Subscribe On track: More health foods expected to be approved via registration track in China as 2020 figure hits new high By Tingmin Koe More health foods could be approved via the registration track this year, as the number of products approved in 2020 hit 715 – a record high. This was around twice as many as in 2019, where 342 health foods were approved, statistics tabulated by China regulatory consultancy firm CIRS. has shown. It should be noted that none of these products approved last year came from overseas enterprises. Most of the products claim to strengthen the immune system. In China, health foods can be approved via the registration or the filing route, of which, the former is opened to products containing raw materials not listed in the Health Food Raw Material Directory.