National Health Commission: Eighteen national food safety standards for comments

The National Health Commission recently issued the "Letter from the Secretariat of the National Food Safety Standards Review Committee on Soliciting the Opinions of 18 National Food Safety Standards (Draft for Comments) Including < Food Additives

Delete the provisions on the use of β-carotene and monoand biacetyl tartaric acid for distilled spirits The draft for comments points out that according to GB2760-2014 "National Standard for Food Safety and Standard for the Use of Food Additives", β-carotene and monoand biacetyl tartrate monoand bisglyceride can be used for distilled spirits

In the GB2760 revision of the public comment process, there is feedback that with the improvement of the production process, it is not necessary for distilled wine enterprises to use food additives β-carotene and diacetylbitartrate monobisglycerides

Delete food additive azoformamide varieties and related use regulations The draft for comments points out that according to the provisions of GB2760-2014, azoformamide can be used as a flour treatment agent for wheat flour, and the maximum use amount is 0.

In the process of public comment on the revision of GB2760, the relevant industry authorities and relevant reports that with the improvement of the production process, there is no need to add azoformamide

In GB2760, the food additives of the sugar alcohol category add a footnote "Excessive addition of sugar alcohol in food may cause diarrhea among consumers, and if the amount of addition may cause diarrhea, consumers should be prompted

In recent years, with the introduction of the "Healthy China Action (2019-2030)" and the continuous promotion of the "Three Minus and Three Health" action, China's sugar alcohol food additives are more and more widely

China Food News (2022-09-19-06 edition)

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