NHC Newly Approved Two New Food Raw Materials, Six New Food Additives, and Six Food-related Products - Regulatory News - Food & Food Contact Materials

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On May 6, the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHC) issued an announcement (No. 3 of 2023) for “Three New Foods” with 14 products approved, including two new food raw materials, six new food additives, and six food-related products.

Details are as follows:

New food raw materials (two types)

1. Blueberry Anthocyanins

Name	Blueberry Anthocyanins
Basic information	Source: Blueberry derived from Vaccinium corymbosum L.
Brief introduction of the production process	Prepared through enzymolysis, water extraction, purification, concentration, drying, and other processes using blueberry as a raw material.
Recommended intake	≤800 mg/day
Other information	Applicable scope and maximum usage level: Milk and dairy products (modified milk and flavored fermented milk: 0.8 g/kg; formulated milk powder shall be converted according to the liquid volume after preparation; cheese, process(ed) cheese, cheese products, and condensed milk shall be converted according to the raw milk usage amount); beverages (0.8 g/kg; solid beverages shall be converted according to the liquid volume after preparation); jelly (14 g/kg), cocoa products, chocolates and chocolate products (including chocolate and chocolate products with cocoa butter substitute) (14 g/kg ); candy (40 g/kg); frozen beverages (8 g/kg), bakery foods (4 g/kg); alcoholic beverages (4 g/kg). Not suitable for consumption by infants, pregnant women, and breastfeeding women. The labels and instructions should be marked with unsuitable groups and recommended intake. Quality specifications and food safety indicators are detailed in Annex.

2. Rye Pollen

Name	Rye Pollen
Basic information	Source: Secale Cereale L.
Brief introduction of the production process	Prepared through pollen collection, drying, separation, and other processes using rye as a raw material.
Recommended intake	≤1.5 g/day
Other information	Not suitable for consumption by infants, pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and people with an allergy to pollen. The labels and instructions should be marked with unsuitable groups and recommended intake. Quality specifications and food safety indicators are detailed in the Annex.

New food additives (six types)

1. New food nutrition enhancer (one type)

Name: L-Se-methylselenocysteine

Application Scope & Maximum Usage Level: Must be consistent with the requirements of selenium in the National Food Safety Standard – Standard for the Use of Food Nutrition Enhance (GB 14880).

Quality specifications: Applicable to the new food nutrition enhancer L-Se-methylselenocysteine, which is prepared through substitution reaction, hydrochloric acid hydrolysis, and refining by using Methyl 2-acetylamino-3-chloropropionate and Sodium methaneselenolate as raw materials. The rest shall be implemented in accordance with the National Food Safety Standard – Food Nutrition Enhance, L-Se-methylselenocysteine (GB 1903.12).

2. New food enzymes (one type)

No.	Enzyme		Source		Donor
1		D-psicose 3-epimerase		Bacillus subtilis		Ruminococcus sp. CAG55

*The quality specification of the enzyme shall meet the requirements in the National Food Safety Standard – Food Additives, Enzymes (GB 1886.174)

3. Food additives with expanded scope (one type)

No.

Name

Function

Cat No.

Food name

Maximum level

(g/kg)

Remarks

Ascorbyl palmitate

(enzymatic)

Antioxidant

06.07

Instant rice flour products

0.2

4. Food nutrition enhancers with expanded scope and dosage (4 types)

No.	Name	Cat No.	Food name	Maximum level	Remarks
1	Vitamin B₁	14.04.02.01	Beverages for special purposes (including sports beverages and nutritious beverages)	2mg/kg~5mg/kg	-
2	Vitamin B₂	14.04.02.01	Beverages for special purposes (including sports beverages and nutritious beverages)	2mg/kg~5mg/kg	-
3	Taurine	14.04.02.01	Beverages for special purposes (including sports beverages and nutritious beverages)	0.1g/kg~0.6g/kg	-
4	Ascorbyl palmitate (enzymatic)	As the compounds source of Vitamin C, the application scope and maximum usage level of ascorbyl palmitate (enzymatic) shall be consistent with the National Food Safety Standard – Standard for the Use of Food Nutrition Enhance (GB 14880)

New food-related products (six types)

1. New food contact additives (one type)

No.

Name

CAS number

Usage scope

Maximum level (%)

Hexanedioic acid polymer with 2-ethyl-2-(hydroxymethyl)-1,3-propanediol,

4-tert-butylbenzoic acid

74564-66-2

Coating and coating film

5 (Calculated according to the coating formula)

2. New food contact resins (five types)

No.	Name	CAS number	Usage scope	Maximum level (%)
1	Tricyclodecanedimethanol polymer with terephtalic acid and 1,6-hexandiol	-	Coating and coating film	60 (Calculated according to the coating formula)
2	Fatty acids, C18-unsatd., dimmers, hydrogenated polymers with 1,4-butanediol, ethylene glycol, terephthalic acid and trimethylolpropane, block	-	Plastic	-
3	1,6-Hexanedioic acid, polymer with (E)-2-butenedioic acid and tricyclodecanedimethanol	58891-19-3	Coating and coating film	18 (Calculated according to dry weight)
4	Polymer of 1,4-butanediol, 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propanediol, 1,4-cyclohexanedicarboxylic acid and m-phthalic acid	-	Coating and coating film	30 (Calculated according to dry weight)
5	Polymer of butanediol-1,4, tricyclodecanedimethanol and dimethyl terephthalate	490017-22-6	Coating and coating film	59 (Calculated according to the coating formula)

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Reference: NHC News (No.3 of 2023)

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