Food and Drug Administration: Reishi spore powder can not do ordinary food raw materials

recently, to "Lingzhi spore powder" as a gimmick health moon cakes and other food on the Internet. The State Administration of Food and Drug Administration recently issued a notice that the use of wall-breaking reishi spore powder as a common food raw materials is not enough scientific basis, food production enterprises may not use wall-breaking reishi spore powder as raw materials for the production and processing of ordinary food.Ringzhi spore powder lack long-term consumption history notice, said that the National Health and Family Planning Commission Office on the wall-breaking reishi spore powder related issues of the letter has been clear: Reishi spore powder lack of long-term consumption history and has been used as a drug, as a common food raw materials use has not been sufficient scientific basis. Therefore, broken wall reishi spore powder should not be used as a common food raw materials. The food and drug regulatory department shall inform the food production and operation enterprises that they shall not use wall-breaking reishi spore powder as raw materials for the production and processing of ordinary food, and shall not operate ordinary food containing wall-breaking reishi spore powder. If the above-mentioned acts are found in the enterprise, the enterprise shall be required to stop production and operation;The standards and research of wall-breaking technology are relatively small Hu Sumin, a professor in the Department of Prescription Medicine at the School of Basic Medicine of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, told the Beijing News that the study found that Reishi has a strong effect on human immunity, and that Chinese medicine uses Reishi in the treatment of tumors. However, in terms of usage, the use of spore powder is still relatively rare, in recent years began to be more common. Spores from Reishi asexual reproduction, "I checked the data found that at present, in the pharmacological and toxic rational research of Reishi spore powder, more authoritative, formal research is still less, there is a certain degree of amxuality." In addition, regarding the General Administration of Food and Drug Administration's prohibition of the use of wall-breaking reishi spore powder as a food raw material, Hu Sumin said that wall-breaking technology itself is also a factor to be considered, as far as the current situation, different manufacturers use wall-breaking technology is different, the technical standards and research in this regard are relatively small, "in view of the current pharmacology, toxic rationality and technology are uncertain circumstances, the use of wall-breaking reishi spore powder as a food raw material should indeed be cautious." In addition, the notice also stipulates that the use of wall-breaking reishi spore powder as raw materials for the production of processed health food should obtain health food approval number, for the health food approval number for the production of wall-breaking reishi spore powder products, food and drug regulatory authorities should be investigated. The illegal production of wall-breaking reishi spore powder products in black nests should be severely combated.Zhang Xiulan, a reporter for The Beijing News