Recently, China’s National Health Commission (NHC) 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:
- Seven notifications of approval of review findings
- Thirty-nine notifications of extension notices; and
- Nine notifications of review opinions.
Details are as follows:
Notifications of approval of review findings (“Notice of Approval” issued after NHC’s formal announcement)
New food-related products
| S.N | Date of issue | Acceptance No. | Product name |
| 1 | 2025-03-11 | 卫食相进申字(2024)第0001号 | Polymer of 2,6-naphthalene dimethyl ester,1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol,1,2-ethanediol, 2, 2′-oxydiethanol, and β3,β3,β9,9-tetramethyl-2,4,8,10-tetraoxaspiro[5.5]undecane-3,9-diethanol |
| 2 | 2025-03-11 | 卫食相进申字(2024)第0007号 | Ammonium salt of acrylic acid and ethylene copolymer |
| 3 | 2025-03-11 | 卫食相进申字(2023)第0005号 | Polymer of methyl methacrylate benzyl ester and 2-methyl-2-propenoic acid-1,2-ethanediol ester |
| 4 | 2025-03-11 | 卫食相进申字(2024)第0003号 | Polyisobutene |
| 5 | 2025-03-11 | 卫食相进申字(2024)第0002号 | Polymer of chloride-N,N,N-Trimethyl-2-[(1-Oxo-2-propene)oxyethyl]ammonium and acrylamide |
| 6 | 2025-03-11 | 卫食相进申字(2023)第0006号 | Chromium nitride (CrN) synthesized from nitrogen gas and metallic chromium |
| 7 | 2025-03-11 | 卫食相进申字(2024)第0002号 | Isobutene-butene copolymer |
Extension notice (requires supplementary materials following the technical review by China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA))
New food raw materials
| S.N | Date of issue | Acceptance No. | Product name |
| 1 | 2025-03-31 | 卫食新申字(2025) No.0017 | L-α-GPC |
| 2 | 2025-03-31 | 卫食新申字(2025) No.0018 | N-Acetylglucosamine |
| 3 | 2025-03-31 | 卫食新进申字(2024) No.0007 | N-Acetylglucosamine (Enzymatic Method) |
| 4 | 2025-03-31 | 卫食新申字(2025) No.0009 | β-Lactoglobulin (Non-Animal Derived) |
| 5 | 2025-03-31 | 卫食新申字(2025) No.0016 | Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis YLGB-1496 |
| 6 | 2025-03-31 | 卫食新申字(2025) No.0011 | Lactobacillus paracasei N1115 |
| 7 | 2025-03-31 | 卫食新进申字(2025) No.0001 | Bifidobacterium bifidum BGN4 |
| 8 | 2025-03-31 | 卫食新申字(2025) No.0015 | Green coffee bean extract |
| 9 | 2025-03-31 | 卫食新申字(2025) No.0002 | Proanthocyanidins |
New food additives
| S.N | Date of issue | Acceptance No. | Product name |
| 1 | 2025-04-14 | 卫食添新申字(2025) No.0019 | 2′-FL |
| 2 | 2025-04-14 | 卫食添新申字(2025) No.0016 | 2′-FL |
| 3 | 2025-04-14 | 卫食添新申字(2025) No.0031 | 2′-FL |
| 4 | 2025-04-14 | 卫食添新申字(2025) No.0030 | 3-FL |
| 5 | 2025-04-14 | 卫食添新申字(2024) No.0017 | β-Alanine |
| 6 | 2025-04-14 | 卫食添新申字(2024) No.0028 | β-Alanine |
| 7 | 2025-04-14 | 卫食添新申字(2025) No.0011 | Inositol |
| 8 | 2025-04-14 | 卫食添新申字(2025) No.0013 | Casein phosphopeptide |
| 9 | 2025-04-14 | 卫食添新申字(2025) No.0017 | Xylanase from Trichoderma viride |
| 10 | 2025-04-14 | 卫食添新申字(2025) No.0012 | Stevioside |
| 11 | 2025-03-14 | 卫食添新申字(2024) No.0088 | 2′-FL |
| 12 | 2025-03-14 | 卫食添新申字(2025) No.0003 | 2-Hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde |
| 13 | 2025-03-14 | 卫食添新申字(2024) No.0089 | 3-FL |
| 14 | 2025-03-14 | 卫食添新申字(2025) No.0001 | D-Allulose-3-Epimerase |
| 15 | 2025-03-14 | 卫食添新申字(2024) No.0044 | Anethole |
| 16 | 2025-03-14 | 卫食添新申字(2025) No.0002 | Lycopene |
| 17 | 2025-03-14 | 卫食添新申字(2024) No.0037 | Catalase |
| 18 | 2025-03-14 | 卫食添新申字(2025) No.0008 | Lacto-N-Triaose |
| 19 | 2025-03-14 | 卫食添新申字(2024) No.0090 | Lacto-N-tetraose |
| 20 | 2025-03-14 | 卫食添新申字(2024) No.0023 | Rebaudioside M (enzymatic conversion method) |
| 21 | 2025-03-14 | 卫食添新申字(2024) No.0071 | Deaminase |
New food-related products
| S.N | Date of issue | Acceptance No. | Product name |
| 1 | 2025-03-11 | 卫食相进申字(2023)第0008号 | 2-methyl-2-propenoic acid [3-(trimethoxysilane propyl)] ester |
| 2 | 2025-03-11 | 卫食相进申字(2024)第0017号 | C.I. pigment white 4; zinc oxide |
| 3 | 2025-03-11 | 卫食相进申字(2024)第0010号 | C.I. pigment blue 28 |
| 4 | 2025-03-11 | 卫食相进申字(2024)第0011号 | C.I. pigment blue 29 |
| 5 | 2025-03-11 | 卫食相进申字(2025)第0001号 | Copolymer of ethyl acrylate, methacrylic acid, and styrene |
| 6 | 2025-03-11 | 卫食相申字(2025)第0002号 | Glass fiber |
| 7 | 2025-03-11 | 卫食相申字(2025)第0001号 | Polyethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate (PEF) |
| 8 | 2025-03-11 | 卫食相申字(2024)第0012号 | Calcium sulfate |
| 9 | 2025-03-11 | 卫食相进申字(2024)第0019号 | Tetra[3-(3,5-Di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propanoic acid] pentaerythritol ester |
Review opinions (CFSA recommends not granting approval after the technical review)
New food additives
| S.N | Date of issue | Acceptance No. | Product name |
| 1 | 2025-03-31 | 卫食新申字(2025) No.0014 | Hericium erinaceus BCRC35669 mycelium |
New food additives
| S.N | Date of issue | Acceptance No. | Product name |
| 1 | 2025-04-14 | 卫食添新申字(2025) No.0025 | Sodium propionate |
| 2 | 2025-04-14 | 卫食添新申字(2025) No.0022 | Lemon verbena extract |
| 3 | 2025-04-14 | 卫食添新申字(2025) No.0021 | Nisin |
| 4 | 2025-04-14 | 卫食添新申字(2025) No.0020 | Sorbic acid and potassium sorbate |
| 5 | 2025-04-14 | 卫食添新申字(2025) No.0029 | Potassium sorbate |
| 6 | 2025-04-14 | 卫食添新申字(2025) No.0018 | Carmine and its aluminum lake |
| 7 | 2025-03-14 | 卫食添新申字(2025) No.0009 | 2′-FL |
| 8 | 2025-03-14 | 卫食添新申字(2025) No.0007 | Phosphoric acid (wet process) |
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