Shanghai, 12 July 17, 2018. Chemlinked teamed up with Food Ingredients Asia-China, one of the largest and international recognized events in food ingredients, to hold a workshop of Regulatory Intelligence on Food Ingredients on Thursday, July 12th, 2018. The target was to offer an interpretation of the current requirements for food ingredients and food contact materials in the new regulatory landscape of China. Following its latest and widely commented institutional reform, China decided to leave CFDA, AQSIQ, SAIC NHFPC and MOA behind, replacing them with new bodies. This provided for a series of interesting mergers and reshuffling of oversight and regulatory duties, which are expected to become fully operational along this year and into 2019. Ms. Yilia Ye, Editor of Chemlinked Food, explained the general requirements of good ingredients used in common food, “there should be regulatory references for compliance use. For example, the food additives need to be listed…