On February 11, 2018, according to the provisions of the “Measures for the management of new varieties of food additives” and “Provisions on the declaration and acceptance of new varieties of food additives”, the application for new varieties of food additives including L-sodium malate, etc. has passed the technical review by the Expert Review Committee, and is now solicited public opinions.

New varieties of food additives include: L-sodium malate; new varieties of enzyme preparations used in the food industry are as follows: lipase; food additives expanding the usage amount and use scope are as follows: propylene glycol fatty acid ester, brilliant blue, lemon yellow, sunset yellow and carmine.

The details are shown in Table 1 below: