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GB 16740-2014National Food Safety Standard -- Health foods (English PDF)

食品安全国家标准保健食品

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Issued by

National Health and Family Planning Commission of PRC

Level / Type

National · Mandatory

Issue date

December 24, 2014

Implementation date

May 24, 2015

Scope

GB 16740-2014 is the English-translated version of 食品安全国家标准保健食品.

GB 16740-2014 is the Chinese standard "National Food Safety Standard -- Health foods". Its scope clause reads: This Standard is applicable to various kinds of health foods.

Its clauses include terms and definitions; technical requirements; others. It was issued by the National Health and Family Planning Commission of PRC on 2014-12-24 and took effect on 2015-05-24.

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Document preview — GB 16740-2014

National Standard of the People's Republic of China

Issued by: National Health and Family Planning Commission of PRC

Foreword...3
1 Scope...4
2 Terms and definitions...4
3 Technical requirements...4
4 Others...6

Foreword

This Standard replaced GB 16740-1997 General Standard for Health (Functional)

Foods.

Compared with GB 16740-1997, this Standard mainly has the following changes.

--- Standard name is changed into National Food Safety Standard. Health foods;

--- Modify the scope;

--- Modify the terms and definitions;

--- Delete product classification;

--- Delete basic principle;

--- Modify technical requirements;

--- Delete test method;

--- Modify the requirements of label identification.

National Food Safety Standard. Health foods

1 Scope

This Standard is applicable to various kinds of health foods.

2 Terms and definitions

2.1 Health foods

The foods that are claimed to have specific health functions, or for the purpose of

supplementing vitamins and minerals. That is, the foods that are applicable to specific

groups of people to eat, can regulate the body functions, doesn't aim to cure diseases,

and never generate any acute, sub-acute or chronic hazards to human body.

3 Technical requirements

3.1 Raw and auxiliary materials

Raw and auxiliary materials shall conform to the relevant provisions of corresponding

food standard.

3.2 Sensory requirements

Sensory requirements shall conform to the provisions of Table 1.

3.3 Physiochemical indicators

Physiochemical indicators shall conform to the provisions of national food safety

standard against corresponding kinds of food.

3.4 Limits of contaminants

Limits of contaminants shall conform to the provisions of corresponding kinds of food

specified in GB 2762, if there is no corresponding kinds of food, refer to the provisions

in Table 2.

3.6 Microbiological limit

Microbiological limit shall conform to the provisions of corresponding kinds of food in

GB 29921, and the provisions of national food safety standard against corresponding

kinds of food; if there are no provisions of corresponding kinds of food, refer to

provisions in Table 3.

3.7 Food additives and nutritional fortifier

3.7.1 The use of food additives shall conform to the provisions of GB 2760.

4 Others

Label identification shall conform to the relevant provisions.

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