Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation Article 24

The container or external packaging of food additives and their raw materials shall conspicuously indicate in Chinese and common symbols the following matters:1. product name;2. printed words “Food Additive”or “Food Additive Raw Material”;3. name of food additives; in the case of a mixture of two or more ingredients, the name of each ingredient shall be indicated separately. The labeling of food additive names shall comply with the items prescribed in Paragraph 1 of Article 18 or the common names announced by the central competent authority;4. net weight, volume or quantity;5. name, telephone number and address of the manufacturer or that of the responsible domestic company;6. expiry date;7. scope of use, maximum allowance and limitation of use of food additives;8. country of origin;9. genetically modified food additive raw materials;10. other matters designated by the central competent authority in a public announcement.The labeling of food additive raw materials are not subject to the requirements of Subparagraph 3, 7, and 9 in the preceding paragraph. The compliance matters of labels on the flavoring agents of food additives mentioned in Subparagraph 3 and in Subparagraph 9 of the preceding paragraph shall be prescribed by the central competent authority in a public announcement.For the food only labels the name of the responsible domestic company prescribed in Subparagraph 5 of Paragraph 1, its name, telephone number, address of the manufacturers, and those businesses that are entrusted to manufacture or importers shall be reported to the local competent authority. The competent authority shall open such information to other competent authorities for reviewing.