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 Revised Draft of  Regulations on Nutrition Labeling for Prepackaged 
Vitamin and Mineral Tablets and Capsules  
1. The regulation is established under the provisions of Item 3 of Article 22 of the 
Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation.  
2. The prepackaged vitamin and mineral tablets and capsules mean which are 
adding nutritional additives as vitamins or minerals sources.  
3. The nutrition labeling for prepackaged vitamin and mineral tablets and 
capsules on the market shall provide the following information from top to 
bottom in tabular form orderly shown at a conspicuous place of the outer 
package or container of the product.  
(1)Title of “Nutrition labeling”  
(2) Per one serving (or per serving) and the number of servings contained in 
each package of the product.  
(3) “Per servin g (or per one serving)”, “daily percentage reference value”.  
(4) Vitamin contents  
(5) Mineral contents  
(6) Contents of other nutrients declared in the nutrition claim or labeled by 
manufacturer voluntarily on the container of food.  
If the vertical form can ’t be fully presented, it can be labeled in horizontal 
continuous form.  
Nutrition labeling on surface areas smaller than 100 cm2 can be labeled those 
nutrition information sequentially in horizontal table form.  
4. Ways of labeling of contents of vitamins, minerals and ot her nutrient s under 
the following provisions , and numbers shall be expressed  in Arabic numerals : 
Use “per one serving (or per serving)” and the provided “daily percentage of 
reference value” for labeling, and the number of servings contained in each 
packag e of the product shall also be specified. Labels shall also be specified 
the daily nutrient intake reference value if the daily nutrient intake reference 
value has been set. For products without a set daily nutrient intake reference 
value, the “ * ” symbol  shall precede the daily percentage reference value line 
and clearly note “*Reference value not set.”  
5. Daily nutrient intake  reference values and m easure units  shall be labeled 
according to Appendix 1 . Other nutrients not listed in Appendix 1 are 
expressed using the metric system or their common symbols.  
6. The contents of vitamins, minerals and other nutrient s shall be labeled in 
metric units. For Vitamins A, D and E, the contents shall be additionally 2 
 labeled in IU.  
7. Data formatting of prepackaged vitamin and mineral tablets and capsules  
nutrition labeling  units shall conform to the following regulations : 
(1) Each package shall label the serving number shall be expressed in whole 
integers.  
(2) Daily percentage reference value shall be labeled using whole integers o r 
integers with one decimal point.  
(3) The contents of vitamins and minerals shall be expressed in not more than 
three significant figures.  
(4) Other nutrients declared in the nutrition claim or other nutrients shall be 
labeled using whole integers or integers wit h one decimal point.  
(5) Data formatting shall refer to the Chinese National Standard CNS2925 
“Practices for Designating Significant Places in Specific Limiting Values” or 
“Round half up” method.  
8. If the physiological functions of packaged vitamin and mineral t ablets and 
capsules are to be described, the minimum daily intake must be 15% of the 
daily percentage reference value.  
9. The values on the nutritional labels of prepackaged vitamin and mineral tablets 
and capsules  must be derived from actual test analysis or  calculations, and the 
range of allowable error shall meet the criteria in Appendix 2.  
10. Prepackaged vitamin and mineral tablets and capsules shall be labeled the 
following warning at a conspicuous place of the outer package or container of 
the product: “No  more than  tablets (or capsules) each day.” and “Excessive 
intake does not benefit health.”.  
11. “Regulations  on Nutrition Labeling for Prepackaged Vitamin and Mineral 
Tablets and Capsules” shall not apply to prepackaged tablets and capsules 
which are not addi ng nutritional additives as vitamins or minerals sources.3 
 Appendix 1. Daily reference values of vitamins, minerals and other 
nutrients  
Appropriate for  
Items  Not specified 
group  Between 1 and 3 
years old  Pregnant or 
nursing mothers  
Vitamin A(1) 700 μg  RE 400 μg RE 600 μg RE 
Vitamin B 1 1.4 mg  0.6 mg  1.1 mg  
Vitamin B 2 1.6 mg  0.7 mg  1.2 mg  
Vitamin B6 1.6 mg  0.5 mg  1.9 mg  
Vitamin B 12 2.4 μg  0.9 μg  2.6 μg  
Vitamin C  100 mg  40 mg  110 mg  
Vitamin D  10 μg  5 μg 10 μg  
Vitamin E(2) 13 mg α-TE 5 mg  α-TE 14 mg  α-TE 
Vitamin K  120 μg 30 μg  90 μg  
Niacin(3) 18 mg NE  9 mg NE  16 mg NE  
Folic acid  400 μg  170 μg  600 μg  
Pantothenic acid  5 mg  2 mg  6 mg  
Biotin  30 μg 9 μg 30 μg  
Choline  500 mg  180 mg  410 mg  
Sodium  2000 mg  1200 mg  2000 mg  
Calcium  1200 mg  500 mg  1000 mg  
Phosphorus  1000 mg  400 mg  800 mg  
Iron 15 mg  10 mg  45 mg  
 
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      Appropriate for  
 
Items  Not specified 
group  Between 1 and 3 
years old  Pregnant or 
nursing mothers  
Iodine  140 μg  65 μg  200 μg  
Magnesium  390 mg  80 mg  355 mg  
Zinc 15 mg  5 mg  15 mg  
Fluorine  3 mg  0.7 mg  3 mg  
Selenium  55 μg  20 μg  60 μg  
Sodium  2000 mg  1200 mg  2000 mg  
Protein  60 g 20g 65 g  
Fat 60 g * 65 g  
Carbohydrate  300 g  * 330 g  
Saturated fats  18 g * 18 g  
cholesterol  300 mg  * 300 mg  
Dietary fiber  25 g 15 g 30 g  
*Reference valu e not set.  
 
Annotation 1: RE is Retinol Equivalent.  
1 g RE=1 g Retinol=6 g -Carotene  
 
Annotation 2: -TE is -Tocopherol Equivalent.  
1 mg -TE =1 mg -Tocopherol  
 
Annotation 3: NE is Niacin Equivalent.  
Niacin, including nicotinic acid and nicotinamide and 
tryptophan, is expressed in Niacin Equivalent.  
1 mg NE= 60 mg tryptophan  
 
Annotation 4: The Chinese unit can be expressed using the metric system 
or their common symbols. Gram can be expressed in “g”, 
milligram can be expressed in “mg”, and microgram c an be 
expressed in “μg”.  
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 Appendix 2.  Range of allowable error for nutrition labeling values  
Items  Range of allowable error  
Vitamin A and vitamin D  80%~180% of the labeled value  
Vitamins (excluding vitamins A and D) and  
minerals (excluding Sodium ) 80% of the labeled value  
Nutrients 
labeled 
voluntarily  Protein, carbohydrates, Calories, 
lipids, saturated fats, trans fats, 
cholesterol, sodium, and sugars  120% of the labeled value  
Other nutrients   80% of the labeled value  
 