Analysis on Application Approval of New food Additives in 2020 - Regulatory News - Food & Food Contact Materials

In 2020, the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHC) issued three announcements (No. 4, 2020; No. 6, 2020; No.8 of 2020) by the form of “Three New Food” with a total of 78 products approved including new food raw materials (novel food), new food additives, and food-related products (new food contact substances). Among them, there were 30 new food additives (including expanded use) approved.

Besides, from websites of NHC and China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA), in 2020, a total of 73 new food additives applications were accepted, and 27 new food additives (including expanded use) passed the technical evaluation and were issued for public comments.

CIRS Group will take you to the detailed information about the acceptance and approval of new food additives in China in 2020 as following.

1. List of new food additives application acceptance in 2020 (73 types)

In 2020, a total of 73 new food additives (including expanded use) applications were accepted by NHC. The acceptance numbers are all shown as "衛食添新申字", and no distinction between domestic and imported products.

Some new products, especially those that applied in the first half of the year have passed the technical review by CFSA and were issued for public comments. Besides, a few new products were officially approved in 2020.

No	Acceptance Date	Acceptance Code	Name of New Food Additives
1	2020-01-02	衛食添新申字(2020)第0001號	Fructo oligosaccharide
2	2020-01-09	衛食添新申字(2020)第0002號	Potassium sorbate
3	2020-01-13	衛食添新申字(2020)第0003號	6S-5-methyltetrahydrofolate calcium
4	2020-01-13	衛食添新申字(2020)第0004號	Maltitol
5	2020-01-20	衛食添新申字(2020)第0005號	Sodium alginate
6	2020-03-12	衛食添新申字(2020)第0006號	β-amylase
7	2020-03-16	衛食添新申字(2020)第0007號	Xylanase
8	2020-03-24	衛食添新申字(2020)第0008號	Tamarind polysaccharide gum
9	2020-03-24	衛食添新申字(2020)第0009號	Tamarind polysaccharide gum
10	2020-03-26	衛食添新申字(2020)第0010號	Monascus red
11	2020-04-03	衛食添新申字(2020)第0011號	Pectinesterase
12	2020-04-09	衛食添新申字(2020)第0012號	Citric Acid
13	2020-04-16	衛食添新申字(2020)第0013號	Dimethyl dicarbonate
14	2020-04-16	衛食添新申字(2020)第0014號	Polygalacturonase
15	2020-04-28	衛食添新申字(2020)第0015號	Dimethyl dicarbonate
16	2020-04-29	衛食添新申字(2020)第0016號	Gum ghatti
17	2020-04-30	衛食添新申字(2020)第0017號	α-Amylase
18	2020-04-30	衛食添新申字(2020)第0018號	Silicon dioxide
19	2020-04-30	衛食添新申字(2020)第0019號	Protease
20	2020-04-30	衛食添新申字(2020)第0020號	Deaminase
21	2020-05-07	衛食添新申字(2020)第0021號	Ethyl cellulose ethoce
22	2020-05-07	衛食添新申字(2020)第0022號	Potassium sorbate
23	2020-05-08	衛食添新申字(2020)第0023號	Protease
24	2020-05-09	衛食添新申字(2020)第0024號	Polyaspartate potassium
25	2020-05-26	衛食添新申字(2020)第0025號	Xylanase
26	2020-05-26	衛食添新申字(2020)第0026號	Lactase
27	2020-05-26	衛食添新申字(2020)第0027號	β-glycosyltransferase
28	2020-05-28	衛食添新申字(2020)第0028號	Nisin
29	2020-06-03	衛食添新申字(2020)第0029號	Nisin
30	2020-06-11	衛食添新申字(2020)第0030號	Sucralose
31	2020-06-16	衛食添新申字(2020)第0031號	Thaumatin
32	2020-06-16	衛食添新申字(2020)第0032號	Phosphoric acid(wet-process)
33	2020-06-16	衛食添新申字(2020)第0033號	Phosphoric acid(wet-process)
34	2020-06-16	衛食添新申字(2020)第0034號	δ-Stearolactone
35	2020-06-19	衛食添新申字(2020)第0035號	γ-Stearolactone
36	2020-06-22	衛食添新申字(2020)第0036號	Tamarind polysaccharide gum
37	2020-06-22	衛食添新申字(2020)第0037號	Tamarind polysaccharide gum
38	2020-06-22	衛食添新申字(2020)第0038號	Tamarind polysaccharide gum
39	2020-07-17	衛食添新申字(2020)第0039號	Polyacrylamide
40	2020-07-21	衛食添新申字(2020)第0040號	Kappa-Selenocarrageenan
41	2020-07-21	衛食添新申字(2020)第0041號	Phospholipase C
42	2020-07-21	衛食添新申字(2020)第0042號	Phosphoinositide phospholipase C
43	2020-08-04	衛食添新申字(2020)第0043號	4-α-glucanotransferase
44	2020-08-05	衛食添新申字(2020)第0044號	Tomato red
45	2020-08-06	衛食添新申字(2020)第0045號	Butane
46	2020-08-17	衛食添新申字(2020)第0046號	Curdlan
47	2020-08-20	衛食添新申字(2020)第0047號	Phytases
48	2020-08-20	衛食添新申字(2020)第0048號	Phosphatidylinositol specific phospholipase CC
49	2020-08-26	衛食添新申字(2020)第0049號	Nucleotide
50	2020-08-27	衛食添新申字(2020)第0050號	Lipase
51	2020-08-31	衛食添新申字(2020)第0051號	6S-5-methyltetrahydrofolate calcium
52	2020-08-31	衛食添新申字(2020)第0052號	Dibasic sodium phosphate
53	2020-09-03	衛食添新申字(2020)第0053號	Silicon dioxide
54	2020-09-03	衛食添新申字(2020)第0054號	Protease
55	2020-09-03	衛食添新申字(2020)第0055號	Alpha amylase
56	2020-09-03	衛食添新申字(2020)第0056號	α-Amylase
57	2020-09-11	衛食添新申字(2020)第0057號	Magnesium chloride
58	2020-10-22	衛食添新申字(2020)第0058號	Sucrose fatty acid esters
59	2020-10-22	衛食添新申字(2020)第0059號	Sucrose fatty acid esters
60	2020-10-23	衛食添新申字(2020)第0060號	Curdlan
61	2020-10-22	衛食添新申字(2020)第0061號	Nitrous oxide
62	2020-10-26	衛食添新申字(2020)第0062號	Monascus red
63	2020-10-26	衛食添新申字(2020)第0063號	Monascus yellow
64	2020-11-02	衛食添新申字(2020)第0064號	Xylanase
65	2020-11-02	衛食添新申字(2020)第0065號	Maltogenic amylase
66	2020-11-02	衛食添新申字(2020)第0066號	Sucrose fatty acid esters
67	2020-11-10	衛食添新申字(2020)第0067號	ε-poly-L-lysine·HCL
68	2020-11-10	衛食添新申字(2020)第0068號	Glucos oxidase
69	2020-11-16	衛食添新申字(2020)第0069號	Cellulose
70	2020-11-24	衛食添新申字(2020)第0070號	White oil (liquid paraffin)
71	2020-11-24	衛食添新申字(2020)第0071號	Calcium propionate
72	2020-12-01	衛食添新申字(2020)第0072號	Inositol
73	2020-12-14	衛食添新申字(2020)第0073號	Caramel color class I – plain

