China CFSA Collects Public Comment on Four New Food Additives

On August 14, 2024, the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) issued a call for public comment on four new food additives: one new food additive, one new food nutrition enhancer, and two food additives with expanded scope.

Comments are welcome until September 14, 2024. The details are as follows:

New food additive (one type)

Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)

The scope of use and use levels of Butylated hydroxytoluene shall comply with the provisions of GB 2760 - National Food Safety Standard for the Use of Food Additives.

This specification applies to the food additive Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT), produced from m-cresol and isobutylene through an alkylation reaction using acidic catalysts (such as concentrated sulfuric acid, sodium p-toluenesulfonate, and sodium benzenesulfonate), followed by distillation and recrystallization. All other aspects shall comply with the provisions of GB 1900 - National Food Safety Standard for the Food Additive Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT).

New food nutrition enhancer (one type)

2’-fucosyllactose, 2’-FL

The scope of use, use levels, and specifications for 2’-FL shall comply with Announcement No. 8 of 2023 by the National Health Commission (NHC), excluding Appendix C - Information on the production strain for producing 2’-fucosyllactose). The details of the production strain are as follows:

Table 1 Information on the production strain for producing 2’-fucosyllactose

Nutrition enhancer	Source	Donor
2’-fucosyllactose	Escherichia coli BL21 (DE3)	Helicobacter spp.a
	Escherichia coli W	Helicobacter spp.a

^a is the donor for α-1,2-fucosyltransferase

Food additives with expanded scope (two types)

S.N.	Food additive	Food category number	Food category/ name	Maximum level (g/kg)	Note
1	Curdlan	01.05.03	Formulated cream	Appropriate level
		16.05	Microbial preparations for food processing (excluding 16.04)	Appropriate level
2	Enzymatically produced steviol glycosides	The scope of use and use levels shall comply with the provisions for approved steviol glycosides as specified in GB 2760-2024 - National Food Safety Standard for the Use of Food Additives. It can be used alone or in combination with steviol glycosides.			Expressed as steviol equivalents

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