This document provides an overview of Selerant's food compliance management service. It discusses laws and regulations management, including searching and structuring food laws and regulations data from over 100 countries. It also covers managing raw material specifications, calculating raw material compliance against limits in laws and regulations, and calculating formula compliance. The document includes screenshots demonstrating how Selerant's software allows users to perform these compliance management tasks in a structured manner using its global food laws and regulations database.

1. Best Practice part A:
Compliance management
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 Brief Introduction to Food Compliance Service
 Laws & Regulations Management
 Applications of Compliance Management
• Search of Laws and Regulations
• Management of Raw Material Specifications (Internal Control
Standards)
• Calculation of Raw Material Compliance
• Calculation of Formula Compliance
Outline
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3. Brief Introduction to
Food Compliance Service

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Communication on trans-department Consistency
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Market demand
Product positioning
Compliance requirements
Marketing department
Sales unit
Sourcing of raw materials
Certification of suppliers
Project/R&D requirements
R&D staff
Purchasing staff
HACCP、GMP
Quality assessment
Product inspection
Manufacturer/quality
management
Compliance management for
marketing/sales process
Compliance management for
R&D and design process
Compliance management for
manufacturing process
Language of communication on cross-
department consistency
Uniform product/laws & regulations data
platform
Enhance formula development/compliance
check efficiency

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 Up-to-date and user-friendly laws & regulations database
• covering more than 100 countries and regions
• containing over 1,500,000 pieces of structured laws & regulations data
• specific limits, original text of laws & regulations and their sources can be
searched
 Contents of laws & regulations database
• food additives
• food contaminants (pesticide residue, veterinary drug residue, heavy metal
pollution, mycotoxin, etc.)
• microbiological indicators
• scope and dosage of nutrition enhancers
• rules and template for labeling
• rules for sensitinogen labeling
• food contact materials
Global laws & regulations database
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 Food additives
• GB 2760-2011 National Food Safety Standards Standards for Use of Food Additives
» (No.16 Notice of Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China in 2010) Notice on Approval
of Extending the Application Scope of 18 Food Additives Like Grape Skin Red
» (No.23 Notice of Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China in 2010) Notice on Approval
of Use of Lysozyme and Other Substances as Food Additives and Extending the Application Scope
of Certain Food Additives and Nutrition Enhancers
» No.1 Notice of Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China in 2012) Notice on Approval
of Extending the Application Scope and Dosage of Certain Food Additives and Nutrition Enhancer
» (No.6 Notice of Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China in 2012) Notice on Approval
of Use of 9 Food Additives Like Purple Sweet Potato Pigments
» (No.15 Notice of Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China in 2012) Notice on Approval
of Use of 5 New Food Additives Like Trisodium Monohydrogen Diphosphate
» (No.2 Notice of Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China in 2013) Notice on Approval
of Use of 2 New Food Additives Like Chlorophyllin Copper
» (No.9 Notice of Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China in 2013) Notice on Approval
of Use of 3 New Food Additives Like Calcium Acid Pyrophosphate
» No.2 Notice of National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People’s Republic of China
in 2013) Notice on Approval of Use of Potassium Polymetaphosphate as A New Food Additive
List of existing food laws & regulations in China (1/3)
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 Nutrition enhancers
• GB 14880-2012 Standards for Use of Food Nutrition Enhancers
» (No.6 Notice of Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China in 2012)
Notice on Approval of Use of 9 Food Additives Like Purple Sweet Potato Pigments
» (No.15 Notice of Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China in 2012)
Notice on Approval of Use of 5 New Food Additives Like Trisodium
Monohydrogen Diphosphate
» (No.2 Notice of Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China in 2013)
Notice on Approval of Use of 2 New Food Additives Like Chlorophyllin Copper
» (No.9 Notice of Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China in 2013)
Notice on Approval of Use of 3 New Food Additives Like Calcium Acid
Pyrophosphate
» No.2 Notice of National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People’s
Republic of China in 2013) Notice on Approval of Use of Potassium
Polymetaphosphate as A New Food Additive
List of existing food laws & regulations in China (2/3)
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 Contaminants
• GB 2761-2011 National Food Safety Standards Limit of Mycotoxin in Foods
• GB 2762-2012 Limit of Contaminants in Foods
• GB 2763-2012 Maximum Residue Limit for Pesticides in Foods
• Maximum Residue Limit for Veterinary Drug in Animal Foods—Annex to
No.235 Notice of Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China
 Labeling
• GB 7718-2011 National Food Safety Standards General Rules for Labeling of
Prepackaged Foods
• GB 28050-2011 National Food Safety Standards General Rules for Nutrition
Labeling of Prepackaged Foods
List of existing food laws & regulations in China (3/3)
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Regulatory Database Update
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Database Database
• Update
• Brand New
Selerant Customer
(Push) New substances should be
mapped into raw materials for
compliance check
Compliance check can be done
via raw materials with existing
substances and mappingsV1  V2
(After approval)

