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Illegal Additives Testing

According to the latest detection methods and regulatory policies, CTI is able to provide Health Foods and other food companies with testing, rapid screening and technical consulting services of illegal additives to verify the company's commitment to the safety of raw materials and products.

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Illegally additives testing protects the health and safety of consumers.

Illegally additives testing verifies the product quality and safety for the enterprise.

Illegally additives testing strictly screens for threats of prohibited raw materials.

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The Food Safety Law stipulates that non-food and raw materials that may harm human health cannot be used to produce food. Illegal additive is a key item of food supervision. In March 2012, the original CFDA published the "List of Substances that May be Illegal Added in Health Foods (First Batch)", which severely cracked down on illegal addition of chemical ingredients in Health Foods.

In November 2017, the original CFDA announced the “Implementation Plan for the Remediation of Food and Health Foods Fraud and False Propaganda of the China Food and Drug Administration”. On the basis of the previous supervision of illegal additives of Health Foods, a large number of supervision items have been added, including illegal additives in ordinary foods that express or imply health functions.

According to the latest detection methods and regulatory policies, CTI provides the following testing, rapid screening and technical consulting services of illegal additives to verify the company's commitment to the safety of raw materials and products.

Applicable product category	Testing item	Testing method
Claiming weight loss	National supervision project	Supplementary inspection methods and inspection items for drug inspection of China Food and Drug Administration (approval number 2006004, 2012005, Food and Drug Administration Xu [2010] No. 114 Annex 2)
	33 illegally added drugs for weight loss products	Determination of sibutramine and other compounds in food BJS201701
	Sodium picosulfate	Determination of sodium picosulfate in food BJS 201911
	Chrysophanol, Cassia Orange	Determination of Chrysophanol and Cassia Orange in Foods BJS201916
	Sennoside A, Sennoside B, Emodin methyl ether	Determination of sennoside A, sennoside B and emodin methyl ether in food BJS201917
	Diacetin, bisacodyl, deacetylbisacodyl	Determination of illegal additives of diacetin, bisacodyl, and deacetylbisacodyl in food (CTI method)
	108 illegally added drugs for weight loss products	CTI method
Claiming anti-fatigue/enhance immunity	National supervision project	Supplementary Inspection Methods and Inspection Items for Drug Inspection National Drug Administration (Approval Numbers 2008016, 2009030)
	11 illegally added naphtha drugs	Determination of Nafilaments in Food BJS201601
	Desmethyl tadalafil and thiosildenafil	Determination of desmethyl tadalafil and thiosildenafil in food BJS201704
	90 illegally added naphtha drugs	Determination of Nafilaments in Food BJS 201805
	6 illegally added androgen drugs	CTI method
Claiming to help lower blood sugar (regulate blood sugar)	National supervision project	Supplementary Inspection Methods and Inspection Items of China Food and Drug Administration (Approval Number 2009029, 2013001, 2011008)
Claiming to help lower blood sugar (regulate blood sugar)	27 non-food chemicals including metformin	Determination of non-food chemical substances including metformin in food BJS 201901
Claiming to improve sleep	National supervision project	Supplementary Inspection Methods and Inspection Items of National Drug Administration (Approval Numbers 2009024, 2012004, 2013002)
Claiming to help lower blood pressure	National supervision project	Supplementary Inspection Methods and Inspection Items of China Food and Drug Administration (Approval Number 20090322014008)
Claiming to help lower blood lipids	10 illegal additives including Atenolol	Supplementary Inspection Methods and Inspection Items of China Food and Drug Administration (Approval No. 2009032, Food and Drug Administration Xu [2010] No. 114 Annex 1)
Others	75 illegally added drugs	Detection of 75 illegally added chemical drugs in health food BJS 201710
	59 illegal additives including acetaminophen	Determination of 59 compounds including paracetamol in drinks, tea and related products BJS 201713
	γ-butyrolactone, γ-hydroxybutyric acid, 1,4-butanediol	Determination of γ-butyrolactone and related substances in drinks BJS 201803
	18 sex hormones	CTI method

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