2015-05-20 16:39

 

The new heavy advertising law regulate the health care of all legal responsibilities clearly defined

 

CNDSN may 20 news] (Chinese food) the newly revised law on advertising will be officially implemented on September 1. This is advertising law in 1994 years since the enactment of the first amendment, after a lot of research and repeated demonstration, substantially revised, involving a wide range, causing a high degree of social concern. What important amendments to the new advertising law relating to health food? What are the strengthening of the legal responsibility of the parties? How regulatory changes?

Guidelines for the health food column

Current advertisement law (1994 version) simply provides food advertising guidelines, no detailed provisions of health food, the content is incomplete, operability is not strong has with the social and economic development and technological progress does not adapt. The new advertising law article eighteenth advertisement content of health food is divided into six small made specific requirements.

According to reports, in recent years, the field of health food has increasingly become false advertising "disaster", especially for the elderly health care advertising and publicity, the false degree is particularly serious.

Statistics show that in 2014, the national industrial and commercial authorities accepted the elderly complaints health care products 20100. Has been complaints from health care products, thin, 36.2% of the complaints were health care products belong to improve immune ability health products; from the complaint, mainly of false advertising and quality problem, accounted for complaints of 38.3%.

Assertion or guarantee on the efficacy and the safety of new advertising method (2015 Edition) the provisions of the health food ads may not contain the following contents: (a); (II) involved in disease prevention and treatment functions; (III) claimed or implied commercial advertising for the protection of health necessary; (4) and medicines and other health food; (5) use of Advertising Spokesperson as recommended, proved; (6) the laws and administrative regulations prohibited other content. At the same time, health food ads should be significantly marked, this product can not replace the drug ". New advertising method enriched and refined advertising guidelines, these revised content will purify the advertising market, regulatory authorities to protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers provide powerful basis for law enforcement.

Health food advertising ban minors released

The publication of the ads for health food reflects the attention of a little attention to the old one. In particular, the fortieth provisions of the mass media for minors on the dissemination of health food advertising.

To dissatisfaction with 14 years of age without adults of the goods or services of advertising also present shall contain the following contents: (a) to persuade the parents bought the advertised products or services; (II) may be caused by imitating the unsafe behavior.

If the advertising of minors released the health food ads, the punishment is very strict.

Released in the new advertising the Article 57 of the provisions, such as the violation of Article 41, which relates to a minor health food advertising, will have the following penalties by industrial and commercial administrative management department shall be ordered to stop advertising, the advertisers 20 million yuan more than 100 million yuan of the following a fine. If the circumstances are serious, and can revoke the business license, the advertisement examination organ shall revoke its advertisement examination and approval documents, a year not to accept the advertisement examination application for advertising operators, advertising, by the industry and commerce administrative department shall confiscate the advertising expenses, 20 million yuan more than 100 million yuan of the following a fine. If the circumstances are serious, and can revoke the business licence, revoke advertising registration certificates.

This clause is one of new advertising law penalty is the most severe punishment, the penalty amount is the present executive Advertising Law (1994 version) "1 million yuan of above 10 million yuan the following" fine lines of 10 - 20 times.

All the legal responsibilities clearly defined severe penalties

The new advertising method for advertisers, advertising publishing, advertising agents, Advertising Spokesperson, advertising regulatory agencies such as the main types of responsibility defined.

For some advertising main in order to sell goods, the product of exaggerated false propaganda, cheat induced consumers phenomenon and some of the media one-sided pursuit of economic interests, contrary to the advertisement examination duties or acquiesced to indulge the false and illegal advertisements released, the new advertising law, advertisers to advertising authenticity is responsible for, advertising, advertising agents and advertisement advocate bear the corresponding legal responsibility, the rule is very strict.

The new advertising law clearly stipulates to engaged in the advertising business of radio stations, television stations, newspapers and publishing unit of advertising registration, clear the news publishing of radio and television department management responsibility, can suspend violation media advertising business.

New advertising law clearly stipulates that the advertising spokesperson also have legal responsibility, however, due to the health food does not allow using voice, there will be no responsibility of the main body.

Specific penalties to health food advertising violations, mainly in violation of the provisions of article eighteenth of the law, in addition to stop advertising, advertisers in order to eliminate the influence of the corresponding range, the cost of advertising advertisers at 1 times more than 3 times the fine, advertising costs can not be calculated or is obviously low, more than 100000 yuan a fine of 200000 yuan; if the circumstances are serious, the cost of advertising at 3 times less than 5 times the amount of advertising costs can not be calculated, or significantly lower, at 200000 yuan to 1000000 yuan fine, the business license may be revoked, and the advertisement examination organ shall revoke the advertisement examination approval documents, within one year shall not accept its advertising review of the application.

The behavior of the news agency to use news release health food advertising, the law clearly the supervision of the news agency. The provisions of Article 68 of the new advertising method, radio stations, television stations, newspapers and periodicals and audio-visual publishing units released illegal advertising, or to news reports in the form of disguised to release advertisement, or to the health, health knowledge in disguised forms released health food advertising, the administrative department for Industry and Commerce in accordance with the law punished shall be informed of press and publication of the radio and television departments and other relevant departments. Press and publication radio and Television Department and other relevant departments shall impose sanctions to bear the responsibility of the persons in charge and the other persons directly responsible in accordance with the law; if the circumstances are serious, and can be suspended media advertising business.

In the strict rule of law, the head of the Department of Business Administration said to strengthen the credit building. "In the future business sector will be to credit supervision of advertising as the main line, to standardize the order of competition and to protect the interests of consumers, as the focal point, from relying on traditional means of administrative regulation to focus on using market main body credit supervision means change." To strictly implement the information publicity, an exception list, a list of serious illegal enterprises etc. the system, formed a illegal everywhere limited, restraint mechanism, strengthen the law of false and illegal advertisements issued and disseminator of the deterrent effect.

Editor: Little Shen