On 7 September, 2022, National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHC) approved 3 new food additives. The detailed approval information is as follow:
New enzymes for food industry
No | Name | Source | Donor |
1 | Lactase | Aspergillus niger | Aspergillus oryzae |
The quality specification requirements of enzymes should meet the requirements of the ‘National Food Safety Standard, Food Additives, Enzymes’ (GB 1886.174).
Food additives with expanded scope
No | Name | Function | Category number | Food name | Maximum level(g/kg) | Note |
1 | Tomato red | Colorant | 09.02.03 | Frozen minced and creamed fish products (including fish balls) | 0.08 | Count as lycopene |
09.04 | Fully preserved fish and fish products (can be directly consumed) | |||||
2 | Carmine cochineal | Colorant | 08.02.01 | Conditioned meat products (raw meat with added ingredients) | 0.08 | Count as carminic acid |
Note: there may be omissions and errors in the data statistics process because of the change of official websites. The data in this article is for reference only, please refer to the official information published by government departments.
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