China: China Releases the National Food Safety Standard for Food Processing Meal

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On December 23, 2016, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) and the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) released the National Food Safety Standard for Food Processing Meal (GB14932-2016), which will be implemented on June 23, 2017. This Standard applies to edible meal for food processing; it does not apply to canola (rapeseed) meal or cottonseed meal. A draft of this standard was notified to the WTO as SPS CHN 991 in September 2015. Please note that the comment process has ended and that this standard is considered final.


China: China Releases the National Food Safety Standard for Food Processing Meal

 

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