China-Approval List of New Food Raw Materials (Novel Food)

Introduction:

New food raw materials (novel food) used to be referred as new resource food. According to the relevant provisions of the Food Safety Law of China, new food raw materials can be sold and used in the Chinese market only after they have passed the safety assessment of the Health Administration Department under the State Council.

This Approval List of New Food Raw Materials (Novel Food) includes a list of new food raw materials that have been approved for use by regulatory authorities in China since 2008. Detailed information on the Chinese name, English/Latin name, basic information, scope of use, recommended amount, production process, quality requirements, etc. of each approved raw material is available in the database.

Notes:

The strains approved will be included in the corresponding strains list.

Update History:

Date	Official Announcements	Updates
2008-05-26	MOH Notice of No.12, 2008	New raw materials: 6
2008-09-18	MOH Notice of No.20, 2008	New raw materials: 5
2009-03-18	MOH Notice of No.3, 2009	New raw materials: 1
2009-04-13	MOH Notice of No.5, 2009	New raw materials: 2
2009-10-10	MOH Notice of No.12, 2009	New raw materials: 5
2010-01-05	MOH Notice of No.18, 2009	New raw materials: 7
2010-03-15	MOH Notice of No.3, 2010	New raw materials: 7
2010-06-01	MOH Notice of No.9, 2010	New raw materials: 5
2010-11-01	MOH Notice of No.15, 2010	New raw materials: 3
2010-11-11	MOH Notice of No.17, 2010	New raw materials: 2
2011-01-21	MOH Notice of No.1, 2011	New raw materials: 2
2011-03-29	MOH Notice of No.9, 2011	New raw materials: 2
2011-06-16	MOH Notice of No.13, 2011	New raw materials: 1
2012-01-30	MOH Notice of No.2, 2012	New raw materials: 1
2012-09-04	MOH Notice of No.17, 2012	New raw materials: 1
2012-09-05	MOH Notice of No.16, 2012	New raw materials: 2 New source of raw materials: 1
2012-12-13	MOH Notice of No.19, 2012	New raw materials: 3 Expanded the scope of use / amount: 1
2013-01-15	MOH Notice of No.1, 2013	New raw materials: 7
2013-11-26	MOH Notice of No.10, 2013	New raw materials: 8
2014-01-06	NHFPC Notice of No.16, 2013	New raw materials: 2
2014-05-15	NHFPC Notice of No.6,2014	New raw materials: 4
2014-06-18	NHFPC Notice of No.10, 2014	New raw materials: 3 Expanded the scope of use / amount: 2 New source of raw materials: 1
2014-07-14	NHFPC Notice of No.12, 2014	New raw materials: 1
2014-07-30	NHFPC Notice of No.15, 2014	New raw materials: 1
2014-12-31	NHFPC Notice of No.20, 2014	New raw materials: 6 Expanded the scope of use / amount: 1
2017-06-08	NHFPC Notice of No.7, 2017	New raw materials: 10
2018-09-26	NHC Notice of No.10, 2018	New raw materials: 2
2019-05-29	NHC Notice of No.2, 2019	New raw materials: 2
2020-06-02	NHC Notice of No.4, 2020	New raw materials: 1
2021-01-07	NHC Notice of No.9, 2020	New raw materials: 1 Expanded the scope of use / amount: 1
2021-04-25	NHC Notice of No.5, 2021	New raw materials: 3
2021-08-11	NHC Notice of No.7, 2021	Revised the quality requirements of 3 raw materials
2021-10-22	NHC Notice of No.9, 2021	New raw materials: 1
2022-03-01	NHC Notice of No.1, 2022	New raw materials: 2
2022-05-11	NHC Notice of No.2, 2022	New raw materials: 2
2023-05-06	NHC Notice of No.3, 2023	New raw materials: 2
2023-05-10	NHC Notice of No.4, 2023	Update applicable standards of 98 new raw materials
2023-08-01	NHC Notice of No.5, 2023	New raw materials: 2
2023-10-07	NHC Notice of No.8, 2023	New raw materials: 3
2023-12-01	NHC Notice of No.10, 2023	New raw materials: 3
2024-03-13	NHC Notice of No.2, 2023	New raw materials: 3

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