Recentemente, a Comissão Nacional de Saúde divulgou oficialmente 50 novos padrões nacionais de segurança alimentar, incluindo uma emenda ao Padrão Nacional de Segurança Alimentar para Uso de Aditivos em Materiais e Produtos em Contato com Alimentos (GB 9685-2016).
De acordo com o anúncio, a Emenda nº 1 ao GB 9685-2016 entrou em vigor imediatamente a partir da data de aprovação (16 de março de 2025). Os principais ajustes são os seguintes:
- Expanded Application Scope: Additives permitted for rubber under GB 9685-2008 may now also be used in silicone rubber production.
- Clarified Standard References: Clause A.13 (b) specifies the use of the 2014 edition of GB 2760.
- Adjusted Usage Limits: The maximum usage limit for FCA 1221 oxidized starch (CAS 221897-48-9) is revised to "as needed," while sodium hypochlorite in dry starch must not exceed 55g per kilogram (calculated as chlorine).
- Updated Additive Names: Revised Chinese nomenclature for certain additives.
- Modified Specific Additive Requirements: Adjustments to usage scopes and limits, such as for C.I. Pigment Blue 15 (FCA0470).
- Revised Limit Indicators: Updates for additives including trimellitic anhydride, 4,4'-methylenedianiline, 2-ethylhexanol, and trimethylolpropane.
- New Appendix B Entries: Added three calculation methods for limits based on eugenol, 1,3-phenylenedimethylamine,and crotonic acid.
- Appendix D Abbreviation Clarification: Polyvinyl alcohol is now abbreviated as PVA or PVOH.
