Takehome:
- Product standards will no longer contain hygiene requirements and many standards will change from mandatory standards (GB) to recommended standards (GB/T).
In a document issued by Standards and Technology Office (affiliated to SAMR) on May 6, 2019, China outlined new plans to optimize its current regulatory system, more specifically the refinement and development of better national product standards[1]. One key change will be the separation of food quality standards from food safety standards which are currently usually combined within single product standards.
