Xinhuanet, Beijing, April 9 (Yang Dengyuan) Recently, eight national health food standards organized and revised by the National Technical Committee on Standardization of Special Foods (TC466) were officially released. The eight national standards released this time are "Determination of Pantothenic Acid in Health Foods" (GB/T 22246-2025), "Determination of Inositol in Health Foods" (GB/T 45242-2025), "Determination of Thiamin, Riboflavin, Pyridoxine, Niacin, Niacinamide and Caffeine in Health Foods" (GB/T 45243-2025), "Determination of Iciriline in Health Foods" (GB/T 22247-2024), "Determination of Lycopene in Health Foods" (GB/T 22249-2024), "Determination of Puerarin in Health Foods" (GB/T 22251-2024), and "Determination of Coenzyme Q10 in Health Foods" (GB/T GB/T 22251-2024), and "Determination of Coenzyme Q10 in Health Foods" (GB/T/T GB/T 22247-2024), "Determination of Lycopene in Health Foods" (GB/T 22249-2024), "Determination of Puerarin in Health Foods" (GB/T 22251-2024), and "Determination of Coenzyme Q10 in Health Foods" (GB/T/T 22252-2024) and "Determination of chromium picolinate in health foods" (GB/T 45168-2024).

These standards fully consider the actual regulatory needs of the current health food market and the future development trend of the industry, and have comprehensively revised the key contents such as the scope of application, principles, sample preparation and treatment, detection limits and quantity limits of the standards. So, how are these national standards in the field of special foods formulated and revised?

This revision and release mark an important step in the construction of my country's health food standard system, which will effectively improve the accuracy and reliability of the detection of landmark ingredients in health foods, provide solid technical support for the healthy development of the industry, and provide strong guarantees for strengthening industry self-discipline and enhancing the credibility of the entire health food industry.

[Editor in charge: Wang Xin]