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China CFSA Collects Public Comments on Three New Food Raw Materials
China
Food Ingredients
2024-03-04

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On March 1, 2024, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) issued 3 new food raw materials, namely maritime pine bark extract, Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis M-63 and N-acetylglucosamine for public comments. Comments are welcomed before April 1, 2024. Details are as follows:

Maritime pine bark extract

Name

Maritime pine bark extract

Basic information

Source: Pinus pinaster Aiton

Brief introduction of the production process

Prepared through grinding, extraction, filtration, concentration, drying and other processes using maritime pine bark extract as the raw material.

Recommended intake

≤ 150 mg/day

Quality requirements

Property

Reddish brown powder

Proanthocyanidines, g/100 g ≥

50.0

Moisture, g/100 g ≤

8.0

Ash, g/100 g ≤

0.7

Other information

1. Scope of use and maximum levels:

Milk and milk products (0.2 g/kg for modified milk and flavored fermented milk, milk powder and the formulated products are converted according to the mass of liquid after preparation); beverages (0.08 g/kg for liquid beverages, solid beverages are converted according to the mass of liquid after preparation); jelly (1.4 g/kg);

2. The labels and instructions shall bear a statement indicating that they should not be consumed by infants, pregnant women and lactating women, along with the unsuitable group and the usage limit; and

3. Food safety indicators must comply with the following requirements:

Ethanol, mg/kg ≤

100

Lead (Pb), mg/kg ≤

1.0

Mercury (Hg), mg/kg ≤

1.0

Arsenic (As), mg/kg ≤

0.1

Aflatoxin B1, μg/kg ≤

10

Colony count, CFU/g ≤

1000

Coliforms, MPN/g ≤

0.92

Mould and Yeast, CFU/g ≤

50

Salmonella, /25g

0

Staphylococcus aureus, /25g

0

Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis M-63

Name

Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis M-63

Other information

  1. Being included in the List of Strains that Can be Used in Food;
  2. Food safety indicators must comply with GB 31639-2023 National Food Safety Standard - Food Processing Strain Preparations, and Cronobacter sp. should be absent /100 g.

N-acetylglucosamine

Name

N-acetylglucosamine

Basic information

Structure:

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CAS number: 7512-17-6

Molecular formula: C8H15NO6

Molecular weight: 221.21

Brief introduction of the production process

Prepared through the fermentation of Corynebacterium glutamicum RDG-2110, followed by filtration, concentration, crystallization, centrifugation, alcohol washing, drying, and other processes using glucose, corn syrup powder, ammonium sulfate, potassium phosphate monobasic and magnesium sulfate as raw materials.

Recommended intake

≤500 mg/day

Other information

1. Scope of use and maximum levels:

Milk and milk products (0.5 g/kg for modified milk and flavored fermented milk, milk powder and the formulated products are converted according to the mass of liquid after preparation); beverages (0.5 g/kg for liquid beverages, solid beverages are converted according to the mass of liquid after preparation); jelly (3 g/kg); candy (10 g/kg); cake (2 g/kg);

2. The labels and instructions shall bear a statement indicating that they should not be consumed by infants, pregnant women and lactating women, along with the unsuitable group and the usage limit; and

3. See the Appendix for quality specifications and food safety indicators.

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