Health food refers to food that is suitable for specific people to eat, has the function of regulating the body, is not for the purpose of curing diseases, and does not cause any acute, sub acute or chronic harm to the human body. The health food has many kinds of health care functions such as helping to strengthen immunity, relieving physical fatigue, helping to fight oxidation, helping to improve memory, helping to improve sleep and so on.

With the improvement of people's living standards in recent years, the health food industry has flourished. In order to promote the development of the industry and speed up the launch of products, the new Food Safety Law first proposes a registration and filing system for health food, and the product approval is changed from the previous registration system to a dual-track system of both registration and filing. Manufacturers need to make adjustments in product research and development, product testing, material declaration, etc., to adapt to the changes in new laws and regulations, and to ensure the smooth launch of products.

On October 31, 2017, the State Food and Drug Administration issued a notice on regulating special food verification and evaluation work (No. 168 of 2017), stipulating the filing management of technical institutions that undertake verification and evaluation such as product inspection, safety and functional verification and clinical trial related to the registration or filing of special foods.

Food Safety Law

Health Food Registration and Filing Management Measures

Guidelines for Filing of Health Food (Trial)、Service Guidelines for Health Food Registration Application

National Food Safety Standard - Health Food (GB 16740)

List of Items Available to be Both Food and Medicine, List of Items Available to be Used in Health Food

Notice of the Ministry of Health on Further Regulating Management of Health Food Raw Materials

On Publication of a List of Substances that May be Illegally Added in Health Food (First Batch)

The third Letter of the Food and Drug Administration, the Notice of the General Office of the Food and Drug Administration on Issuing the Guiding Principles for Health Food Stability Testing

Technical Guidelines for Toxicological Testing and Evaluation of Safety of Health Food and Its Raw Materials

List of Raw Materials of Health Food and List of Coenzyme Q10 and Other Five Health Food Raw Materials

List of the Health Functions of Nutrient Supplements and List of the Health Functions of Non-Nutrient Supplements

Auxiliary Materials for Mecord Products of Health Food and Regulations on Their Use and Formulation and Technical Requirements for Health Food Record Products

Technical Requirements of Coenzyme Q10 and other Five Kinds of Health Food Raw Materials Catalogues for Recording Products

Labeling Regulations on Health Food and Announcement of the General Administration on Regulating the Labeling of Health Food Function Claims

Up to now, the Nanjing, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Qingdao, and Tianjin laboratories of the Food and Agriculture Division of the Ti Testing and Certification Group have successively obtained the qualifications of special food verification and evaluation technical institutions, which can undertake the verification and evaluation of health food, and can provide the following one-stop service solutions for health food:

1. Acceptance of raw materials

① Identification and content testing of Chinese medicinal materials

② Characteristic component testing of plant extracts

③ Content testing of nutrient premixed raw materials

④ Testing of specific risk indicators (plasticizers, toxins, etc.)

⑤ Type tests of raw materials

2. Product research and development

① Research on product stability

② Whole project test/hygiene test

③ Toxicology test

④ Animal experiment

⑤ Development, optimization and methodological verification of the testing methods

⑥ Consultation and agency services of the health food registration and filing declaration

⑦ Other R&D related services: capacity comparison, laboratory capacity building guidance, etc

3. Product production

① Testing of product uniformity

② Testing of product type

③ Testing of functional ingredients/hygiene index

④ Production environment monitoring (clean room, production water, production line allergen monitoring, etc.)

4. Market circulation and supervision

① Sampling inspections from government and e-commerce platforms

② Abeyance audit of product label

③ Others: market research, mystery customer, legal interpretation training, etc

CMA&CNAS is fully qualified and qualified for special food verification and evaluation

Sound stability research facilities and equipment, and a testing team specializing in food and drug analysis

Professional technical support team and specially-appointed expert group (special food declaration professional consulting guidance or agent)

Efficient service: regular project testing cycle is 5~7 working days, urgent service can be provided (some projects)