Health Foods & Supplements

Four new substances were added to the China Health Food Dual-Use Substances Catalogue on August 26, 2024, including Citrus Grandis Tomentosa.

China’s SAMR has released the regulation for formula food special medical purposes. They will take effect on January 1, 2024.

Formula food for special medical purposes (FSMP) clinical trial standards in China were recently updated by the SAMR on May 11, 2024.

China’s SAMR issued technical requirements for the notification of Ginseng, American Ginseng, and Ganoderma lucidum.

China’s SAMR is proposing an update to its Food Safety Law. It is proposing to include liquid infant formula and is drafted for comments.

Three new health food ingredients were added to the Catalogue of Health Food Raw Materials and will come into effect on May 1, 2024.

Nine substances were added to the “Catalogue of China health food dual-use substances”, this means they can be used as both food and Chinese Traditional Medicine.

N15 New Food Materials approved by the National Health Commission (NHC) on October 22, 2021. Read the original NHC announcement here...

China health food regulatory updates were announced by the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) on August 31, 2023

China health food with new functions has new technical evaluation rules announced by the SAMR on August 28, 2023, for trial implementation.

The China GACC issued an explanatory document for China food importers to learn more about the expected requirements in January 2022.

China health food raw material technical requirements have drafts issued in July 2023, focusing on Soybean Protein Isolate and Whey Protein