MOH Releases National Food Safety Standards Projects in 2012

Jun. 08th, 2012
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The responsible units listed below for certain task of enactment or revision of national food safety standards should fill in the project entrustment agreement and submit it to the national food safety standard review committee Secretariat before 10 June 2012. If not, it would be regarded as a voluntary abandonment.

The responsible unit and the person in charge should ensure the project quality and progress, and complete the task before 30 June 2013. If not, there would be a corresponding punishment.

The national food safety standards projects in 2012 comprise of 5 parts, including the Basic Standards, Food Products, Food Additives, Specifications of Production and Operation and Inspection Methods, which accounting for 82 projects in total.

national food safety standards projects in 2012

No. Project Enactment/Revision Responsible Unit
Basic Standards
1 Microbiological Limit in Ready-to-eat Food for Catering Enactment Beijing Health Inspection Authority, Xi’an City Institute for Food and Drug Control, Jiangsu Health Inspection Authority
2 Concentration Limit of Radionuclide in food Revision Institute of Radiation Medicine Chinese Academy of Medical Science
3 Health standards for Additives of  Food Containers  Packaging Materials Revision China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment
Food Products
4 Honey Revision Fujian Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Zhejiang University
5 Common Criteria of Health (Functional) Food Revision Beijing Center for Disease Control & Prevention
6 Edible Vegetable Blend Oil Enactment Standards & Quality Center of the State Administration of Grain, Academy of State Administration of Grain
Food Additives
7 Polyoxyethylene Polyoxypropylene Enactment Technology Center of Guangdong Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau
8 n-hexane Enactment China National Research Institute of Food & Fermentation Industries
9 Magnesium silicate Enactment China National Research Institute of Food & Fermentation Industries
10 Active carbon Enactment China National Research Institute of Food & Fermentation Industries
11 Bentonite Enactment China National Research Institute of Food & Fermentation Industries
12 Polyglycerol ester of polylinoleic acid Enactment China National Research Institute of Food & Fermentation Industries
13 Tartaric acid Enactment China National Research Institute of Food & Fermentation Industries
14 Pd Enactment CNOOC Tianjin Chemical Research & Design Institute
15 Kaoline Enactment CNOOC Tianjin Chemical Research & Design Institute
16 Polyacrylamide Enactment CNOOC Tianjin Chemical Research & Design Institute
17 Calcium phosphate Enactment CNOOC Tianjin Chemical Research & Design Institute
18 Ammonium chloride Enactment CNOOC Tianjin Chemical Research & Design Institute
19 Ni Enactment CNOOC Tianjin Chemical Research & Design Institute
20 Hydrogen Enactment CNOOC Tianjin Chemical Research & Design Institute
21 Perlite Enactment CNOOC Tianjin Chemical Research & Design Institute
22 Polyvinyl alcohol Enactment CNOOC Tianjin Chemical Research & Design Institute
23 1-butanol Enactment Sinopec Group Beijing Chemical Academy
24 Solvent No.6 Enactment Sinopec Group Beijing Chemical Academy
25 Propane Enactment Sinopec Group Beijing Chemical Academy
26 n-butane Enactment Sinopec Group Beijing Chemical Academy
27 Petroleum ether Enactment Sinopec Group Beijing Chemical Academy
28 Diethyl ether Enactment Sinopec Group Beijing Chemical Academy
29 Adipic acid Enactment Sinopec Group Beijing Chemical Academy
30 Arhat fruit extract Enactment Technology Center of Guangxi Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau
31 Dimethicone and emulsion Enactment Sichuan Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Shanghai Food Production Administration
32 Insoluble polyvinylypyrrolisone Enactment Technology Center of HeBei Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau
33 Higher alcohol fatty acid ester complex Enactment China Food Additives & Ingredients Association
34 Immobilized tannins Enactment China Food Additives & Ingredients Association
35 Polyoxypropylene glycerol ether Enactment China Food Additives & Ingredients Association
36 Polyoxypropylene oxyethylene glycol ether Enactment China Food Additives & Ingredients Association
37 Sucrose polyoxypropylene ester Enactment China Food Additives & Ingredients Association
38 Saffower Yellower Enactment China Food Additives & Ingredients Association
39 Curcumin Enactment Shanghai Food Production Administration, China Food Additives & Ingredients Association
40 Polystyrene Enactment Zhejiang Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau
41 Mineral oil Enactment Xi’an Oils & Fats Research & Design Institute State Administration of Grain Reserve of China, Standards & Quality Center of the State Administration of Grain
42 L-Cysteine monohydrochloride Enactment China Biotech Fermentation Industry Association
43 Galactomannan Enactment China Biotech Fermentation Industry Association
44 Tripotassium glycyrrhi-mate Enactment Technology Center of Tianjin Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau
45 Funoran Enactment Jiangsu Health Inspection Authority
46 Polyethylene glycol Enactment National Institutes for Food and Drug Control, Shanghai Food Production Administration
47 Chinese honey Enactment Technology Center of Tianjin Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau
48 Calcium disodium EDTA Enactment Jiangsu Health Inspection Authority
49 Aspartame-acesulfame salt Enactment Technology Center of Inner Mongolia Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau
Practice of Production and Operation
50 Hygienic Practice of  Meat Production Revision Circulation Industry Center of Ministry of Commerce, Heilongjiang Health Inspection Authority, Shandong Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau
51 Hygienic Practice of Soy Sauce Revision Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Prevention and Control, Guangdong Health Inspection Authority, China Condiment Industry Association, Shanghai Food Production Administration
52 Hygienic Practice of Fast Frozen Food Enactment China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, Chinese Institute of Food Science and Technology
53 Hygienic Practice of Packing Drinking Water Revision China Beverage Industry Association, China National Health Association, Liaoning Health Inspection Authority, Guangdong Health Inspection Authority
54 Hygienic Practice of Spices in Thermal Processing of Foods Enactment Chinese Institutes of Food Science and Technology, Beijing Technology and Business University, Shanghai Research Institute of Fragrance & Flavor Industry
55 Health (Functional) Food Good Manufacturing Practice Revision Guangdong Food AND Drug Administration

This chart only includes 55 national food safety standards projects of Basic Standards, Food Products, Food Additives and  Practice of Production and Operation.  As for the projects of Operation and Inspection Methods, please see more information from MOH Announcement No.512.