China Updates the Approval and Review of “Three New Foods”

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.

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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	衛食相進申字(2024)第0001號	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	衛食相進申字(2024)第0007號	Ammonium salt of acrylic acid and ethylene copolymer
3	2025-03-11	衛食相進申字(2023)第0005號	Polymer of methyl methacrylate benzyl ester and 2-methyl-2-propenoic acid-1,2-ethanediol ester
4	2025-03-11	衛食相進申字(2024)第0003號	Polyisobutene
5	2025-03-11	衛食相進申字(2024)第0002號	Polymer of chloride-N,N,N-Trimethyl-2-[(1-Oxo-2-propene)oxyethyl]ammonium and acrylamide
6	2025-03-11	衛食相進申字(2023)第0006號	Chromium nitride (CrN) synthesized from nitrogen gas and metallic chromium
7	2025-03-11	衛食相進申字(2024)第0002號	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	衛食新申字(2025) No.0017	L-α-GPC
2	2025-03-31	衛食新申字(2025) No.0018	N-Acetylglucosamine
3	2025-03-31	衛食新進申字(2024) No.0007	N-Acetylglucosamine (Enzymatic Method)
4	2025-03-31	衛食新申字(2025) No.0009	β-Lactoglobulin (Non-Animal Derived)
5	2025-03-31	衛食新申字(2025) No.0016	Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis YLGB-1496
6	2025-03-31	衛食新申字(2025) No.0011	Lactobacillus paracasei N1115
7	2025-03-31	衛食新進申字(2025) No.0001	Bifidobacterium bifidum BGN4
8	2025-03-31	衛食新申字(2025) No.0015	Green coffee bean extract
9	2025-03-31	衛食新申字(2025) No.0002	Proanthocyanidins

New food additives

S.N	Date of issue	Acceptance No.	Product name
1	2025-04-14	衛食添新申字(2025) No.0019	2'-FL
2	2025-04-14	衛食添新申字(2025) No.0016	2'-FL
3	2025-04-14	衛食添新申字(2025) No.0031	2'-FL
4	2025-04-14	衛食添新申字(2025) No.0030	3-FL
5	2025-04-14	衛食添新申字(2024) No.0017	β-Alanine
6	2025-04-14	衛食添新申字(2024) No.0028	β-Alanine
7	2025-04-14	衛食添新申字(2025) No.0011	Inositol
8	2025-04-14	衛食添新申字(2025) No.0013	Casein phosphopeptide
9	2025-04-14	衛食添新申字(2025) No.0017	Xylanase from Trichoderma viride
10	2025-04-14	衛食添新申字(2025) No.0012	Stevioside
11	2025-03-14	衛食添新申字(2024) No.0088	2'-FL
12	2025-03-14	衛食添新申字(2025) No.0003	2-Hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde
13	2025-03-14	衛食添新申字(2024) No.0089	3-FL
14	2025-03-14	衛食添新申字(2025) No.0001	D-Allulose-3-Epimerase
15	2025-03-14	衛食添新申字(2024) No.0044	Anethole
16	2025-03-14	衛食添新申字(2025) No.0002	Lycopene
17	2025-03-14	衛食添新申字(2024) No.0037	Catalase
18	2025-03-14	衛食添新申字(2025) No.0008	Lacto-N-Triaose
19	2025-03-14	衛食添新申字(2024) No.0090	Lacto-N-tetraose
20	2025-03-14	衛食添新申字(2024) No.0023	Rebaudioside M (enzymatic conversion method)
21	2025-03-14	衛食添新申字(2024) No.0071	Deaminase

New food-related products

S.N	Date of issue	Acceptance No.	Product name
1	2025-03-11	衛食相進申字(2023)第0008號	2-methyl-2-propenoic acid [3-(trimethoxysilane propyl)] ester
2	2025-03-11	衛食相進申字(2024)第0017號	C.I. pigment white 4; zinc oxide
3	2025-03-11	衛食相進申字(2024)第0010號	C.I. pigment blue 28
4	2025-03-11	衛食相進申字(2024)第0011號	C.I. pigment blue 29
5	2025-03-11	衛食相進申字(2025)第0001號	Copolymer of ethyl acrylate, methacrylic acid, and styrene
6	2025-03-11	衛食相申字(2025)第0002號	Glass fiber
7	2025-03-11	衛食相申字(2025)第0001號	Polyethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate (PEF)
8	2025-03-11	衛食相申字(2024)第0012號	Calcium sulfate
9	2025-03-11	衛食相進申字(2024)第0019號	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	衛食新申字(2025) No.0014	Hericium erinaceus BCRC35669 mycelium

New food additives

S.N	Date of issue	Acceptance No.	Product name
1	2025-04-14	衛食添新申字(2025) No.0025	Sodium propionate
2	2025-04-14	衛食添新申字(2025) No.0022	Lemon verbena extract
3	2025-04-14	衛食添新申字(2025) No.0021	Nisin
4	2025-04-14	衛食添新申字(2025) No.0020	Sorbic acid and potassium sorbate
5	2025-04-14	衛食添新申字(2025) No.0029	Potassium sorbate
6	2025-04-14	衛食添新申字(2025) No.0018	Carmine and its aluminum lake
7	2025-03-14	衛食添新申字(2025) No.0009	2'-FL
8	2025-03-14	衛食添新申字(2025) No.0007	Phosphoric acid (wet process)

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