National Food Safety Standard of the P.R.C.: Food additive Glycine

This standard applies to food additive aminoacetic acid (glycine) obtained from industrial glycine by ammoniation process of monochloroacetic acid, then purified by dissolving in water, decolorized with activated carbon and recrystallized; or obtained from the sodium glycinate produced by the ammoniation and alkaline hydrolysis of hydroxyacetonitrile, followed by processes of ion exchange and membrane decolorization.  This standard also applies to the food nutrition fortifier glycine.