On January 2nd, 2018, National Health and Family Planning Commission issued list of current effective regulations and those no longer as normative documents of departmental regulations. “Measures for administration of hygiene regarding prohibition of drugs in food”, “Measures for administration of new varieties of food additives” and “Measures for administration of national food safety standard” and “Measures for administration of review of safety new food ingredients”


On January 18th, 2018, China Food and Drug Administration issued “Detailed rules for implementation of national food safety supervision and sampling inspection (2018 edition)” which stipulated requirements of range of application, product category, inspection basis, sampling, inspection requirements, judgment principle and conclusion.


On January 22nd, 2018, China Food and Drug Administration issued “Guiding principles for clinical trial of nephropathy regarding foods for special medical purpose (exposure draft)” and “Guiding principles for clinical trial of muscle attenuation syndrome regarding foods for special medical purpose (exposure draft)” and solicited public opinions, and opinions should be submitted before February 9th.