2. List of new food additives which passed the technical review and were issued for public comments in 2020 (27 types)

In 2020, 27 of new food additives passed the technical review of CFSA and were issued for public comments. These include 1 new food nutrition enhancer, 1 new food processing aid, 7 new enzymes, and 18 existing food additives with expended use (including 2 nutrition enhancers and 4 processing aids). All the products that were issued for public comments on 20th February have been approved on 14th August.

1) List of new food nutrition enhancers (1 type)

No	Name	Category number	Food Name/ category	Maximum level	Approval Status (As of the end of 2020)
1	Vitamin K2 (Synthesis method)	01.03.02	Modified milk powder (limited to milk powder for children)	420μg/kg~750μg/kg	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020
1	Vitamin K2 (Synthesis method)	01.03.02	Modified milk powder (limited to milk powder for pregnant and puerpera)	340μg/kg~680μg/kg

2) List of new processing aids (1 type)

No	Name	Function	Food Name/ category	Approval Status (As of the end of 2020)
1	Nitrous oxide	Propellant, Foaming agent	01.05 Processing of cream (light cream) and similar products; 02.02 Processing of water-oily fat emulsified products (vegetable milk only); Processing of fat emulsified products other than 02.02, including mixed or flavored fat emulsified products (vegetable cream only)	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020

