[news] May 3rd Beijing reporting network (food and Drug Administration) according to the State Food and Drug Administration website news, the State Food and Drug Administration issued "on the further strengthening of health food supervision opinions (Draft)", the draft said to health food in strict supervision, to clarify the basic orientation of health food. Strict management of raw materials of health food, functional specification claims management, strict health food labeling and advertising management, the implementation of corporate responsibility, strict supervision and management of production and operation.

Draft pointed out that it is necessary to clear the basic positioning of health food. Health food is a kind of special food, which is different from medicine and ordinary food, including dietary supplements that supplement the deficiency of normal dietary nutrients and food products which claim to have the function of promoting human health. With a clear amount of food and eating methods, appropriate and inappropriate crowd, can not replace the normal diet, not for the purpose of treatment of disease, can not replace drugs. Ordinary food can not claim health care function.

Draft said the need for strict health food raw materials management. Study on the formulation of raw materials of health food raw materials directory, directory is for record management of health food raw materials information list, including raw material name, dosage and efficacy as well as the corresponding production process technology, to achieve standardization, standardization of production record. Strict registration of product safety, effectiveness of raw materials, the use of components is not clear, the standard is not clear, the effect of raw materials. Ordinary food shall not be used only for health food raw materials.

Draft proposed to regulate the function of claims management. The strengthening function claims that the scientific basis of the review, the function claims should have sufficient scientific basis and decision criteria. In principle, health food function claims should be verified by human consumption. According to the scientific consensus, the scientific basis and the human body to verify the availability of food, in the wording of the wording of the increase in the expression of restrictive terms, the scientific guidance of consumption. Health food products other than food, shall not claim the effectiveness of the product.

Draft, said the need for strict health food labeling and advertising management. The contents of the label of the health food label shall be consistent with the contents of the registration certificate or record information. Standardized health food labeling management, an objective reflection of product function information, to avoid misleading propaganda label instructions to guide consumers to buy science. Health food shall be marked with special marks, and the name of the product shall not be named after the health care function. Revised and improved health food advertising regulatory system, clear the certificate holder advertising responsibility, clear definition of advertising and publicity, increase advertising supervision and punishment, relying on credit system to implement the joint disciplinary. Health food labels and advertising should focus on the tip of this product can not replace drugs". Ordinary food shall not claim product efficacy.

Draft said that the main responsibility for the implementation of the enterprise. The implementation of the main responsibility for the implementation of the applicant, registration or filing of the applicant and the production and operation of enterprises responsible for the authenticity of the application materials. If the application materials are not true, can not be traced back or have significant defects, they shall not be registered. The main responsibility for the implementation of the production and operation of health food products, production and operation of health food must be registered or filed, must obtain production license. Supervise the production operators to establish an effective operation of food safety traceability system and production quality management self-examination report system, product safety, health care functions and quality control. The responsibility to implement the product evaluation listed production enterprises, the necessary conditions for extension of the consumption as will be listed after the crowd, promote the supply side reforms, to provide data support for the development of people to eat raw materials for the record management directory.

Draft also said that strict supervision and management of production and operation. Strict production license, daily supervision and consumer safety checks. Provincial regulatory authorities to implement the necessary conditions for production enterprises and product quality control technical requirements of a comprehensive review of the license, the production of product safety, efficacy, quality control checks. The grass-roots supervision departments to strictly implement the "four two responsibility" and "a randomized, double open requirements, strengthen the daily supervision and inspection, to crack down on illegal production, illegal business, illegal add and commercial fraud, false advertising and other illegal acts. Found in the inspection of commercial fraud, lured consumers to purchase and other illegal acts, the case will be transferred to the relevant competent authorities or public security organs. There are plans to focus on the sale of products for sampling monitoring, sampling unqualified products and related issues to carry out verification disposal.