Functional claims of health food should be upgraded to scientific

A few days ago, the State Administration for Market Regulation released the feedback on the public comments (hereinafter referred to as the "Feedback") on the "Non-nutrient supplements in the Catalogue of Health Functions Claimed by Health Foods (2020 Edition) (Draft for Comment)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Catalogue") )

In November 2020, the State Administration for Market Regulation organized the drafting of the "Catalogue", which adjusted the original 27 categories of health care functions into 24 categories, and cancelled the original "promoting lactation", "improving growth and development" and "improving skin oiliness".

At present, there are two phenomena that are separated from each other in health food

What is the scientific connotation of health food function claims? There are only two things, one is to describe accurately and compress the space of "unprovoked associations" to the greatest extent

It is foreseeable that with the release of the "Feedback", the "Catalogue of Health Functions Claimed by Health Foods (2020 Edition) (Draft for Comment)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Catalogue"), including the "Health Food Function Evaluation Methods ( 2020 Edition) (Draft for Comments)", and the supporting "Interpretation of Health Food Function Claims (2020 Edition) (Draft for Comment)", "Guidelines for Functional Evaluation of Health Foods (2020 Edition) (Draft for Comment)", "Health Food Functional Evaluation Guidelines (2020 Edition) (Draft for Comment)" The finalization of documents such as "Guiding Principles for Ethical Review of Food People's Consumption Trials (2020 Edition) (Draft for Comment)" will not be a distant thing

(Xiao Li)

"China Food News" (April 28, 2021 Edition 06)

(Editor in charge: Gao Na)