Five New Food Additives Open for Public Consultation

On 8 December, 2021, China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA) issued 5 new food additives passing the technical review of the CFSA Expert Review Committee and now opens for public comments, including 2 new food enzymes, 2 food additives with expanded scope and 1 processing aids with expanded scope. The deadline for public comments is 30 December, 2021.

(1) New food enzymes

No	Name	Source	Donor
1	Phospholipase A1	Aspergillus niger	Talaromyces leycettanus
2	Glucose oxidase	Aspergillus niger	Penicillium chrysogenum

The quality specification requirements of enzymes should meet the requirements of the ‘National Food Safety Standard, Food Additives, Enzymes’ (GB 1886.174)

(2) Food additives with expanded scope

No	Name	Function	Category number	Food name/category	Maximum level(g/kg)	Note
1	Tomato red	Colorant	09.02.03	Frozen surimi and its products(including fish balls, etc.)	0.08	Measured as Lycopene
			09.04	Cooked aquatic products (Can be directly consumed)
2	Sucralose	Sweetener	01.06.04	Processed cheese	0.2	—

(3) Processing aids with expanded scope

No	Name	Function	Usage scope
1	Polydimethyl siloxane	Antifoaming agents	Yeast processing products production and processing technology (The maximum level is 0.1 g /kg, measured as polydimethyl siloxane)

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CFSA Opened Public Comments for Five New Food Additives