China Issues 50 National Food-Safety Standards And Amendment Sheets

China National Food-Safety Standards 2026 Package Is Issued

The China national food-safety standards 2026 package in Announcement No. 6 has been issued by the National Health Commission and State Administration for Market Regulation. The official announcement, published on 22 September 2026 and signed on 18 August, lists 29 new or revised standards and 21 amendment sheets.

These are issued national standards, not consultation drafts. However, the announcement does not establish one package-wide effective date. Individual implementation dates and any transitions require the relevant official texts.

The package includes GB 31668-2026 for milk protein and GB 22570-2026 for complementary-food nutritional supplements and nutritional supplements for preschool children. The National Health Commission says the milk-protein standard addresses definitions, core indicators and labelling requirements.

Products, Additives, Controls And Test Methods Are Affected

Four additive standards cover sodium alginate, paprika oleoresin, erythritol and food flavourings. The accompanying official explanatory summary says these include sensory requirements, main-component content, impurities, lead and arsenic indicators, and descriptions of commercial products where relevant.

Three process-control standards address acrylamide, lead and tin in tinplate-canned foods. They are designed to support prevention and control across the production chain, rather than functioning solely as end-product test limits.

The analytical-method group is broad. It includes methods for aflatoxins, ochratoxin A, deoxynivalenol and acetylated derivatives, trans fatty acids, patulin, indicator polychlorinated biphenyls, tetrodotoxin, zearalenone, citrinin, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, Alternaria toxins, beauvericin, enniatins and multi-mycotoxin testing. GB 5009.253-2026 concerns perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

The 21 amendment sheets update existing additive and other standards, including specifications for colours, emulsifiers and sweeteners and a milk and dairy impurity method. The package also includes GB 15193.31-2026, the rat peripheral-blood erythrocyte Pig-a gene-mutation test.