3) List of new food enzymes (7 types)

No	Name	Source	Donor	Approval Status (As of the end of 2020)
1	Protein glutaminase	Chryseobacterium proteolyticum	-	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 20th February, 2020; 14th August,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.6 of 2020.
2	β-amylase	Bacillus licheniformis	Bacillus flexus	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 13th July, 2020.
3	α-Amylase	Bacillus licheniformis	Cytophaga sp.	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 27th September, 2020
4	Lactase	Bacillus subtilis	Bifidobacterium bifidum	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 27th September, 2020
5	Protease	Bacillus subtilis	Thermus Aquaticus	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 12th November, 2020
6	Protease	Bacillus subtilis	Bacillus amyloliquefaciens	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 25th December, 2020
7	Phosphoinositide phospholipase C	Pseudomonas fluorescens	Microorganisms encoding Phosphoinositide Phospholipase C gene isolated from soil	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 25th December, 2020

Note: The quality specification requirements of enzymes should meet the requirements of the "National Food Safety Standard, Food Additives and Enzyme" (GB 1886.174).

4) List of food additives with expended use (18 types)

No	Name	Function	Category number	Food name/category	Maximum level (g/kg)	Approval Status (As of the end of 2020)
1	dl-tartaric acid	Acidity regulator	04.02.02.03	Pickled vegetables	3.0(measured as tartaric acid)	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 20th February, 2020; 14th August,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.6 of 2020
1	dl-tartaric acid	Acidity regulator	06.05.02.01	Noodles and vermicelli made from starch	2.0(measured as tartaric acid)
2	Manganese sulfate	Processing aid (Nutrients for fermentation)	-	Fermentation technology	-	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 20th February, 2020; 14th August,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.6 of 2020
3	6S-5-methyltetrahydrofolate calcium	Nutrition enhancer	01.01.03	Modified milk (limited to milk for pregnant and puerpera)	Usage amount should comply with GB 14880	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 20th February, 2020; 14th August,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.6 of 2020
			01.03.02	Modified milk powder (limited to milk powder for children)
			01.03.02	Modified milk powder (limited to milk powder for pregnant and puerpera)
			06.06	Instant cereals, including rolled oats
			14.02.03	Fruit and vegetable juice (nectar) drink (including fermented product)
			13.03	Foods for Special Medical Purpose (except 13.01)	Can be used as the source of folic acid, the usage should comply with the relevant requirement of folic acid in GB 29922
4	Sodium alginate	Stabilizer, coagulator	13.05	Other food for special dietary use (only for foods for special medical purpose of 1-10 years old)	1.0 (Products suitable for people aged 1-3)	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020
4	Sodium alginate	Stabilizer, coagulator	13.05		Appropriate level as required in production (Products suitable for people aged 4-10)
5	Monascus red	Colorant	04.04.01.05	New bean curd product (puffed soy protein food, soybean meat, etc.)	Appropriate level as required in production	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020; 11th November,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.8 of 2020
6	Citric Acid	Acidity regulator	04.02.01.03	Peeled, cut or shredded fresh vegetables	Appropriate level as required in production	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020; 11th November,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.8 of 2020
7	Sucralose	Sweetener	08.03.05	Meat enema	0.35	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020; 11th November,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.8 of 2020
8	Sodium polyphosphate	Processing aid (Chelator)	-	Lactose processing technology (residual amount is 0.2 g/kg)	-	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020; 11th November,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.8 of 2020.
9	Gum ghatti	Emulsifier	13.05	Other food for special dietary use (only for foods for special medical purpose of for people over 10 years old)	3.0	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 13th July, 2020
10	Silicon dioxide	Anti-caking agent	04.04.01.05	New bean curd product (puffed soy protein food, soybean meat, etc.)	15.0	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 27th September, 2020;
11	Sodium alginate	Stabilizer	13.05	Other food for special dietary use (Only for formula products containing amino acid metabolism disorders or special medical purposes from 13 months to 10 years old)	1.0 (Products suitable for people aged 13-36 months)	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 27th September, 2020;
11	Sodium alginate	Stabilizer	13.05		Appropriate level as required in production (Products suitable for people aged 37 month-10 years)
12	Curdlan	Thickener	06.05.02.04	Starch-based snack	Appropriate level as required in production	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 27th September, 2020;
12	Curdlan	Thickener	16.07	Other (for canned waxberry processing)	Appropriate level as required in production
13	Tamarind polysaccharide gum	Thickener	04.01.02.05	Jam	5	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 27th September, 2020;
			04.01.02.08.05	Fruitcake	20
			14.02.03	Fruit/vegetable juice (puree) beverage	3 (Count as the state of ready to drink, for solid beverage, the level of use should be increased by times of dilution)
14	6S-5-methyltetrahydrofolate calcium	Nutrition enhancer	13.05	Other special dietary foods except 13.01~13.04 (only for nutritional supplements for pregnant, lactating women and sports nutrition foods)	The usage should comply with the relevant requirements in GB 31601-2015 and GB24154-2015	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 27th September, 2020;
15	Tomato red	Colorant	05.02.02	Other candy except for Gum-based candy	0.25	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 12th November, 2020;
15	Tomato red	Colorant	12.10.02	Semi-solid blended condiment	0.125
16	Curdlan	Thickener	04.01.02.05	Jam	Appropriate level as required in production	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 12th November, 2020;
16	Curdlan	Thickener	04.04.01.05	New bean curd product (soy protein and its’ puffed food, soybean meat, etc.)	Appropriate level as required in production
17	Butane	Processing aid (Propellant)	-	Processing technology of spray release oil for bakery food	-	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 12th November, 2020;
18	Phosphoric acid	Processing aid (Nutrients for refining, degumming and fermentation)	-	Oil processing technology, fermentation technology	-	Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 12th November, 2020;

