On May 10, 2024, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) issued 4 new food additives for public comments, including 1 new food enzyme, 2 new food nutrition enhancers, and 1 food nutrition enhancer with expanded scope.
Comments are welcomed before June 9, 2024. Details are as follows:
New food enzyme (1 type)
|
No. |
Enzyme |
Source |
Donor |
|
1 |
D-psicose 3-epimerase |
Bacillus subtilis |
Ruminococcus sp. 5_1_39B_FAA |
The quality specifications of food enzymes shall comply with the provisions specified in National Food Safety Standard - Food Additive - Food Enzyme (GB 1886.174).
New food nutrition enhancers (2 types)
2’-fucosyllactose, 2’-FL
The use levels, scope of use and specifications of 2’-FLshall meet the requirements outlined in the National Health Commission (NHC) Announcement No. 8 of 2023, excluding Appendix C. The production strain information is given in the Table below:
Table 1 Information on the production strain of 2’-fucosyllactose
|
Nutrition enhancer |
Source |
Donor |
|
2’-fucosyllactose |
Escherichia coli K-12 G1724 |
Bacteroides vulgatus a |
|
Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655 |
Helicobacter spp. a |
a: donor of α-1, 2-fucosyltransferase
Lacto-N-neotetraose, LNnT
The use levels, scope of use and specifications of LNnT shall meet the requirements outlined in NHC Announcement No. 8 of 2023, excluding Appendix C. The production strain information is given in the Table below:
Table 2 Information on the production strain of Lacto-N-neotetraose
|
Nutrition enhancer |
Source |
Donor |
|
Lacto-N-neotetraose |
Escherichia coli BL21 star (DE3) |
Neisseria spp. a, Helicobacter spp. b |
a: donor of β-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase
b: donor of β-1,4-galactosyltransferase
Food nutrition enhancer with expanded scope (1 type)
|
No. |
Name |
Food category number |
Food name/ category |
Use level |
Remark |
|
1 |
Sodium ferrous citrate |
As a compound source of iron, its use level and scope of use shall comply with the provisions regarding iron in GB14880 National Food Safety Standard - Food Nutrition Enhancer. |
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