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On September 25, 2025, China's National Health Commission (NHC) and State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) jointly issued Announcement No. 6 of 2025, formally releasing 32 new national food safety standards and 2 amendment sheets.

The 32 standards are as follows:

1. GB 14881-2025 General Hygienic Specifications for Food Production

2. GB 17405-2025 Good Manufacturing Practice for Health Food

3. GB 5009.1-2025 Physical and Chemical Analysis - General Principles

4. GB 2762-2025 Maximum Levels of Contaminants in Foods

5. GB 29922-2025 General Standard for Foods for Special Medical Purposes

6. GB 31662-2025 Total Nutritional Formula Food for Tumor Patients

7. GB 1903.76-2025 Food Nutrient Fortifier - Heme Iron

8. GB 1903.77-2025 Food Nutrient Fortifier - Ferrous Citrate

9. GB 1903.78-2025 Food Nutrient Fortifier - Copper Citrate

10. GB 1903.79-2025 Food Nutrient Fortifier - L-Lysine L-Aspartate

11. GB 1903.80-2025 Food Nutrient Fortifier - Yeast β-Glucan

12. GB 1903.81-2025 Food Nutrient Fortifier - Vitamin K2 (Synthetic Method)

13. GB 1886.40-2025 Food Additive - L-Malic Acid

14. GB 1886.41-2025 Food Additive - Xanthan Gum

15. GB 1886.386-2025 Food Additive - Ammonium Carbonate

16. GB 1886.387-2025 Food Additive - Oak Bark Brown

17. GB 1886.388-2025 (Former GB Number GB 1900) Food Additive - Butylated Hydroxytoluene (BHT)

18. GB 31663-2025 Hygienic Specifications for Catering Services on Railway Passenger Trains

19. GB 31664-2025 Control Specifications for 3-Monochloropropane-1,2-Diol Esters and Glycidyl Esters Contamination in Foods

20. GB 5009.6-2025 Determination of Fat in Foods

21. GB 5009.33-2025 Determination of Nitrite and Nitrate in Foods

22. GB 5009.86-2025 Determination of Ascorbic Acid in Foods

23. GB 5009.204-2025 Determination of Acrylamide in Foods

24. GB 5009.308-2025 Determination of Ascorbyl Palmitate in Foods

25. GB 5009.309-2025 Determination of Asparagine and Glutamine in Foods

26. GB 4789.9-2025 Microbiological Examination of Foods - Examination of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli

27. GB 4789.12-2025 Microbiological Examination of Foods - Examination of Clostridium Botulinum and Botulinum Toxin

28. GB 15193.30-2025 Neurodevelopmental Toxicity Test

29. GB 31604.21-2025 Food Contact Materials and Articles - Determination of Migration of Benzoic Acid, Phthalic Acids and Trimellitic Acids

30. GB 31604.64-2025 Food Contact Materials and Articles - Determination of Migration of Citric Acid Esters and Sebacic Acid Esters

31. GB 4806.10-2025 Coatings and Coatings for Food Contact Materials and Articles

32. GB 4806.16-2025 Silicone Rubber Materials and Articles for Food Contact

2 Amendment Sheets

1. Amendment Sheet No. 2 to GB 19301-2010 National Food Safety Standard - Raw Milk

2. Amendment Sheet No. 2 to GB 25190-2010 National Food Safety Standard - Sterilized Milk

The full text of the above standards can be viewed and downloaded on the National Food Safety Standard Data Retrieval Platform (https://sppt.cfsa.net.cn:8086/db).