3. List of approved new food additives in 2020 (30 types)

In 2020, 30 types of new food additives were approved by NHC, which include 1 new food additive, 14 new food enzymes for food industry, 2 existing food nutrition enhancers with expended use, 10 existing food additives with expended use, and 3 existing processing aids with expended use.

Due to the large number of applications for food additives for the same product and the lack of clear information on the scope of use, the information on some approved products is missing. CIRS summarized relevant information below:

1) List of approved new food additive (1 type)

No	Name	Function	Category number	Food Name/ category	Maximum level (g/kg)	Acceptance information, public comment and approval announcements (As of the end of 2020)
1	Sanzan Gum	Thickener, stabilizer and coagulator	08.03.05	Meat enema	5.0	Accepted on 6th April, 2016, 2016.04.06, Acceptance number:衛食添新申字(2016)第0019號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 11th December, 2018; 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020.
			14.02.03	Fruit and vegetable juice (nectar) drink (including fermented product)	1.4 (increase the use in solid drinks depending on dilution ratio)
			14.03.02	Plant protein containing drink	1.3(increase the use in solid drinks depending on dilution ratio)

2) List of approved new food enzymes (14 types)

No	Name	Source	Donor	Acceptance information, public comment and approval announcements (As of the end of 2020)
1	Arabinfuranosidease	Trichoderma reesei	Talaromyces pinophilus	Accepted on 12th March, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0018號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 24th June, 2019; 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020.
2	Polygalacturonase	Aspergillus niger	Aspergillus niger	Accepted on 1st April, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0026號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 9th August, 2019 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020.
3	Pectinlyase	Trichoderma reesei	Aspergillus niger	Accepted on 19th September, 2018, Acceptance number衛食添新申字(2018)第0031號； Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 24th June, 2019; 2nd June, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020.
4	Maltotetraohydrolase	Bacillus licheniformis	Pseudomonas stutzeri	Accepted on 3rd August, 2018, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2018)第0025號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 9th August, 2019; 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020.
5	Xylanase	Trichoderma reesei	Talaromyces leycettanus	Accepted on 12th March, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0019號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 24th June, 2019; 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020.
6	α- Glucosidase	Trichoderma reesei	Aspergillus niger	Accepted on 3rd August, 2018, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2018)第0022號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 9th August, 2019 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020.
7	Lactase	Bacillus licheniformis	Bifidobacterium bifidum	Accepted on 12th March, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0017號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 24th June, 2019; 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020.
8	Carboxypeptidases	Aspergillus niger	Aspergillus niger	Accepted on 1st April, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0027號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 9th August, 2019 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020.
9	Lipase	Aspergillus niger	Fusarium culmorum	Accepted on 12th March, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0014號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 9th August, 2019 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020.
10	α- Amylase	Trichoderma reesei	Aspergillus kawachii	Accepted on 12th March, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0016號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 15th October, 2019 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020.
11	Protease	Trichoderma reesei	Trichoderma reesei	Accepted on 3rd August, 2018, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2018)第0023號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 15th October, 2019 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020.
12	Glucose isomerase	Streptomyces rubiginosus	Streptomyces rubiginosus	Accepted on 12th March, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0015號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 15th October, 2019 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020.
13	Lipase	Hansenula polymorpha	Fusarium hetreosporum	Accepted on 1st April, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0025號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 15th October, 2019 2nd June,2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020
14	Protein glutaminase	Chryseobacterium proteolyticum	-	Accepted on 16th September, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0047號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 20th February, 2020 14th August, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.6 of 2020

