Voluntary Report - public distribution

**Date:** 8/14/2006

**GAIN Report Number:** CH6065

CH6065

**China, Peoples Republic of**

**FAIRS Product Specific**

**Food Additive Supplement (Circular No. 5)**

**2006**

**Approved by:**

![](media/image1.wmf)Maurice House

U.S. Embassy

**Prepared by:**

Wu Bugang

**Report Highlights:**

This is an UNOFFICIAL translation of China\'s Ministry of Health
Circular No. 5 of 2006 on newly approved food additives, processing
aids, and food flavorings. Exporters should carefully discuss
regulations and their application with Chinese importers to ensure that
their interpretation of the regulation is accurate.

Includes PSD Changes: No

Includes Trade Matrix: No

Unscheduled Report

Beijing \[CH1\]

\[CH\]

**Summary**

The Ministry of Health (MOH) recently published on its web site
([www.moh.gov.cn](http://www.moh.gov.cn/)) Circular No. 5 complements
Food Additive Hygiene Standard (GB2760-1996) (CH1046). This circular
provides newly approved food additives, processing aid, and edible food
flavorings. As the regulatory body with statutory over food additives,
MOH reviews and approves applications for new food additives, processing
aids, food flavorings, as well as applications for enlarged scope of
application and/or dosage levels for existing food additives each and
every quarter. It has been publishing such supplements since 1997. Food
additives not mentioned in the Food Hygiene Standard or the subsequent
supplements are still subject to regulation and registration.

The following GAIN reports cover all supplements on food additives that
have been published by MOH thus far:

1997 (CH3001), 1998 (CH3002), 1999 (CH3003), 2000 (CH3004), 2001
(CH3005), 2002 (CH3006), 2003 (CH3061), 2004 (CH4019, CH4040, CH4065),
2005 (CH5033, CH5041, CH5072, CH5073), and 2006 (CH6027).

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Announcement of the Ministry of Health of P.R.China

No.5, 2006

April 4, 2006

    According to Food Hygiene Law of the People\'s Republic of China and
Administrative Measures on Food Additive Hygiene, the following newly
added varieties of food additives and food flavorings are approved and
published. 

1\. Newly added varieties

+--------+-------------+----------------------------+-----------------+
| Ca     | Name of     | Scope of Application       | Maximum volume  |
| tegory | additive    |                            | of dose (g/kg)  |
+--------+-------------+----------------------------+-----------------+
| A      | L (+)       | Various foods^a^           | Appropriate     |
| cidity | tartaric    |                            | dose level as   |
| regu   | acid        |                            | required in     |
| lators |             |                            | production      |
+--------+-------------+----------------------------+-----------------+
|        | Ammonium    | Chocolate and chocolate    | 10              |
|        | phosphatide | candies                    |                 |
| Emuls  |             |                            |                 |
| ifiers |             |                            |                 |
+--------+-------------+----------------------------+-----------------+
|        | Docosanoic  | Emulsified fat products    | 10              |
|        | acid        |                            |                 |
|        | mon         |                            |                 |
|        | oglycerides |                            |                 |
+--------+-------------+----------------------------+-----------------+
|        | Citric acid | Emulsified fat products    | 10              |
|        | mon         |                            |                 |
|        | oglycerides |                            |                 |
+--------+-------------+----------------------------+-----------------+
|        | Unsaturated | Emulsified fat products    | 10              |
|        | fatty acid  |                            |                 |
|        | mon         |                            |                 |
|        | oglycerides |                            |                 |
+--------+-------------+----------------------------+-----------------+
|        | Lauric acid | Various foods^a^           | Appropriate     |
|        | mon         |                            | dose level as   |
|        | oglycerides |                            | required in     |
|        |             |                            | production      |
+--------+-------------+----------------------------+-----------------+
|        | Succinic    | Fruit and vegetable        | 2.0             |
|        | acid        | beverages                  |                 |
|        | mon         |                            |                 |
|        | oglycerides |                            |                 |
+--------+-------------+----------------------------+-----------------+
|        |             | Protein drinks             | 2.0             |
+--------+-------------+----------------------------+-----------------+
|        |             | Tea, coffee, plant         | 2.0             |
|        |             | beverages                  |                 |
+--------+-------------+----------------------------+-----------------+
|        |             | Solid beverages (measured  | 2.0             |
|        |             | as diluted by ten times)   |                 |
+--------+-------------+----------------------------+-----------------+
|        |             | Lactobacillus drink        | 2.0             |
+--------+-------------+----------------------------+-----------------+
| C      | Polyvinyl   | Candy coating              | 18              |
| oating | alcohol     |                            |                 |
| agents |             |                            |                 |
+--------+-------------+----------------------------+-----------------+
| Thic   | Tara Gum    | Ice cream, ice cream bar,  | 5.0             |
| keners |             | ice cream stick, fruit     |                 |
|        |             | jam, fruit jelly, frozen   |                 |
|        |             | foods                      |                 |
+--------+-------------+----------------------------+-----------------+
|        |             | Meat products              | 10.0            |
+--------+-------------+----------------------------+-----------------+
|        |             | Cheese                     | 8.0             |
+--------+-------------+----------------------------+-----------------+
|        |             | Baked foods                | 1.5             |
+--------+-------------+----------------------------+-----------------+
|        |             | Non-alcoholic drinks       | 2.5             |
+--------+-------------+----------------------------+-----------------+

