The Only Galacto-oligosaccharides Products in China in Full Compliance to The Filing and Registration Regulation for Infant Formula – New Francisco (Yunfu City) Biotechnology Corporation is The First to be Awarded Food Additives Production License for GOS in China.
Galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) and fructo-oligosaccharides (FOS) from New Francisco (Yunfu City) Biotechnology Corporation Limited (NFBC) have passed the “Food Additives Production License” inspection and audit in July, 2016, making NFBC the first GOS manufacturer in China to receive the Food Additives Production Certificate.
In 8th of June 2016, the Chinese Food and Drug Administration has announced the “Formula Registration Regulation for Infant and Follow-Up Formula”, which will be fully implemented at the beginning of October, 2016. Over the recent years, GOS and FOS have become two of the most popular additives for infant formula. GOS and FOS are added to infant formula as nutritional fortifiers in accordance to the published announcement by the “National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People’s Republic of China” and GB14880 regulations. However, the national standard for GOS has yet to be announced which consequently led to a delay in Food Additives Production Certificate applications for GOS manufacturers. In addition, without the production certificate, the infant formula manufacturers will not be able to use GOS as nutritional fortifier. These can be quite troublesome for both the infant formula and GOS manufacturers.
The lack of audit rules and national standard for GOS in 2011 has made application of Food Production License not possible. NFBC has firstly established the audit rules and then acquired the nation’s first Food Production License for GOS in accordance to NFBC’s enterprise standards. NFBC has encountered similar scenario this year for the application for Food Additives Production Certificate. NFBC, as the world-renowned leading enterprise in GOS, is obligated to assist whatever is necessary to solving the problems. With the great support from Food and Drug Administration of Guangdong Province and Yunfu City, auditing details for Food Additives Production Certificate, which is in full compliance to Ministry of Health’s notices on GOS, has been established, and the nation’s first Food Additives Production Certificate issued to NFBC. This means that NFBC’s GOS products are the only one in full compliance with the nation’s latest “Formula Registration Regulation for Infant and Follow-Up Formula” regulations.
NFBC’s GOS and FOS products are not only certified by Food Additives Production Certificate, but also Food Production License. Therefore, our products can be legitimately used in infant formula as nutritional fortifier and as raw materials for general foods.