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.
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 |
卫食相进申字(2024)第0001号 |
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 |
卫食相进申字(2024)第0007号 |
Ammonium salt of acrylic acid and ethylene copolymer |
3 |
2025-03-11 |
卫食相进申字(2023)第0005号 |
Polymer of methyl methacrylate benzyl ester and 2-methyl-2-propenoic acid-1,2-ethanediol ester |
4 |
2025-03-11 |
卫食相进申字(2024)第0003号 |
Polyisobutene |
5 |
2025-03-11 |
卫食相进申字(2024)第0002号 |
Polymer of chloride-N,N,N-Trimethyl-2-[(1-Oxo-2-propene)oxyethyl]ammonium and acrylamide |
6 |
2025-03-11 |
卫食相进申字(2023)第0006号 |
Chromium nitride (CrN) synthesized from nitrogen gas and metallic chromium |
7 |
2025-03-11 |
卫食相进申字(2024)第0002号 |
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 |
卫食新申字(2025) No.0017 |
L-α-GPC |
2 |
2025-03-31 |
卫食新申字(2025) No.0018 |
N-Acetylglucosamine |
3 |
2025-03-31 |
卫食新进申字(2024) No.0007 |
N-Acetylglucosamine (Enzymatic Method) |
4 |
2025-03-31 |
卫食新申字(2025) No.0009 |
β-Lactoglobulin (Non-Animal Derived) |
5 |
2025-03-31 |
卫食新申字(2025) No.0016 |
Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis YLGB-1496 |
6 |
2025-03-31 |
卫食新申字(2025) No.0011 |
Lactobacillus paracasei N1115 |
7 |
2025-03-31 |
卫食新进申字(2025) No.0001 |
Bifidobacterium bifidum BGN4 |
8 |
2025-03-31 |
卫食新申字(2025) No.0015 |
Green coffee bean extract |
9 |
2025-03-31 |
卫食新申字(2025) No.0002 |
Proanthocyanidins |
New food additives
S.N |
Date of issue |
Acceptance No. |
Product name |
1 |
2025-04-14 |
卫食添新申字(2025) No.0019 |
2'-FL |
2 |
2025-04-14 |
卫食添新申字(2025) No.0016 |
2'-FL |
3 |
2025-04-14 |
卫食添新申字(2025) No.0031 |
2'-FL |
4 |
2025-04-14 |
卫食添新申字(2025) No.0030 |
3-FL |
5 |
2025-04-14 |
卫食添新申字(2024) No.0017 |
β-Alanine |
6 |
2025-04-14 |
卫食添新申字(2024) No.0028 |
β-Alanine |
7 |
2025-04-14 |
卫食添新申字(2025) No.0011 |
Inositol |
8 |
2025-04-14 |
卫食添新申字(2025) No.0013 |
Casein phosphopeptide |
9 |
2025-04-14 |
卫食添新申字(2025) No.0017 |
Xylanase from Trichoderma viride |
10 |
2025-04-14 |
卫食添新申字(2025) No.0012 |
Stevioside |
11 |
2025-03-14 |
卫食添新申字(2024) No.0088 |
2'-FL |
12 |
2025-03-14 |
卫食添新申字(2025) No.0003 |
2-Hydroxy-4-methoxybenzaldehyde |
13 |
2025-03-14 |
卫食添新申字(2024) No.0089 |
3-FL |
14 |
2025-03-14 |
卫食添新申字(2025) No.0001 |
D-Allulose-3-Epimerase |
15 |
2025-03-14 |
卫食添新申字(2024) No.0044 |
Anethole |
16 |
2025-03-14 |
卫食添新申字(2025) No.0002 |
Lycopene |
17 |
2025-03-14 |
卫食添新申字(2024) No.0037 |
Catalase |
18 |
2025-03-14 |
卫食添新申字(2025) No.0008 |
Lacto-N-Triaose |
19 |
2025-03-14 |
卫食添新申字(2024) No.0090 |
Lacto-N-tetraose |
20 |
2025-03-14 |
卫食添新申字(2024) No.0023 |
Rebaudioside M (enzymatic conversion method) |
21 |
2025-03-14 |
卫食添新申字(2024) No.0071 |
Deaminase |
New food-related products
S.N |
Date of issue |
Acceptance No. |
Product name |
1 |
2025-03-11 |
卫食相进申字(2023)第0008号 |
2-methyl-2-propenoic acid [3-(trimethoxysilane propyl)] ester |
2 |
2025-03-11 |
卫食相进申字(2024)第0017号 |
C.I. pigment white 4; zinc oxide |
3 |
2025-03-11 |
卫食相进申字(2024)第0010号 |
C.I. pigment blue 28 |
4 |
2025-03-11 |
卫食相进申字(2024)第0011号 |
C.I. pigment blue 29 |
5 |
2025-03-11 |
卫食相进申字(2025)第0001号 |
Copolymer of ethyl acrylate, methacrylic acid, and styrene |
6 |
2025-03-11 |
卫食相申字(2025)第0002号 |
Glass fiber |
7 |
2025-03-11 |
卫食相申字(2025)第0001号 |
Polyethylene 2,5-furandicarboxylate (PEF) |
8 |
2025-03-11 |
卫食相申字(2024)第0012号 |
Calcium sulfate |
9 |
2025-03-11 |
卫食相进申字(2024)第0019号 |
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 |
卫食新申字(2025) No.0014 |
Hericium erinaceus BCRC35669 mycelium |
New food additives
S.N |
Date of issue |
Acceptance No. |
Product name |
1 |
2025-04-14 |
卫食添新申字(2025) No.0025 |
Sodium propionate |
2 |
2025-04-14 |
卫食添新申字(2025) No.0022 |
Lemon verbena extract |
3 |
2025-04-14 |
卫食添新申字(2025) No.0021 |
Nisin |
4 |
2025-04-14 |
卫食添新申字(2025) No.0020 |
Sorbic acid and potassium sorbate |
5 |
2025-04-14 |
卫食添新申字(2025) No.0029 |
Potassium sorbate |
6 |
2025-04-14 |
卫食添新申字(2025) No.0018 |
Carmine and its aluminum lake |
7 |
2025-03-14 |
卫食添新申字(2025) No.0009 |
2'-FL |
8 |
2025-03-14 |
卫食添新申字(2025) No.0007 |
Phosphoric acid (wet process) |
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