 

ªNotes: Various foods mentioned in above table do not include the
following foods

  -------------------------- -----------------------------------------------
  Food classification number Names of foods in China

  01.1.1                     Pure milk (whole milk, partly defatted milk,
                             defatted milk), including reconstituted milk 

  01.2.1                     Purely fermented milk (whole milk, partly
                             defatted milk, defatted milk)

  01.5.1                     Cream and thin cream

  02.1                       Water-free fat and oil

  02.2.1.1                   Butter and condensed butter

  04.1.1                     Fresh fruits 

  04.2.1                     Fresh vegetables, edible fungus and alga

  04.2.2.1                   Frozen vegetables, edible fungus and alga

  04.2.2.6                   Fermented vegetable products

  06.1                       Raw grain

  06.2                       Rice and its products (rice, rice flour, rice
                             cakes)

  06.3.1                     Wheat flour

  06.3.2.1                   Uncooked wet flour products (noodles, dumpling
                             peel, wonton peel, shaomai peel)

  06.3.2.2                   Uncooked dry flour products (fine dried
                             noodles)

  06.4                       Minor cereal flour (including soybean flour)
                             and products

  06.5.1                     Edible starch

  08.1                       Raw and fresh meat

  09.1                       Fresh aquatic products 

  09.3                       Prefabricate aquatic products (semi-finished
                             products)

  10.1                       Fresh eggs

  10.3.1                     Dehydrated egg products (such as egg albumen
                             powder, egg yolk powder, egg albumen)

  10.3.3                     Frozen egg products (such as iced eggs)

  11.1                       Edible sugar 

  11.1.2                     Other sugar and syrup (such as brown sugar, red
                             granulated sugar, maple syrup) 

  11.3.1                     Honey

  12.1                       Salt and its substitutes

  12．9                      Aromatic condiments

  13.1                       Infant formula foods, older infant and young
                             child formula foods

  13.2                       Foods for weaning infants

  13.3                       Special foods for medical use, including that
                             for infants and young children

  14.1.1                     Natural drinking mineral water

  14.2.1                     Fruit and vegetable juice (syrup)

  14.5.2                     Coffee

  15.4.1                     Wine
  -------------------------- -----------------------------------------------

2\. Processing aid

Enzyme preparation Phytase

3\. Food flavoring list

  -------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------
  Serial   English name                                                 FEMA
  No.                                                                   

