China: Food Safety Draft Requires Stringent Online Regulations

• By: Staff Editor
• Date: October 20, 2016
• Source: http://www.shanghaidaily.com/nation/Food-safety-draft-stipulates-stricter-online-regulations/shdaily.shtml

A draft guidance, published by the State Council's Legislative Affairs Office, is soliciting public opinion for revising and regulating China’s online food sales. The draft regulation calls for stringent liabilities and rules for food producers and operators of online sales platforms. It also states that China's food safety laws and regulations must be applied to its food imports and exports through e-commerce channels. The public invite to comment through multiple means will stay open till Nov. 19.

Other Draft Food Safety Standards in China

• Determination of sodium diacetate in food
• Determination of benzene and (a) pyrene in food
• Determination of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBS) in food packaging paper
• Determination of content and migration content of di-2-ethylhexyl adipate in food contact material
• Determination of PFOS and PFOA in food contact material
• Determination of methyl methacrylate in food contact material
• Determination of ethyl benzene and styrene in food contact material
• Determination of creosote in cork
• Determination of caprolactam content and migration content in food contact material
• Drinking natural mineral water testing method
• Determination of algal toxins in aquatic products
• Hygiene standard of packaged drinking water production
• General safety requirement of food contact material and product
• Hygiene standard of cold storage, distribution of cold dairy product
• Cooked meat product
• Determination of Iodine in food
• Determination of paralytic shellfish poison in shellfish
• Determination of ciguatoxin in aquatic products
• Determination of 9 antioxidants in food
• Determination of Vitamin B2 in food
• Determination of Vitamin K1 in food
• General principle of pretreatment method of migration test for food contact material
• Determination of content and migration content of Phthalate in food contact material
• Determination of migration content of melamine in food contact material
• Determination of Diaminotoluene in composite food packaging
• Determination of migration content of?-aminoundecanoic in food contact material

The draft standards can be found here.

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