On March 1, 2022, the China NHC (National Health Commission) announced the approval of 2 new food ingredients, 11 new food additives, and 19 new food-related product varieties:
New food ingredients
- Kanzan flower
- Pyrroloquinoline quinone disodium (PQQ) salt
New food additives
- New varieties of enzyme preparations for food industry
- Phospholipase A1,
- Maltogenic amylase,
- Glucose oxidase,
- Lipase
- Expanded use of food additives:
- Silica,
- Carbon dioxide,
- Turmeric,
- Nisin,
- Sucralose,
- Vegetable carbon black
- Expanded use of processing aids for the food industry:
- White mineral oil
New varieties of food-related products
- New varieties of food contact materials and products
- Silicon dioxide coatings made from the monomers hexamethyldisiloxane and hexamethyldisilazane
- New varieties of additives for food contact materials and products (6 kinds):
- 2-Propenoic acid, polymer with 2,5-furandione and 2-propenamide, sodium salt
- 1,3,5-Triallyl-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione
- C16-18-Fatty acids, esters with pentaerythritol
- Vitamin E (dl-α-Tocopherol acetate)
- 1-Decene,homopolymer, hydrogeneated
- Hexanedioic acid, polymer with 1,2-propanediol
- Additives for food contact materials and products expand the scope of use
- Maltodextrin
- C.I. pigment blue 15
- C.I. pigment red 254
- Carbon black
- C.I. pigment
- Hydroxyethyl cellulose
- 2-Propenoic acid, polymer with ethenylbenzene
- 2-Propenoic acid, polymer with sodium hypophosphite, sodium salt
- Rosin, ester with glycerol
- New varieties of resins for food contact materials and products
- Copolymer of acrylic acid, styrene, acrylic acid ethyl ester, acrylic acid 2-ethylhexylester, methacrylic acid methyl ester
- Polymer of cyclohexanedimethanol-1,4, ethylene glycol, 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-propanediol, isophthalic acid, dimethyl terephthalate and trimellitic anhydride
- New varieties of disinfectant raw materials
- Peroxyoctanoic acid
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