On October 13, 2020, the NHC and the SAMR jointly issued a notice on Releasing 38 National Food Safety Standards including National Food Safety Standard Food Nutritional Fortification Substances in Foods Cyanocobalamin (GB 1903.43-2020), they will be in forced since March 11, 2021. The product standards for nutritional fortification substances such as inositol, cyanocobalamin, hydroxocobalamin, niacinamide, ferrous fumarate, ferrous lactate, magnesium hydrogen phosphate, zinc citrate, cholecalciferol, and sodium iodide are released, and the implementation standards for these nutritional fortification substances will also change. The above-mentioned standards are all included in the proposed revision and establishment of the Notice of 2016 National Food Safety Standard Project Plan, which spent 4 years. Antion has analyzed and interpreted the main changes and impacts as follow:
Revision of the Standard of Ferrous Lactate, Launch of the Standards of Inositol, Hydroxocobalamin, and Magnesium Hydrogen Phosphate
Compared with National Food Safety Standard Food Nutritional Fortification Substances in Foods Ferrous Lactate (GB 1903.47-2020) and Food Additive Ferrous Lactate (GB 6781-2007), it can be found that the information on dihydrate is added in GB 1903.47-2020, and the color requirement is modified from “light yellow green” to “white green or light yellow green”. The new version of the standard is more in line with the actual situation of the product.
National Food Safety Standard Food Nutritional Fortification Substances in Foods Inositol (Cyclohexanehexol) (GB 1903.42-2020), National Food Safety Standard Food Nutritional Fortification Substances in Foods Hydroxocobalamin (GB 1903.44-2020), and National Food Safety Standard Food Nutritional Fortification Substances in Foods Magnesium Hydrogen Phosphate (GB 1903.48-2020) are formulated by analyzing and comparing relevant technical standards at home and abroad, combining the characteristics of products, production process, quality level, inspection methods and market demand in China. The launch of standards is beneficial to the development of food industry and facilitates supervision by relevant authorities.
Launch of National Food Safety Standards for Nutritional Fortification Substances in Foods such as Cyanocobalamin and Niacinamide that Implement the Pharmacopoeia of the People’s Republic of China
Currently, the product standards for cyanocobalamin, nicotinamide, ferrous fumarate, zinc citrate, cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) and sodium iodide are in accordance with the Announcement on the Designation of 14 Product Standards for Food Additive including Cholecalciferol (Ministry of Health Announcement No. 18 of 2010), and they are implemented in line with the relevant quality requirements and test methods of the Pharmacopoeia of the People’s Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as Pharmacopoeia). Compared new version of standards with Pharmacopoeia, the mainly changes are as follow:
l Cyanocobalamin mainly added new requirements for physical and chemical indicators of acetone, lead and total arsenic, and increased the upper limit of content.
l Indicator requirements for nicotinamide are almost consistent with the Pharmacopoeia, and the limit for heavy metal lead is modified.
l The upper limit for the content of ferrous fumarate is added, it’s modified from “≥93%” to “93.0%~101.0%”, the indicator of drying weight loss is modified from “≤1.5%” to “≤1.0%”, and the requirements for lead salt and arsenic salt are modified to the requirements for lead and total arsenic indicators.
l For zinc citrate, the requirements for zinc content, solubility, hydrochloric acid insoluble matter, chloride, iron, lead, total arsenic and cadmium are added, and the requirements for acidity, alkalinity, ferric salt, lead salt, and arsenic salt are deleted.
l For cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), the limit for lead and total arsenic is increased.
l For sodium iodide, it’s clarified that the content of iodate ≤ 4.0mg/kg, the new indicators for potassium, nitrate, nitrite, nitrogen, thiosulfate and barium are added, and the requirements for chloride, sylvite, barium salt, and ferric salt are deleted.
The new standards are more in line with the actual situation of the industry and more applicable to food, they are modified with reference to relevant domestic and foreign standards for physical and chemical indicators, heavy metals and other indicators. On the premise of ensuring food safety, they are more conducive to the production and use, and more conform to the develop trend of food industry.
These 10 new standards for nutritional fortification substances in foods including National Food Safety Standard Food Nutritional Fortification Substances in Foods Cyanocobalamin (GB 1903.43-2020) more correspond with the actual situation and develop demand of the industry. All of these nutritional fortification substances can be used in foods for special dietary uses, this is good news for related enterprises. Antion hopes that this interpretation can help enterprises and stakeholders to better grasp the changing trends, and provide suggestion for the next step of their work. Meanwhile, Antion can provide service on consultation of regulations and standards, and review of food labeling, etc. If you have any question, please feel free to contact us!
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