China's Government Strengthens Management of New Food Additives

China's Ministry of Health announced the Notice on Standardizing License Management of New Food Additives (NSLMNFA) to strengthen the management of new food additives in China on 25 November 2011, which may increase the difficulty in applying for new sweeteners in China, according to CCM’s January issue of Sweeteners China News.

In fact, Chinese government has already launched the Management Measures of New Food Additives (MMNFA) in March 2010 and the Regulations of New Food Additives' Declaration and Acceptance (RNFADA) in May 2010.

According to the MMNFA, the definition of new food additives includes three parts: 1) food additives which have not been classified into national standard of food safety 2) food additives which have not been approved to use by the Ministry of Health 3) food additives whose current dosage and application range are needed to be expanded 

Compared with the MMNFA and the RNFADA, the latest notice (NSLMNFA) has stipulated detailed and increased items on management of new food additives.

Firstly, the NSLMNFA has supplemented five detailed provisions of on-site verification and evaluation for new food additives. Previous MMNFA just defines that the Ministry of Health can organize experts to run on-site verification and evaluation for new food additives when necessary, but it has not defined concrete operations. In addition, it focuses more on paper material review, while the new NSLMNFA pays more attention to on-site verification and evaluation, which indicates that Chinese government is strengthening the management of new food additives in more ways to ensure food safety.

Besides, the NSLMNFA emphasizes more on comparison. Actually, the MMNFA just requirs the applicants to submit testimonial materials of new food additives' application conditions and effect in oversea countries and regions. And the NSLMNFA pays more attention to the comparison. For instance, the applicants should submit testimonial materials of the contrast effect in food including and excluding new food additives and the quality specification comparison material contrasted with international organizations and other countries, reflecting that Chinese government focuses on the necessity of new food additives' launch.

Moreover, the NSLMNFA encourages the public to offer suggestions on the management of new food additives. According to the MMNFA, comments from the public shall be solicited when it comes to the necessity and effect of the use of new food additives. From this aspect, the NSLMNFA welcomes suggestions and opinions of new food additives and its management, which may arouse the enthusiasm of the public to offer their views.

In general, the NSLMNFA may raise the difficulty in applying for new sweeteners in China. On one hand, the NSLMNFA will improve the laws and regulations on new food additives, which may increase the application producers of food additives; on the other hand, many food safety incidents caused by food additives happened in 2011, which has aroused Chinese people's concerns about food additives. And the encouragement of suggestions and opinions may assist Chinese government to receive more public suggestions, which may drive it to take a more cautious attitude to the approval of new food additives. 

With efforts from Chinese government to strengthen the management of food additives, the new food additives which will be launched in the future may be natural and efficient. For example, it is estimated that thaumatin may be approved as a new sweetener in China. Mr. Wu, Secretary-General of Sweetener Professional Committee of Chinese Food Additives and Ingredients Association, predicted that thaumatin will be approved to use in food and beverages in China thanks to its natural extract and high intensity of sweetness. What's more, Some Chinese producers have already applied for thaumatin to be used as a new sweetener, and the applications are in progress now.

Source: Sweeteners China News 1201

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Content of Sweeteners China News 1201:

Food Additive Industry Association officially established in Wuhan

Demand for GOS keeps increasing in China

China will promote food safety through legislation

The 20th anniversary of CBFIA held in Beijing

HZSY intends to stop beet sugar production

Hainan to establish aromatic industry

2011 annual review of Chinese sweetener industry

Export volume of aspartame in 2012 may affected by re-evaluation of EFSA

Export value of Chinese stevia sweetener grows fast in 2011

China's government strengthens management of new food additives

China's sucralose capacity to increase by 2,000t/a in 2012

Futaste's L-arabinose selected in National Key New Product Plan of 2011……

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(Guangzhou China, January 10, 2012)

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Henan Tianguan Accelerates Development of Cellulosic Ethanol

Henan Tianguan Fuel Ethanol Co., Ltd. (Henan Tianguan) plans to launch cellulosic ethanol plants to gradually expand its capacity in next three years, which is expected to reach 120,000t/a in 2014.

Henan Tianguan will start to construct the plants at the end of 2011. As revealed by Mr. Cheng, a staff of Cellulosic Ethanol Department in Henan Tianguan, the company has already decided to construct about 12 plants with capacity of about 10,000t/a respectively in Nanyang City, Henan Province. It is predicted that the plants will consume about 1 million tonnes of straw annually, if the production lines are all launched in the near future. That means the farmers' revenue in the city will increase by USD46 million per year.

As the first cellulosic ethanol manufacturer with capacity of 10,000t/a, Henan Tianguan is confident about the cost of cellulosic ethanol, which is lower than that in other competitors. According to Mr. Cheng, cellulase is the key element to reduce the cost of cellulosic ethanol. Compared with other cellulosic ethanol producers, such as COFCO, he explains that Henan Tianguan has rich experience in cellulase research. That’s why the cost of cellulase is much lower than that in COFCO.

Moreover, Chinese government’s subsidy boosts the development of cellulosic ethanol industry. The policy of straw subsidy from the Chinese Government will be established at the end of 2011. Also, with Chinese Government accelerating the publication of some policies, such as encouraging the companies' development in cellulosic ethanol research, the enthusiasm of cellulosic ethanol will increase greatly. Henan Tianguan producing cellulosic ethanol receives a subsidy of about USD157/t from the Chinese Government, which makes the company maintain the profitability.

The development of cellulosic ethanol in Henan Tianguan reveals that the company is accelerating its development of cellulosic ethanol to occupy a favorable position in cellulosic ethanol industry.

The above news is from CCM’s October issue of Industrial Biotechnology China News, with more stories below:

-Henan Tianguan plans to launch cellulosic ethanol plants to expand its capacity gradually in next three years, which is expected to reach 120,000t/a in 2014.

-Guangdong Yudean starts the No. 2 biomass generator unit in Zhanjiang at the end of September 2011.

-ZTE Energy (Inner Mongolia) plans to construct the second phase of the sweet sorghum ethanol production line.

-As the Chinese government pays attention to the collection of the swill-cooked dirty oil, the bio-diesel manufacturers can have more swill-cooked dirty oil as raw material to produce bio-diesel and thus increasing their output.

-Angel Yeast accelerates the transformation of its yeast extract capacity of 10,000t/a from industrial production to end-product's production in 2012.

-Dongbao Bio-Tech takes two measures to consolidate its position in gelatin and collagen market.

-Shandong Polymer will enhance the production line of CPAM with capacity of 10,000t/a at the end of 2011.

-In August 2011, China's import volume of butanol was down by 29.35% compared with that in July 2011.

-Anqing Hexing succeeds to get a "863" Program related to the development of PBS on September 3, 2011.

-Shenzhen Rainbow continuously explores the potential customers in the starch-based materials market.

-China's PLA import volume sharply decreases while price of PLA export shows a sign of recovery in August 2011.

-WMI will establish a new subsidiary in order to develop the PLA food containers production machines and train the maintenance technicians.

If you are interested in CCM’s October issue of Industrial Biotechnology China News, please do not hesitate to contact us via +86-20-37616606, or email us at econtact@cnchemicals.com.

(Guangzhou China, October 12, 2011)

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