Note: The requirements on quality specification of enzymes should meet the requirements of the "National Food Safety Standard, Food Additives and Enzyme" (GB 1886.174).

3) List of approved food nutrition enhancers with expanded scope (2 types)

No	Name	Category number	Food Name/ category	Maximum level (g/kg)	Acceptance information, public comment and approval announcements (As of the end of 2020)
1	Kappa-Selenocarrageenan	01.03.02	Modified milk powders (except milk powder for children)	140μg/kg ~280μg/kg	Accepted on 8th July, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0038號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 9th August, 2019 2nd June, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020.
		01.03.02	Modified milk powders (limited to milk powder for children)	60μg/kg ~130μg/kg
		06.02	Rice and its product	140μg/kg ~280μg/kg
		06.03	Wheat flour and its product	140μg/kg ~280μg/kg
		06.04	Coarse grain flour and its product	140μg/kg ~280μg/kg
		07.01	Bread	140μg/kg ~280μg/kg
		07.03	Biscuit	30μg/kg ~110μg/kg
2	6S-5-methyltetrahydrofolate calcium	01.01.03	Modified milk (limited to milk for pregnant and puerpera)	Usage amount should comply with GB 14880	Accepted on 3rd January, 2020, Acceptance number:衛食添新申字(2020)第0003號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 20th February, 2020 14th August, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.6 of 2020
		01.03.02	Modified milk powder (limited to milk powder for children)
		01.03.02	Modified milk powder (limited to milk powder for pregnant and puerpera)
		06.06	Instant cereals, including rolled oats
		14.02.03	Fruit and vegetable juice (nectar) drink (including fermented product)
		13.03	Foods for Special Medical Purpose (except 13.01)	Can be used as the source of folic acid, the usage should comply with the relevant requirement of folic acid in GB 29922

4) List of approved food additives with expanded scope (10 types)

