In 2020, the National Health Commission approved a total of 46 new varieties of food-related products. In order to help clients to understand the overall application status of new varieties of food-related products in 2020, Foodmate summerise the approval status of new varieties of food-related products in 2020.

1. Acceptance of new varieties of food-related products

In 2020, the National Health Commission accepted 39 new varieties of food-related products, including 18 domestic products and 21 imported products. imported products include ethanolamine, zinc phosphate, calcium hydroxide, polycyclooctene, etc.

The acceptance data of new varieties of food-related products over the past years (2014 to 2020) shows that the number of imported products dominates, but the gap between the number of domestic products and imported products in the past two years has been significantly narrowed.
2. The status of soliciting public opinions on new varieties of food-related products

In 2020, National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment solicited public opinions on new varieties of food-related products 5 times. A total of 36 products passed the technical review of the expert review committee, including 7 new varieties of food contact materials and product additives, and 12 New varieties of resins for food contact materials and products, 16 types of food contact materials and additives for products with expanded use, and 1 resin for food contact materials and products with expanded use. Among them, most of the varieties have been formally approved, including microfibrillated cellulose pulp, dibutyl fumarate homopolymer, polyethylene, calcium stearate, etc.

3. Announcement and approval of new varieties of food-related products

In 2020, the National Health Commission approved a total of 46 new varieties of food-related products, including 10 new varieties of food contact materials and product additives (Accounting for 21.74% of the total), 18 new varieties of resins for food contact materials and products (39.13%), 14 types of food contact materials and product additives with expanded use (30.43%), and 4 kinds of resins for materials and products with expanded use (8.7%). The application of new varieties is usually approved in the second or even the third year, and the applicant can make corresponding reference when making the application.

In addition, from the perspective of the approved product application range, the most approved products for additives are plastic products, accounting for 54%, followed by paints and coatings, paper and cardboard. In addition, there are a small amount of additives for rubber and adhesives. For resin approval, the main approved products are paints and coatings and adhesives.

From 2016 to 2020, a total of 196 new varieties of food-related products were approved, including 69 new varieties of food contact materials and product additives (accounting for 35.20%), 66 new varieties of food contact materials and product resins (33.67%) , 54 types of food contact materials and product additives with expanded use (27.55%), 6 types of food contact materials and product resins with expanded use (3.06%) and the only one product for food contact material and article (0.51%), which is amorphous hydrogenated carbon, the details are as follows.
The above is the inventory of the approval status of the new varieties of food-related products in 2020 summarized by Foodmate. Generally, the declaration cycle for new varieties of food-related products takes at least one year. If you have any doubts or needs related to the registration and declaration of "three novel" products, please leave a message to discuss or contact us.

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