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Weekly Review of Food Standards & Regulations (Jan.17-Jan. 23, 2022)

 
★Q&A Infant Formula Milk Powder Product Formula Registration (Certification Materials for R&D capability IV)★

Q: In what situations are there not significant differences between the formulations of the same applicant and the same age group?

A: The obvious difference means that it is aimed at the nutritional characteristics rather than the varieties of nutrients. The basis of product formula and its differences should be the results of breast milk research and nutritional research. The following situations are no obvious differences between the same applicant and the same age group formula:

(1) The variety and (or) amount of dietary fiber added are different, such as fructooligosaccharides, galactooligosaccharides, polyfructose, raffinose, polydextrose, yeast β-glucan, etc......

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Q&A Infant Formula Milk Powder Product Formula Registration (Certification Materials for R&D capability IV)



★Q&A Infant Formula Milk Powder Product Formula Registration (Quality and Technology III)★

Q:
How to provide quality and safety standards for raw materials?

A: The variety of food raw materials and food additives used should be consistent with the formula submitted by the applicant. Compound ingredients, compound food additives and food additive preparations should be should be listed in the list of ingredients, and all levels of raw and auxiliary materials should provide quality and safety standards.

The raw and auxiliary materials that implement national standards or announcements by the health administration department (excluding QB, NY and other industry standards) shall provide the current effective standard number or announcement number..
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★Italian pork exports to China suspended due to African swine fever★

According to the news from the import and Export Safety Bureau of the General Administration of Customs on January 19, Italy has voluntarily suspended the issuance of health certificates for pork and pork products exported to China from January 7, 2022 (inclusive). Different from the previous voluntary suspension of atypical mad cow disease in Brazil, the suspension of pork and pork products exported to China is subject to the health certificate signed by the veterinary officer......

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★GACC | Emergency Preventive Measures against 6 Vietnamese Companies★

On January 19, 2022, the General Administration of Customs took emergency preventive measures against 6 Vietnamese companies, due to the positive nucleic acid test of SARS-Cov-2 in 10 samples of 4 batches of frozen Basa catfish, 1 sample of 1 batch of frozen cuttlefish, 1 sample of 1 batch of frozen surimi and 1 sample of 1 batch of frozen Nemipterus virgatus surimi from Vietnam. The national customs suspended the acceptance of 5 Vietnamese aquatic product companies (Registered numbers are DL 849、DL 847、DL 347、DL 412、DL 340 respectively) import declaration for 1 week from January 19, 2022, suspended the acceptance of a Vietnamese aquatic product company (Registered number: DL 521) import declaration for 2 weeks from January 19, 2022. Product declaration will resume automatically after expiration......

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