No	Name	Function	Category number	Food Name/ category	Maximum level (g/kg)	Acceptance information, public comment and approval announcements (As of the end of 2020)
1	Calcium sulfate	Stabilizer, coagulator	06.05.02	Starch products	10.0	Accepted on 26th February, 2019, Acceptance number:衛食添新申字(2019)第0011號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 15th October, 2019; 2nd June, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020.
			07.04	Fillings for baked food and food	10.0
			08.02.01	Conditioning meat products (raw meat with conditioning materials)	5.0
			08.03.09	Other cooled meat products	5.0
			09.02.03	Frozen minced fish products (including fish balls, etc.)	3.0
			12.10.02.04	Other semi-solid blended condiments	10.0
			16.01	Jelly	10.0
2	Rosemary extract	Antioxidant	14.03.02	Plant protein drink	0.15 (Count as the state of ready to drink, for solid beverage, the level of use should be increased by times of dilution)	Accepted on 2nd April, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0028號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 9th August, 2019; 2nd June, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020.
3	Steviol glycosides	Sweetener	04.02.02.03	Pickled vegetables	0.23 (Count as steviol)	Accepted on 2nd April, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0029號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 15th October, 2019 2nd June, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020.
			04.02.02.06	Fermented vegetables	0.20 (Count as steviol)
			04.04.01.05	New bean curd product (puffed soy protein food, soybean meat, etc.)	0.09 (Count as steviol)
			05.01	Cocoa products, chocolate, and chocolate products, including imitations and chocolate substitutes	0.83 (Count as steviol)
			07.03	Biscuit	0.43 (Count as steviol)
4	Acesulfame Potassium	Sweetener	04.04.01.02	Dried bean curd products	0.2	A total of three acceptances, accepted on 23nd January,2019; 31st July 2019, acceptance numbers are respectively:衛食添新申字(2019)第0006號, 衛食添新申字(2019)第0007號, 衛食添新申字(2019)第0040號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 24th June, 2019 and 15th October, 2019; 2nd June, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020. (Note: the approval announcement of this substance is a collection of three applications)
			06.06	Instant cereals, including rolled oats	0.8
			07.02	Pastries	0.5
			14.05.01	Tea beverages	0.58 (Count as the state of ready to drink, for solid beverage, the level of use should be increased by times of dilution)
			15.02	Integrated alcoholic beverage	0.35
5	Vegetable carbon black	Colorant	12.10	Blended condiment	5.0	Accepted on 17th September, 2019, Acceptance number:衛食添新申字(2019)第0048號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 15th October, 2019; 2nd June, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020.
5	Vegetable carbon black	Colorant	16.06	Puffed food	5.0
6	DL-Tartaricacid	Acidity regulator	04.02.02.03	Pickled vegetables	3.0 (Measured as tartaric acid)	Accepted on 6th November, 2019, Acceptance number:衛食添新申字(2019)第0051號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 20th February, 2020; 14th August, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.6 of 2020.
6	DL-Tartaricacid	Acidity regulator	06.05.02.01	Noodles and vermicelli made from starch	2.0 (Measured as tartaric acid)
7	Sucrose fatty acid esters	Emulsifier	01.02.02	Flavored fermented milk	1.5	Accepted on 16th July, 2019, Acceptance number:衛食添新申字(2019)第0039號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 9th, December, 2019; 14th August, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.6 of 2020.
8	Monascus red	Colorant	04.04.01.05	New bean curd product (puffed soy protein food, soybean meat, etc.)	Appropriate level as required in production	Accepted on 15th May, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0032號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020; 11th November, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.8 of 2020.
9	Citric acid	Acidity regulator	04.02.01.03	Peeled, cut or shredded fresh vegetables	Appropriate level as required in production	Accepted on 3nd April, 2020, Acceptance number:衛食添新申字(2020)第0012號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020; 11th November, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.8 of 2020.
10	Sucralose	Sweeteners	08.03.05	Meat enema	0.35	Accepted on 26th December, 2019, Acceptance number:衛食添新申字(2019)第0055號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020; 11th November, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.8 of 2020.

5) List of approved processing aids with expanded scope (3 types)

No	Name	Function	Usage scope	Acceptance information, public comment and approval announcements (As of the end of 2020)
1	Phosphoric acid	Processing aid (Autolysis promoter)	Technology for yeast processed products	Accepted on 22nd May, 2019, Acceptance number:衛食添新申字(2019)第0034號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 9th August, 2019; 2nd June, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.4 of 2020.
2	Manganese sulfate	Processing aid (Nutrients for fermentation)	Fermentation technology	Accepted on 27th December, 2019, Acceptance number:衛食添新申字(2019)第0056號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 20th February, 2020; 14th August, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.6 of 2020.
3	Sodium polyphosphate	Processing aid (Chelator)	Lactose processing technology (residual amount is 0.2 g/kg)	Accepted on 22nd August, 2019, Acceptance number: 衛食添新申字(2019)第0043號; Passed the technical review and issued public comments on 1st June, 2020; 11th November, 2020, officially approved by Announcement No.8 of 2020.

Summary:

There are three main stages of applying for a new food additives: Firstly, NHC accepts the application. Secondly, CFSA runs a technical review and issue public comments. Finally, if everything goes well, NHC will approve the application. Generally, it will take approximately 1 year to apply for a new food additive. While if the application is about expending usage scope, the timeline may be shorter.

In order to implement the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, and ensure the smooth implementation of administrative licensing work, the way of online video evaluation and defense is adopted for the first time for CFSA and enterprises on new food related products. On the whole, the acceptance and administrative approval of new food additives were not greatly affected by the epidemic. Compared with 2019, the number of accepted products in 2020 increased by 17 and the number of products issued the public comments decreased by 7 types. The official announcement of approved products is basically the same with 2019 (28 types in 2019, 30 types in 2020).

Meanwhile, based on the analysis on the application approval of new food additives in 2020, it can be seen that the declaration of new food additives has similar characteristics of that in 2019, which is that, the new varieties are mainly enzymes, and the number of products with expanded scope are still large. This also reflects the rapid growth on enzymes, nutrition enhancers and other products with the rapid development of bioengineering technology and technological innovation industry.

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