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On May 10, 2024, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) issued 4 new food additives for public comments, including 1 new food enzyme, 2 new food nutrition enhancers, and 1 food nutrition enhancer with expanded scope.

Comments are welcomed before June 9, 2024. Details are as follows:

New food enzyme (1 type)

No.	Enzyme	Source	Donor
1	D-psicose 3-epimerase	Bacillus subtilis	Ruminococcus sp. 5_1_39B_FAA

The quality specifications of food enzymes shall comply with the provisions specified in National Food Safety Standard - Food Additive - Food Enzyme (GB 1886.174).

New food nutrition enhancers (2 types)

2’-fucosyllactose, 2’-FL

The use levels, scope of use and specifications of 2’-FLshall meet the requirements outlined in the National Health Commission (NHC) Announcement No. 8 of 2023, excluding Appendix C. The production strain information is given in the Table below:

Table 1 Information on the production strain of 2’-fucosyllactose

Nutrition enhancer

Source

Donor

2’-fucosyllactose

Escherichia coli K-12 G1724

Bacteroides vulgatus ^a

Escherichia coli K-12

MG1655

Helicobacter spp. ^a

^a: donor of α-1, 2-fucosyltransferase

Lacto-N-neotetraose, LNnT

The use levels, scope of use and specifications of LNnT shall meet the requirements outlined in NHC Announcement No. 8 of 2023, excluding Appendix C. The production strain information is given in the Table below:

Table 2 Information on the production strain of Lacto-N-neotetraose

Nutrition enhancer	Source	Donor
Lacto-N-neotetraose	Escherichia coli BL21 star (DE3)	Neisseria spp. ^a, Helicobacter spp. ^b

a: donor of β-1,3-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase

b: donor of β-1,4-galactosyltransferase

Food nutrition enhancer with expanded scope (1 type)

No.

Name

Food category number

Food name/

category

Use level

Remark

Sodium ferrous citrate

As a compound source of iron, its use level and scope of use shall comply with the provisions regarding iron in GB14880 National Food Safety Standard - Food Nutrition Enhancer.

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China CFSA Collects Public Comments on 4 New Food Additives

New food nutrition enhancers (2 types)

2’-fucosyllactose, 2’-FL

Lacto-N-neotetraose, LNnT

Food nutrition enhancer with expanded scope (1 type)