With the strengthened awareness of health caused by aging and environmental pollution in China, health food market will grow at an average annual rate of 10-15%, from RMB260 billion in 2016 to RMB400 billion in 2021. Moreover, consumers’ mind-set about health food is gradually shifting from being seen as luxury goods to ordinary consumer products. 

With the positive policy background as well as increasing demand, China health food industry will continue to grow steadily.  Foodmate, as the leading food regulation consulting company in China, reviews the development process of market and management of health food, analyzes the opportunities and challenges faced by the imported health food enterprises, and interprets the relevant laws and regulations of health food registration and filing in details (Please visit our website:http://info.foodmate.com/).

Here we summarized all standards and regulations about health food registration and filing in China:

Regulatory framework	Name
Administrative Department	State Administration for Market Regulation(SAMR)
Health Food Registration & Filing Regulations	Food Safe Law of The People’s Republic of China (2015)
	Administrative Measures of Health Food Registration And Filing(2016）
	Guidance for Health Food Registration (2016)
	Detailed Guidance for Health Food Registration Approval (2016 Version) (2016）
	List of Approved Health Food Raw Materials Directory (The 1st Batch) (2017）
	List of Auxiliary Materials for Health Food Filing and Terms of Use (Trial) (2017)
	Directory of Health Function Available to Claim for Health Food (The 1st Batch) (2017)
	Guideline for Health Food Filing Application (Trial) (2017）
	Main Production Process of Health Food Filing Products (Trial) (2017)
Production & Operation Regulations	Food production license management measures (Revised 2015,2017)
	Health Food Production License Review Rules (2016）
	Food Business License Review General Rules (Trial)（2015）
	Management Measures for Daily Supervision And Inspection of Food Production And Operation（2016）
	Food Safety Sampling Inspection Management Measures（2014）
	Internet Food Safety Violations Investigation Measure（2016）
	Food Recall Management Measures（2015）
	Measures for the Supervision and Administration of the Quality and Safety of the Marketing of Edible Agricultural Products（2016）
import & Export Regulations	Import and Export Food Safety Management Measures （2011）
	Import and Export Prepackaged Food Label Inspection Supervision and Management Regulations (2012)
	Regulations on the Registration of Foreign Producers of imported Foods（2012）
	Imported Food importers and Exporters Filing Management Regulations (2012)
	Import and Export Commodities Random Inspection Management Measures (2002)
	Import and Export Goods Exemption Inspection Measures (2002)
Product Standard	GB 16740-2014 National Standard for Health Food

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