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On September 25, 2025, China’s National Health Commission (NHC) and the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) jointly announced the release of 32 new national food safety standards and 2 amendment documents, under the official notice No. 6 of 2025.

Among the most significant updates is the publication of GB 2762-2025 Limits of Contaminants in Foods, which sets maximum allowable levels for a wide range of chemical contaminants in food products to strengthen consumer health protection.

Key Areas Covered by the New Standards

The newly issued standards cover diverse areas such as special medical purpose foods, food additives, food contact materials, nutritional fortifiers, microbiological testing, and toxicological evaluation.

Highlights include:

• GB 29922-2025: General Standard for Foods for Special Medical Purposes

• GB 31662-2025: Total Nutrition Formula for Cancer Patients

• GB 14881-2025: General Hygienic Practice for Food Production

• GB 17405-2025: Good Manufacturing Practice for Health Foods

• GB 4806.10-2025 & GB 4806.16-2025: Food Contact Coatings and Silicone Rubber Materials

• GB 4789.9-2025 & GB 4789.12-2025: Microbiological Testing for Campylobacter and Clostridium botulinum

• GB 15193.30-2025: Neurodevelopmental Toxicity Test

Amendments and Access to Standards

Two existing standards: GB 19301-2010 (Raw Milk) and GB 25190-2010 (Sterilized Milk) were also updated through new amendment documents.

All standards were reviewed and approved by the National Food Safety Standards Review Committee under the framework of China’s Food Safety Law.

The full standard texts of the standards are available for public access and download on the official National Food Safety Standards Data Search Platform here. 

On 30 September 2025, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment  (MEE) Solid Waste and Chemicals Management Technology Center, together with China Environmental Publishing Group, announces that the first training session on standardized hazardous waste management will be held in Nanjing from 12 to 14 November 2025.

Focus on Strengthening Compliance and Policy Implementation

The training aims to strengthen the implementation of China’s Solid Waste Pollution Prevention and Control Law and related policies, while improving the compliance level of hazardous waste generators and disposal units.

Topics will include the latest updates on hazardous waste management policies, classification and identification, transfer and reporting, exemption policies, and technologies for waste utilization and treatment.

Integration of Chemical and Waste Management

This initiative reflects China’s ongoing efforts to integrate chemical and waste lifecycle management within the MEE’s broader environmental risk control framework. The event is organized by the same technical center responsible for new chemical substance registration under MEE Order No. 12, highlighting the connection between chemical management and hazardous waste governance.

Participants will include chemical and pharmaceutical enterprises as well as local environmental authorities, making this a valuable platform to understand current compliance expectations and explore potential collaboration opportunities within China’s regulatory landscape.