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Special Topic on Novel Food Ingredient III: Registration Process and Materials

2018-06-29 09:14 Click:135

In order to thoroughly introduce novel food ingredient, Global Foodmate has deliberately organized and collected special topic about novel food ingredient for this week. In this week, Global Foodmate will introduce the novel food ingredient with a series of articles. The topic will cover introduction, regulations, registration, and Q&A of the novel food ingredient. This is the third article of the series, the content covers the registration process and materials of novel food ingredient.

1 Registration procedure

2 Materials submitted for Novel food ingredient registration

Note: yr means year; wd means working days
3 Registration duration after dossier submission

4 Probable conclusions for registration

1) Suggested for approval

2) Terminated for approval:

· Managed as food

· Managed as food and in accordance with specified implementation standard

· Substantial equivalence: managed as food or new food ingredient that have been approved

· Managed as recognized traditional consumption history

3) Suggested for non-approval:

· Without the characteristics of food materials

· Not conforming to the nutritional requirements

· Security cannot be guaranteed

· Declaration materials or samples are not true

· Other conditions that do not comply with relevant laws and regulations of China