1.1 Flavoring substances and flavoring essences are used in foods to produce, change or enhance flavor of foods. Usually flavoring substances are made to flavoring essences before they are used to enhance flavor of foods; some flavoring substances could be directly used. The flavoring substances and flavoring essences do not include substances that only produce the taste of sweet, sour or salty, nor do they include flavour enhancers.

1.2 Flavoring substances and flavoring essences could be used in foods in the appropriate dose based on production necessity; foods in the Table B.1, if not necessary to enhance the flavor, shall not be added flavoring substances nor flavoring essences unless otherwise provided in the laws, regulations or in the national food safety standards. For food categories other than those listed in the Table B.1, whether flavoring substances could be added shall follow provisions of relevant food product standards.

1.3 Flavoring substances used to make flavoring essences shall comply with provisions of this standard. Natural flavoring compounds with aroma that are obtained from foods (could be unprocessed, or processed to suit the traditional eating habit of human being) using physical methods, enzyme method or microbiological method (the enzymes shall conform with relevant provisions of this standard) could be used to integrate food flavoring essences.

Note: Natural flavoring compounds are the agents that contain food flavoring substances.

1.4 Food substances with other food additive functions or other food uses should be formulated into food flavoring essences to be used for food flavor addition. When the food substances are used for other food additives functions in food, they should comply with the corresponding provisions of this standard. When used for other purposes, they should comply with the corresponding regulations, for example, benzoic acid, cinnamic aldehyde, guarana extract, sodium diacetate (also known as sodium diacetate), disodium succinate, tricalcium phosphate, amino acids, etc.

1.5 Food flavoring essences could contain auxilary materials that are necessary for its production, storage and use (including food additives and foods). The flavoring essences auxilary materials shall conform with the following requirements:

a)The auxilary materials permitted in the food flavoring essences shall comply with provisions of the Natioanl Food Safety Standard - Food Flavouring Essences (GB30616). With the precondition that the expected (flavoring) result is achieved, the few variety of food flavoring essences used, the better.

b)The food additives used as auxiliary materials in food flavoring essences shall not function as food additives in the final food products; as long as the expected effect is achieved, reduce the use of such food additive to the best degree possible.

1.6 Labels of food flavoring substances and food flavoring essences shall conform with provisions of the National Food Safety Standard General Standard for the Labeling of Food Additives (GB 29924).

1.7 Pre-packaged foods added with food flavoring substances and flavoring essences shall be labelled in accordance with the National Food Safety Standard General Standard for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods (GB 7718)．

1.8 Quliaty specifications of food flavoring substances and food flavoring essences shall comply with provisions in the National Food Safety Standard General Rules for Food Flavoring Substances (GB 29938).