On March 12, 2024, China National Health Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly released the GB 19644-2024 National Food Safety Standard Milk Powder and Modified Milk Powder (hereafter referred to as the Standard), which was scheduled to take effect on February 8, 2025.

The Standard is a revised version of the GB 19644-2010 National Food Safety Standard Milk Powder. Significant revisions in the updated Standard are as follows:

Terms and Definitions

l Expands the scope of "milk powder" and "modified milk powder" to cover corresponding products made from yak, camel, donkey, and horse milk.

l Emphasizes that, for modified milk powder, the content of milk solids from main ingredients shall be no less than 70%. Main ingredients refer to raw milk from single species and/or its processed whole milk (or skimmed and partially skimmed milk) products.

Sensory Requirements

l Revises criteria for the color, odor, and flavor of milk powder, as well as the sensory testing methods for milk powder and modified milk powder.

Physicochemical Requirements

l Changes the measurement unit for protein, fat, and moisture from "%" to "g/100g".

l Updates the testing method for fat as per GB 5009.6 National Food Safety Standard Determination of Fat in Food and the testing method of reconstituted milk acidity as per GB 5009.239 National Food Safety Standard Determination of Food Acidity.

l Adds the physicochemical requirements for yak milk powder, camel milk powder, donkey milk powder, horse milk powder, as well as their corresponding modified milk powders.

Microbial Limits

l Clarifies that pathogen limit shall conform to GB 29921 National Food Safety Standard Pathogen Limit in Prepackaged Foods.

l Removes the requirements for staphylococcus aureus and salmonella.

l Stipulates that "For products added with live bacteria, the number of live bacteria in the final products shall be ≥1,000,000 CFU/g".

Labeling

l Specifies that products shall be labeled as "milk powder" or "modified milk powder".

l Clarifies that (modified) cow milk powder can be labeled as "(modified) dairy powder" or "(modified) milk powder", while (modified) milk powders made from other dairy sources need to be labeled with specific categories such as "(modified) goat milk powder" or "(modified) goat dairy powder".

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