March 27, 2025, the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China (NHC) has published Notice No.2 of 2025, issued the 50 national food safety standards and 9 standard amendments including 5 new standards for food contact materials and 1 amendment to a standard for food contact materials. The relevant standard code, name and implementation date is shown as follows:
No. |
Standard code |
Standard name |
Replace standard code |
Type |
Implementation date |
1 |
GB 31604.30-2025 |
Food contact materials and article Determination and migration of phthalates |
GB 31604.30-2016 |
Revisions |
2025-09-16 |
2 |
GB 31604.31-2025 |
Food contact materials and article Determination of residues and migration of vinyl chloride, 1,1-dichloroethylene and 1,1-dichloroethane |
GB 31604.31-2016 |
Revisions |
2025-09-16 |
3 |
GB 31604.61-2025 |
Determination of migration of 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol |
- |
New formulated |
2025-09-16 |
4 |
GB 31604.62-2025 |
Determination of migration and release of N-nitrosamines |
- |
New formulated |
2025-09-16 |
5 |
GB 31604.63-2025 |
Determination of the migration of 4,4'-biphenol and 1,1'-sulfonylbis(4-chlorobenzene) |
- |
New formulated |
2025-09-16 |
6 |
GB 9685-2016 |
National Food Safety Standards Standard for the Use of Additives in Food Contact Materials and Products Amendment No. 1 |
GB 9685-2016 |
Amendment |
2025-03-16 |

The above standard text can be viewed and downloaded from the National Food Safety Standard Data Retrieval Platform(https://sppt.cfsa.net.cn:8086/db).
NHC link: http://www.nhc.gov.cn/sps/s7891/202503/03de540798e647efa49c88c05a946fb5.shtml
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