  1        Propyl formate                                               2943

  2        Citrus junos peel oil                                        2318

  3        2-(L-Menthoxy) ethanol                                       4154

  4        Vanlillin 3-(L-menthoxy)propane-1,2-diol acetal              3904

  5        3-Penten-2-one                                               3417

  6        Methyl laurate                                               2715

  7        Perillyl acetate(p-Mentha-1,8-dien-7-yl acetate)             3561

  8        Diethyl malate                                               2374

  9        Tetrahydrofurfuryl propionate                                3058

  10       Methyl (methylthio) acetate                                  4003

  11       2-Acetyl pyrroline                                           4249

  12       Flouve oil(Anthoxantum odoratum L.)                          　

  13       Isopropyl formate                                            2944

  14       4-Methyl-2-pentenal                                          3510

  15       Ethyl linoleate                                              ------

  16       2,4,6-Triisobutyl-5,6-dihydro-4H-1,3,5-dithiazine            4017

  17       Dodecyl acetate                                              2616

  18       2-Ethyl butyraldehyde                                        2426

  19       Octyl caprylate                                              2811

  20       Hexanal diethyl acetal                                       ------

  21       Isopropyl propionate                                         2959

  22       Trans-2-Hexenyl butyrate                                     3926

  23       Butyl Isothiocyanate                                         4082

  24       Allyl isovalerate                                            2045

  25       3-Octanon-1-ol                                               2804

  26       N-Gluconyl ethanolamine                                      4254

  27       N-Lactoyl ethanolamine                                       4256

  28       Algues absolute                                              ------

  29       1-Hepten-3-ol                                                4129

  30       Ethanethiol                                                  ------

  31       Sodium hexameta phosphate                                    3027

  32       Origanum oleoresin                                           2827

  33       Glycyrrhizin ammoniated                                      2528

  34       Savory winter oil(Satureja montana L.)                       3016

  35       L-Bornyl acetate                                             4080

  36       Trans-2-Damascone                                            4088

  37       Diethyl disulfide                                            4093

  38       2,5-Dimethyl-3(2H)furanone                                   4101

  39       Geranic acid                                                 4121

  40       1-(3-Hydroxy-5-methyl-2-thienyl)ethanone                     4142

  41       Isoambrettolide                                              4145

  42       Isobornyl isobutyrate                                        4146

  43       Isobutyl N-methylanthranilate                                4149

  44       Methionyl butyrate                                           4160

  45       (S)-1-Methoxy-3-heptanethiol                                 4162

  46       Methyl 5-Z-octenoate                                         4165

  47       Methyl N-acetylanthranilate                                  4170

  48       3-Methyl -2-(3-methylbut-2-enyl)furan                        4174

  49       Phytyl acetate                                               4197

  50       Prenyl acetate                                               4202

  51       3,7,11-Trimethyldodeca-2,6,10-trienyl acetate                4213

  52       Triethylamine                                                4246

  53       Styrax(Liquidambar spp.)                                     3036

  54       3-Mercapto-2-methylbutyl alcohol                             3993

  55       Anisyl propionate                                            2102

  56       Butan-3-one-2-yl butanoate                                   3332

  57       Glyceryl tripropanoate                                       3286

  58       Isoquinoline                                                 2978

  59       Α-Furfuryl octanoate                                         3396

  60       2-Propionylthiazole                                          3611

  61       2(4)-Isopropyl-4(2),6-dimethyldihydro(4H)-1,3,5-dithiazine   3782

  62       Trans-2-Octen-1-yl butanoate                                 3517

  63       Terpinyl butyrate                                            3049

  64       3-n-Butylphthalide                                           3334

  65       2,2-Dimethyl-5-(1-methylpropen-1-yl)tetrahydrofuran          3665

  66       Phenylacetaldehyde diisobutyl acetal                         3384

  67       1,3-Diphenyl-2-propanone                                     2397

  68       Butyl 10-undecylenate                                        2216

  69       2-Cyclohexen-1-one,3-methyl-6-(1-methylethyl)-,(6R)-         4200

  70       3-Methyl-2-buten-1-ol                                        3647

  71       1-p-Menthen-9-yl acetate                                     3566

  72       2-Octen-1-yl acetate                                         3516

  73       Santalyl acetate                                             3007

  74       1-(p-Methoxyphenyl)-2-propanone                              2674

  75       Butyl stearate                                               2214

  76       (+/-)-1-Phenylethylmercaptan                                 4061

  77       4-Isopropyl-2-cyclohexenone                                  3939

  78       Methyl *o*-methoxybenzoate                                   2717

  79       Pyruvaldehyde                                                2969

  80       Methyl ethyl trisulfide                                      3861

  81       2-Methyl-2-(methyldithio)propanal                            3866

  82       Bis-(Methylthio)methane                                      3878

  83       2,3,5-Trithiahexane                                          4021

  84       4-Ethyl octanoic acid                                        3800

  85       Dihydronootkatone                                            3776

  86       Geranyl 2-ethylbutyrate                                      3339

  87       1-Ethoxy-3-methyl-2-butene                                   3777

  88       2-Ethenyl-2-methyl-5-(1-methylethenyl)-tetrahydrofuran       3759

  89       Furfuryl isovalerate                                         3283

  90       Linalyl isovalerate                                          2646

  91       3-Methyl-2-butanol                                           3703

  92       3-Methyl-1-pentanol                                          3762

  93       4-Methyl-2-pentanone                                         2731

  94       Trans-3-cis-6-Nonadienol                                     3884

  95       Methyl heptanoate                                            2705

  96       (Z)-3-Hexenyl propionate                                     3933

  97       Ethyl trans-2-decenoate                                      3641

  98       3-Hydroxymethyl-2-octanone                                   3292

  99       Asafoetida fluid extract(Ferula assafoetida L.)              2106

  100      Peach tree leaf absolute(Prunus persica L.Batsch)            ------

  101      L-Asparagine                                                 ------

  102      Dittany of crete  (Origanum dictamnus L.)                    2399

  103      Hops oil(Humulus lupulus L.)                                 2580

  104      Labdanum oil (Cistus ladaniferus)                            2609

  105      Lavender absolute(Lavandula angustidolia)                    2620

  106      Opoponax extract resinoid(Commiphora ssp.)                   ------

  107      Ash bark,prickly, extract(Xanthoxylum spp.)                  2110

  108      Castor oil(Ricinus communis)                                 2263

  109      1,2-Cyclohexanedione                                         3458

  110      Glycerol ester of rosin                                      4226

  111      2-Ethyl phenol                                               ------

  112      Catechu powder       &am, p;nb, sp;                          2265
           (Acacia catechu Willd.)                                      

  113      Wormwood (Artemisia absinthium L.)                           3114

  114      Thiamine hydrochloride                                       3322

  115      erythro and threo-3-Mercapto-2-methylbutan-1-ol              3993

  116      N-Methyl pyrrol --2 -carboxaldehyde                          ------

  117      Vanillin acetate                                             3108

  118      Neroli bigarade oil  (Citrus aurantium L.)                   2771

  119      Ghatti gum(Anogeissus latifolia Wall.)                       2519

  120      *l*-Histidine                                                3694
  -------- ------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------

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