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 Visit http://compliancecloud.selerant.com/ to sign up and for free trial。
Selerant Compliance Cloud
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Contents of main regulatory data
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• Maintenance of subscribed
regulatory database
• Push of updates
• News on modification of global
food laws & regulations
• News Concerning food safety (Alert/Recall)
• Expert support for local laws &
regulations
• Support for local language
Data
update
service
News
bulletin
service
Support
service

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Structured laws & regulation data
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13. Laws & Regulations
Management

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Type of laws & regulations (1/2)
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Code Name
Food – Country Food-Country, national laws &
regulations
Food – Customer Food-Customer, customer’s
requirements
Food – Internal Food-Internal, corporate internal
regulations

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Type of laws & regulations (2/2)
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Name Example
Limit GB 2760 Standards for Use of Food Additives
GB 2763 Maximum Residue Limit for Pesticides in Foods
Nutrition
labeling
GB 28050 General Rules for Nutrition Labeling of Prepackaged Foods
Prepackaged Foods
Ingredient list GB 7718 General Rules for Labeling of Prepackaged Foods
Nutrition claim GB 28050 General Rules for Nutrition Labeling of Prepackaged Foods
GB 13432 General Rules for Labeling of Prepackaged Foods for Special
Dietary Uses
Product
standards
GB 10765 Infant Formula
GB 19645 Pasteurized Milk

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 Select「Food-Country」for the type of laws & regulations, and enter the name.
General rules for labeling (1/4)
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 Set the country or union (e.g. EU) to which it is applicable.
General rules for labeling (2/4)
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 Set the rules for ingredient list.
General rules for labeling (3/4)
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 Set the rules for nutrition facts.
General rules for labeling (4/4)
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 Select「Food-Country」for the type of laws & regulations, and enter the name.
Nutrition claim (1/5)
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 Set the country or union (e.g. EU) to which it is applicable.
Nutrition claim (2/5)
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 Set the claim information.
Nutrition claim (3/5)
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 Edit the claim conditions.
Nutrition claim (4/5)
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 Picture of claim editing result.
Nutrition claim (5/5)
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 After creating「Food-country」 laws & regulations and setting the country, create a
new 「Limit」.
Standards for use of additives (1/6)
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 Search the substance specified in the additives laws & regulations.
Standards for use of additives (2/6)
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 Set the type of limit.
Standards for use of additives (3/6)
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 Set the classification of food applications.
Standards for use of additives (4/6)
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 Set the source, upper limit and unit of raw materials.
Standards for use of additives (5/6)
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 Picture of the additive input result.
Standards for use of additives (6/6)
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31. Search of Laws and
Regulations

