Tiktok Recently Added “Health Food” Category

In order to protect the rights and interests of consumers and regulate the business practices of merchants, Tiktok revised the “Wine and Tonic Health Industry Management Code”. The rules will take effect on March 10, 2022. It’s worth notice that Tiktok has added a new food category of “Health Food/Dietary Supplements”, which is a targeted … Read more

National Health Commission: Two New Food Ingredients Approved

On March 1, the National Health Commission issued Notice No. 1 of 2022, which pointed out that two new food ingredients, Guanshan cherry blossom and pyrroloquinoline quinone disodium salt, 11 new varieties of food additives, and 19 new varieties of food-related products have passed the review. Furthermore, there is a lack of sufficient information on … Read more

Probiotics China News Bites – January 2022

AB-Biotics published an article in the Journal Gut Microbes, “Probiotic improves symptomatic and viral clearance in Covid19 outpatients: a randomized, quadruple-blinded, placebo-controlled trial”. P The first product launched by YuanQiForest in 2022 was the DuiCe SODA Lactobacillus drink. It adds the patented strain Bifidobacterium lactis CECT8145 from ADM. Thalys group announced that it has signed … Read more

Guidelines for Health Food Brand Endorsement

On February 7, the Shanghai Administration for Market Regulation issued “Compliance Guidelines for Commercial Advertising Endorsement Activities”, which not only clarifies the definition of advertising endorsers and advertising endorsement activities, but also specifies a list of 21 negative advertising endorsement conducts. Among them, the Guidelines stipulate that medical procedures, medicine, medical device, health food, and … Read more

China: Current Supplement Industry Figures and Segment Patterns

China’s health food industry has grown steadily, from $23.5 billion USD in 2017 to $29.2 billion USD in 2020, with an average annual compound growth rate of 7.75%. It is expected that the market size of China’s health food industry will exceed $31.7 billion USD in 2022 . At present, the functions of those popular … Read more

Free Webinar: Latest Updates of China Health Food (Dietary Supplement) Registration/Filing Regulation and Practical Skill Sharing

Background In 2021, China has expanded the health food filing dictionary, some functional ingredients such as Coenzyme q10 has been officially included in the filing dictionary, also DHA and protein may be included in the filing dictionary soon. A series of new regulations are assisting the health food filing to a new stage. However, the … Read more

HPA-China Information Hub

Thank you for visiting the association’s hub page which has links to some important FREE information. Please feel free to access any or all of the below services. Newsletter “China Updates” – This is HPA-China’s FREE weekly newsletter in English. It highlights the latest market intel, regulatory information, consumer trends, product launches and much more … Read more

VIDEO: HPA-Global Insights Interview with GOED’s Ellen Schutt

In this episode of HPA-Global Insights, Jeff Crowther talks with GOED’s executive director Ellen Schutt about the association’s soon to launch Clinical Study Database including a live demonstration. Also GOED’s bi-annual “GOED Exchange” is highlighted, which is taking place in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida February 15-17, 2022.