 7 food-related products.

As of the end of December 2024, the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China (NHC) issued four announcements (No. 2 of 2024, No. 3 of 2024, No. 5 of 2024, No. 6 of 2024) regarding “Three New Foods” (new food raw materials, new food additives and food-related products). A total of 54 Three New Foods have been approved in 2024, 30 of which are new food additives, including those with expanded scope.

According to the “Regulations on Administration of Administrative License for New Food-Related Products” and “Regulations on Declaration and Acceptance of New Food-Related Products”, three new food-related products, including Enzymatically produced steviol glycosides, have passed the technical evaluation by the Expert Evaluation Committee (for details, please refer to the Annex) and are released for public comments before Feb. 2, 2025.

On January 7, 2025, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) issued 4 new food-related materials for public comments, including: 3 food additive with expanded scope; and 1 new resins for food contact materials.

China’s National Health Commission (NHC) Government Services Platform issued notifications regarding the acceptance of “three new foods”. The applications for two new food additives have been accepted.

From December 20 to December 27, China's National Health Commission (NHC) Government Services Platform issued notifications regarding the approval and review of “Three new foods” (new food raw materials, new food additives, and new food-related products). The notifications included: Fourteen notifications of extension notice; Five notifications of review opinions; Thirteen notification of approval of review results; and Three non-approval decisions;

On December 13, 2024, National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China (NHC) issued an announcement (No. 5 of 2023) for “Three New Foods” with 11 products approved, including one new food raw material, eight new food additives, and two food-related products.