On May 11, 2026, China’s State Administration for Market Regulation’s Center for Food Evaluation updated its list of health food approval documents and decisions ready for collection, covering 28 health […]
China’s imported health food market showed a notable regulatory development in 2025, with six imported health food products receiving registration approvals. This marked a break from the 2018–2024 period, when […]
China’s cross-border e-commerce market for imported health products is entering a tighter compliance phase, with major platforms strengthening entry, brand-authentication, and bonded-warehouse requirements for dietary supplements and related health product […]
China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has issued consumer guidance reinforcing several key compliance principles for health foods, once again placing the official “blue hat” logo at the center […]
Ministry of Justice / SAMR public comment notice. What this means for the dietary supplement industry:Health food advertising compliance will remain a high-risk area in China. Brands should expect tighter […]
China’s National Standardization Administration has released a new standards development plan covering 48 mandatory national standards, including several related to feed additives, vitamins, minerals, probiotics, polysaccharides, and oligosaccharides. The notice […]
State Administration for Market Regulation solicited public comments on 21 proposed mandatory national standard projects, including Basic Requirements for Online Trading Platforms to Fulfill the Obligation to Review and Publicly […]
National Health Commission added D-allulose and yerba mate leaves (later renamed Ilex paraguariensis leaves [yerba mate leaves]) to its directory of terminated reviews for novel food ingredients. D-allulose is produced […]
China’s Food and Drug Enterprise Quality and Safety Promotion Association has approved the release of 13 new group standards, which will take effect on May 22, 2026. The standards cover […]
China Nutrition and Health Food Association issued a notice soliciting public comments on the group standard Specification for Grading the Viable Count Rate of Probiotic Foods. The deadline for feedback […]
