Weekly Summary – Updates on the Approval and Review of “Three New Foods” - Regulatory News - Food & Food Contact Materials

Recently, China's National Health Commission (NHC) Government Services Platform issued notifications regarding the approval and review of “Thee new foods” (new food raw materials, new food additives, and new food-related products).

The notifications included an extension notice for 12 new food-related products, a notification of approval of review findings for five new food additives and six new food-related products, a notification of a review opinion for one new food-related product, and four non-approval decisions.

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Details are as follows:

Extension notice (requires supplementary materials following the technical review by China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA))

New food-related products

S.N.	Date of issue	Acceptance No.	Product name
1	2024.10.16	衛食相進申字(2024) No. 0004	3,6,9-Trimethyl-3,6,9-tris(ethyl and propyl)1,2,4,5,7,8-hexanone derivatives
2	2024.10.16	衛食相進申字(2024) No. 0017	C.1. Pigment White 4; zinc oxide
3	2024.10.16	衛食相進申字(2024) No. 0010	C1.Pigment Blue 28
4	2024.10.16	衛食相進申字(2024) No. 0011	C1.Pigment Blue 29
5	2024.10.16	衛食相進申字(2024) No. 0014	Talc
6	2024.10.16	衛食相進申字(2024) No. 0018	Bis(2-ethylhexyl) adipate
7	2024.10.16	衛食相進申字(2024) No. 0021	Fatty acid derived from esterification of C12~C18 straight chain fatty alcohols and C12~C18 straight chain fatty acids from oranges and animals
8	2024.10.16	衛食相進申字(2024) No. 0012	Calcium sulfate
9	2024.10.16	衛食相進申字(2024) No. 0019	Tetrakis[3-(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxyphenyl)propionic acid]pentaerythritol
10	2024.10.16	衛食相進申字(2024) No. 0016	Alcohol ester
11	2024.10.16	衛食相進申字(2024) No. 0015	Vinyl alcohol homopolymer
12	2024.10.16	衛食相進申字(2024) No. 0008	Cobalt isooctanoate

Notification of approval of review findings (“Notice of Approval” issued after NHC's formal announcement)

New food additive

S.N.	Date of issue	Acceptance No.	Product name
1	2024.10.15	衛食添新申字（2014）NO. 0005	2'-Focusllactose
2	2024.10.15	衛食添新申字（2014）NO. 0009	2'-Focusllactose
3	2024.10.15	衛食添新申字（2014）NO.0016	D-psicose 3-epimerase
4	2024.10.15	衛食添新申字（2014）NO. 0025	Sodium ferrous citrate
5	2024.10.15	衛食添新申字（2014）NO. 0030	Lacto-N-neotetraspanin

New food-related products

S.N.	Date of issue	Acceptance No.	Product name
1	2024.10.16	衛食相進申字(2024) No.0012	3,9-Bis[2,4-bis(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)phenoxy]-2,4,8,10-tetraoxa-3,9-diphosphaspiro[5.5] undecane
2	2024.10.16	衛食相進申字(2024) No.0013	C1. Pigment Black 7; Carbon Black
3	2024.10.16	衛食相進申字(2024) No.0014	Dibutyl sebacate
4	2024.10.16	衛食相進申字(2024) No.0002	Hydrogenated styrene polymer with 1,3-butadiene
5	2024.10.16	衛食相進申字(2024) No.0015	Sodium hydroxide
6	2024.10.16	衛食相進申字(2024) No.0009	Copolymer of trimethoxyphenylsilane, methyltrimethoxysilane and silica

Notification of review opinions (CFSA recommends not granting approval after the technical review)

New food-related products

S.N.	Date of issue	Acceptance No.	Product name
1	2024.10.15	衛食相進申字(2024) No.0020	Acrylic resin (polymer of ethyl acrylate/2-methacrylic acid/styrene)

Non-approval decision (based on the recommendation from NHC to not grant approval)

New food-related products

S.N.	Date of issue	Acceptance No.	Product name
1	2024.10.15	衛食相進申字(2024) No.0007	Calcium sulfate dihydrate
2	2024.10.15	衛食相進申字(2024) No.0009	Ethoxylated hydrogenated castor oil
3	2024.10.15	衛食相進申字(2024) No.0005	Liquid unsaturated polyester resin produced by adding styrene to polyester produced from isophthalic acid, 1,4-benzenedicarboxylic acid, phthalic anhydride, and maleic anhydride, with 1,2-propanediol, 1,2-ethylene glycol, and diethylene glycol as the main raw materials.
4	2024.10.15	衛食相進申字(2024) No.0012	Mixture of saturated linear fatty acid esters produced from C12-C18 fatty alcohols and C12-C18 lipoic acid

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