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2022 'Food Safety Awareness Week'
On May 28, 2022, a female artist was fined and confiscated 7.2212 million yuan for illegally endorsing false health food, which once again aroused social attention to health food.
1. Definition of health food
Definition of health food:Foods that claim to have specific health functions or supplement vitamins and minerals.That is, it is suitable for consumption by specific groups of people, has the function of regulating body functions, is not for the purpose of treating diseases, and does not cause any acute, subacute or chronic harm to the human body.(GB16740-2014 National Food Safety Standard Health Food)
Health food is suitable for specific groups of people to regulate body functions, and the product manual should be marked with 'suitable people' or 'unsuitable people'.
Notably,Pregnant women, nursing mothers and children are the most frequent 'unsuitable groups' in health food instructions.
2. Health food management
Product registration and filing
The 'Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China' clarifies that the state implements strict supervision and management of health food.One of the most important measures is to implement registration and filing management for health food.
Health food using raw materials other than the health food raw material catalog, and health food imported for the first time (except health food supplemented with nutrients such as vitamins and minerals) should apply to the State Administration for Market Regulation for health food registration.
The health food imported for the first time refers to the health food that is not from the same country, the same company, and the same formula applied for sale in China.
The health food whose raw materials have been included in the health food raw material catalogue and the health food that is imported for the first time are supplemented with nutrients such as vitamins and minerals shall be filed with the State Administration for Market Regulation in accordance with the law.
3. Function list of health food
At present, among the health foods approved and registered by the regulatory authorities according to law, there are 27 kinds of health functions allowed to claim (see the table below for details), as well as nutrient supplements that supplement vitamins and minerals.
4. Customs clearance supervision of imported health food
Import by general trade route
The customs conducts conformity assessment on imported health food, including: assessment and review of food safety systems in overseas countries (regions), registration of overseas manufacturers, filing and qualification assurance of importers and exporters, approval of entry animal and plant quarantine, inspection of attached conformity certificates, and inspection of documents. Certification audits, on-site inspections, supervisory sampling inspections, import and sales records inspections, and combinations of these.
According to the 'Announcement on Implementing Online Verification of Five Supervision Certificates including the Registration Certificate of Formulas for Special Medical Purposes' (Announcement No. 142 [2018] of the General Administration of Customs and the State Administration for Market Regulation), the customs implements the 'Health Food Registration' in the customs clearance process. Certificate or Health Food Filing Certificate' for online verification.
Import through cross-border e-commerce
It should be noted that the health food imported by cross-border e-commerce is in line with the quality, safety, hygiene, environmental protection, labeling and other standards or technical specifications of the country of origin (region), but there may be differences with my country's standards.In addition, because the products are directly purchased from overseas, there may be no Chinese labels, and consumers can view the Chinese electronic labels of the products through the website.
5. Recommendations for the purchase of imported health food
look at the sign
When purchasing, consumers should pay attention to the fact that regular health food has a special mark of 'blue hat' health food, and the approval number is marked below.
Each imported health food approval number can only correspond to one product, and you can log on to the website of the State Administration for Market Regulation (http://www.samr.gov.cn) to check the real situation of the product.
view label
According to Article 30 of the Measures for the Administration of Imported and Exported Food Safety of the People's Republic of China (Order No. 249 of the General Administration of Customs, hereinafter referred to as the 'Measures'), the packaging, labels and signs of imported food shall comply with Chinese laws and regulations and national food safety standards.Imported health food should have Chinese instructions, and the Chinese font must be larger than the foreign font.
Imported health food trademark, product name, production date, shelf life and other health food label content should be consistent with the imported health food registration information.
In particular, it should be reminded that the Regulations stipulate thatThe Chinese label of imported health food must be printed on the smallest sales package and not affixed.
certificate
For imported health food that has been assessed as qualified by the customs, the customs will issue an 'Inspection and Quarantine Certificate for Entry Goods'.
1.Consumers should try their best to buy imported health food in regular stores, supermarkets and websites; read labels and instructions carefully, and pay attention to suitable groups, consumption, consumption methods and precautions;
2.Consumers should raise their awareness, keep abreast of health food policies, and prevent false propaganda such as non-health food promoting health functions.
