Several National Food Safety Standards (GB) will Come into Force in June - Regulatory News - Food & Food Contact Materials

In June 2017, a large amount of national food safety standards (GB) in China will come into force, including 1 general standard, 14 product standards, 13 nutrient enhancer standards and 81 test methods standards. Except the test methods standards, the other standards are listed below (please click the standard name for the CN version free download).

Relevant enterprises shall pay attention to the implemented dates and the changes included in the GB standards, to ensure your products can meet the new requirements and avoid unnecessary loss when they are imported to China.

S.N.	Standard	Implemented Date	Replaced Standard
1	GB 2763-2016 Maximum Residue Limits for Pesticide in Food	2017.06.18	GB 2763-2014
2	GB 14884-2016 Preserved Fruits	2017.06.23	GB 14884-2003
3	GB 17399-2016 Candy	2017.06.23	GB 9678.1-2003; GB 17399-2003
4	GB 19640-2016 Reconstituted Cereal Products	2017.06.23	GB 19640-2005
5	GB 14932-2016 Food Processing Meals	2017.06.23	GB 14932.1-2003
6	GB 19643-2016 Marine Algae and Algae Products	2017.06.23	GB 19643-2005
7	GB 20371-2016 Food Processing Plant Protein	2017.06.23	GB/T 20371-2006
8	GB 2707-2016 Fresh (Frozen) Livestock and Poultry Products	2017.06.23	GB 2707-2005; Some indexes in GB 16896-2006
9	GB 2715-2016 Grains	2017.06.23	GB 2715-2005
10	GB 2726-2016 Cooked Meal Products	2017.06.23	GB 2726-2005
11	GB 31636-2016 Pollen	2017.06.23	Some indexes in GH/T 20886-2007
12	GB 31637-2016 Edible Starch	2017.06.23	/
13	GB 31638-2016 Casein	2017.06.23	/
14	GB 31639-2016 Food Processing Yeast	2017.06.23	Some indexes in GB/T 20886-2007
15	GB 31640-2016 Edible Alcohol	2017.06.23	Some indexes in GB 10343-2008
16	GB 1903.13-2016 Nutrient Enhancer L-carnitine	2017.06.23	GB 17787-1999
17	GB 1903.14-2016 Nutrient Enhancer Calcium Citrate	2017.06.23	GB 17203-1998
18	GB 1903.15-2016 Nutrient Enhancer Calcium Acetate	2017.06.23	GB 15572-1995
19	GB 1903.16-2016 Nutrient Enhancer Ferric Pyrophosphate	2017.06.23	/
20	GB 1903.17-2016 Nutrient Enhancer Lactoferrin	2017.06.23	/
21	GB 1903.18-2016 Nutrient Enhancer Citrate-Malate Calcium	2017.06.23	/
22	GB 1903.19-2016 Nutrient Enhancer Bone meal	2017.06.23	/
23	GB 1903.20-2016 Nutrient Enhancer Thiamine Nitrate	2017.06.23	/
24	GB 1903.21-2016 Nutrient Enhancer Se-enriched Yeast	2017.06.23	/
25	GB 1903.22-2016 Nutrient Enhancer Se-enriched Edible Fungus Powder	2017.06.23	/
26	GB 1903.23-2016 Nutrient Enhancer Selenide Carrageenan	2017.06.23	/
27	GB 1903.24-2016 Nutrient Enhancer Magnesium Ascorbyl Phosphate	2017.06.23	/
28	GB 1903.25-2016 Nutrient Enhancer D- biotin	2017.06.23	/

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