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 Take the pesticide residue as an example, search by the name of
pesticide.
Search of laws and regulations (1/4)
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 Take the pesticide residue as an example, search by the type of
food.
Search of laws and regulations (2/4)
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 Take the additive as an example, search by the name of additive.
Search of laws and regulations (3/4)
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 Take the additive as an example, search by food classification+function.
Search of laws and regulations (4/4)
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 After logging in the system, select the country or region on the map.
Search by Selerant compliance cloud (1/6)
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 Check the laws & regulations (food additive) and food type (milk and milk product).
Search by Selerant compliance cloud (2/6)
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 Enter the keyword of the substance as required and whether to save the search result.
Search by Selerant compliance cloud (3/6)
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 One relevant law & regulation found in the search result.
Search by Selerant compliance cloud (4/6)
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 One substance and three limits found in the search result.
Search by Selerant compliance cloud (5/6)
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 Four files found in the search result.
Search by Selerant compliance cloud (6/6)
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42. Management of Raw Material
Specifications (Internal Control
Standards)

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Work flow for typical raw material
specifications
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Q&A Department
Source of
new raw
material
Admittance of
new suppliers
New
suppliers
Old supplier
R&D Department SuppliersDepartment of Supply Chain
Admittance of
new suppliers
Admittance of
new suppliers
Obtain standard
data
Provide the governing
standard concerning the
raw material by an Excel
template
Provide national or
industrial standards
concerning the raw
material
New
suppliers
Confirm the
indicators and
values
Draft the
specification sheet
of raw material
Approval by the
R&D Department
Old supplier
Approval by the
Q&A Department
Provide the spot
check period and
other information
Submit the approved
specifications sheet of
raw material to the
purchasing system
Obtain the supplier data
from the purchasing
system

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Logic of raw material specifications
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GB/T18010-1999
Cashew kernel
NY/T486-2002
Cashew
GB/T22165-2008
General Rules for
Roasted seeds and
Nuts
GB16326-2006
Hygienic Standard
for Nuts
Total
Indicators Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max Min Max
Water, % 5 8 15 0 5
Peroxide value (by fat),
g/100g 0.5 0.08 0 0.08
Acid value (by fat), mg/g 3 4 0 3
Total arsenic (by As),
mg/kg 0.5 0 0.5
Pb, mg/kg 0.2 0 0.2
Hg, mg/kg 0.01 0 0.01
Coliforms, MPN/g 0.3 0 0.3
Hexachlorocyclohexane,
mg/kg 0 0 0
DDVP, mg/kg 0.2 0 0.2
Dimethoate, mg/kg 1 0 1

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Raw material specifications (1/2)
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Raw material specifications (2/2)
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47. Calculation of Raw
Material Compliance

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Type of limit
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Type Description
ALLOWED
Allowed. Timing: it shall be used with appropriate amount
as required by the production
BANNED Banned. Timing: banned
LIMITED IN END
APPLICATION
Limited in end application. Timing: amount of residue
LIMITED IN
FORMULA
Limited in formula. Timing: Maximum amount equals to
the specified value

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 Click「laws & regulations calculation」to check the cadmium content compliance of
apple.
Calculation of Raw Material Compliance (1/4)
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 Select「Global Food Contaminates」.
Calculation of Raw Material Compliance (2/4)
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 Select proper classification of food.
Calculation of Raw Material Compliance (3/4)
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 The calculation result indicates that the cadmium content exceeds the limit (200>50).
Calculation of Raw Material Compliance (4/4)
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53. Calculation of Formula
Compliance

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 Confirm whether the formula complies with the laws & regulations concerned by 「
Calculation of laws & regulations」.
Calculation of Formula Compliance (1/7)
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 Check「Global Food Additives Calculation」.
Calculation of Formula Compliance (2/7)
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 Set the product classification tree.
Calculation of Formula Compliance (3/7)
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 The calculation result indicates that the amount of additive (sucralose) exceeds the
specified upper limit.
Calculation of Formula Compliance (4/7)
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 Modify the amount in the formula (sucralose).
Calculation of Formula Compliance (5/7)
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 The calculation result indicates that the amount of additive (sucralose) meets the
specified limit requirement.
Calculation of Formula Compliance (6/7)
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 Additional calculation can be carried out to check whether the formula complies with
the nutrition claim.
Calculation of Formula Compliance (7/7)
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61. Q&A

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