On July 20, the official website of the State Food and Drug Administration issued the "Notice of the General Office of the General Administration of the People's Republic of China on Further Strengthening the Supervision of Food Additive Production" (hereinafter referred to as "Notice").

The main points of the excerpt are as follows-

The "Notice" stipulates "strict production permits for food additives" and emphasizes that "raw materials, production processes, product names and inspection methods, etc., must correspond to the standards".

"Notice" emphasizes "strengthening key links of supervision and inspection, the use of non-edible substances for the production of compound food additives is strictly prohibited. The use of raw materials or raw materials with unknown sources or unqualified ingredients is strictly prohibited for the production of edible gelatin, and the purchase of industrial gelatin for the production of edible gelatin is strictly prohibited."

The "Notice" stipulates that "food additive manufacturing enterprises shall faithfully record information such as the source of materials, processing process and product destination, quantity, etc., to ensure that the records are true and reliable, and all links can be effectively traced, so that the source can be traced, the source can be controlled, and the destination can be Inquiries and responsibilities can be investigated. "

The following is the original "Notice"-

Circular of the General Office of the General Administration on Further Strengthening the Supervision of Food Additive Production

No. 96 (2016) No. 96

Food and Drug Administration of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and Food and Drug Administration of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:

Food additives are an important part of the food industry and directly related to food safety. In recent years, food and drug regulatory authorities at all levels have always regarded food additive manufacturers as the focus of supervision, and continue to increase supervision and the quality and safety level of food additives has gradually improved. However, some recent events have shown that food additive quality and safety risks still exist. Must not relax. In order to strengthen the supervision of food additive production, strictly implement the requirements of "the four most stringent" and "four have two responsibilities", urge food additive production enterprises to implement the main responsibility of food safety, and effectively guarantee the quality and safety of food additive products. The notice of regulatory work requirements is as follows:

1. Supervise and urge enterprises to produce according to law and regulations, and strictly implement the responsibility of the main body. Local food and drug regulatory authorities should urge food additive manufacturers to organize production in strict accordance with laws and regulations, food safety standards and production permit conditions, and strictly implement the main responsibility of food safety. It is necessary to urge food additive manufacturing enterprises to establish and improve food safety self-inspection systems, and take the enterprise's self-inspection records and changes in production conditions and the potential risks of food safety accidents as the focus of daily supervision and inspection.

2. Administration according to law, strict production permits for food additives. First, strictly follow the "Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China", "Administrative Measures for Food Production Licensing" (Order No. 16 of the General Administration of Food and Drug Administration) and the National Food Safety Standards, and strictly regulate the production of food additives. For food additive manufacturing enterprises that do not meet the requirements of laws, regulations and relevant standards, it is strictly forbidden to grant production licenses. Severely punish enterprises that produce without permission. The second is to require enterprises to faithfully provide product processes, raw and auxiliary materials and formula materials in accordance with relevant regulations. The licensing authority shall organize a review in accordance with relevant regulations. In particular, raw materials, production processes, product names and inspection methods must be in one-to-one correspondence with the standards. The third is to establish and improve the examiner responsibility system and on-site examination signature system.

3. To be problem-oriented and strengthen supervision and inspection of key links. The local food and drug regulatory authorities shall, in accordance with the "Measures for the Daily Supervision and Administration of Food Production and Operation" (Order No. 23 of the General Administration of Food and Drug Administration) and the "Notice of the General Administration of Food and Drug Administration on Printing and Distributing the Forms for Daily Supervision and Inspection of Food Production and Operation" (Food and Drug Supervision Supervision No. 1 (2016) No. 58), strengthen the daily supervision and inspection of food additive production enterprises, and effectively strengthen the supervision and inspection of key links such as raw material procurement and production ingredients. Sampling inspection shall be carried out on suspected problem products and products which are more prone to problems, and problems found in supervision and inspection shall be promptly investigated and dealt with. In particular, focus on the following issues: First, the purchase inspection, enterprises must strictly control the raw materials, strictly in accordance with the national food safety standards for raw materials and processes organized production. The use of non-edible substances to produce compound food additives is strictly prohibited. It is strictly forbidden to use raw materials with unknown sources or unqualified raw materials to produce edible gelatin, and it is strictly prohibited to purchase and use industrial gelatin to produce edible gelatin. The second is the production process control. Strictly organize production in accordance with relevant standards and licensing scope, and strictly control that compound food additives are consistent with their licensed formulas. The third is label identification. Strictly follow the Food Safety Law and other laws and regulations and national food safety regulations to mark and label. The common name specified in the national standard and the food additive announcement approved by the Health and Family Planning Commission should be used. The food additive product label shall state "food additive", and indicate the storage conditions, the name and address of the producer, the scope and amount of use of the food additive. The name, use, etc. marked on the label of compound food additives shall comply with the provisions of the national food safety standards for compound food additives. The fourth is the factory inspection, strictly implementing the product factory inspection system, and the products should comply with the national food safety standards.

4. Increase the intensity of random inspection and monitoring to ensure the quality and safety of food additives. The local food and drug regulatory authorities shall, in conjunction with the sampling inspection and monitoring plan of the General Administration, increase the intensity of sampling inspection and monitoring of food additives, especially food additives such as edible gelatin, compound food additives, and food flavors. It is necessary to order the relevant production enterprises to stop production immediately, analyze the cause of the problem, recall unqualified products according to law, and resolve risks in a timely manner. All localities should strengthen supervision of the announcement of random inspection information and the notification of mutual information.

5. Instruct food additive manufacturing enterprises to establish a traceability system. Food and drug supervision and administration departments at all levels should guide food additive manufacturing enterprises to establish a food safety traceability system within two years. Food additive manufacturing enterprises must faithfully record information such as the source of materials, processing processes and product destinations and quantities to ensure that the records are true, reliable and Links can be effectively traced, so that the source can be traced, the source can be controlled, the destination can be inquired, and the responsibility can be investigated, so as to effectively improve the scientific and information level of supervision.

General Office of the Food and Drug Administration

July 11, 2016