Lack of standards for multiple extracts of health food

In the health food industry, which is keen on the concepts of "pure nature" and "plant extraction", the State Food and Drug Administration investigated and dealt with the turmoil of Ginkgo biloba extract industry, which undoubtedly brought a capsizing crisis to large and small enterprises According to the data released by the State Food and drug administration, there are about 203 enterprises using ginkgo biloba extract to produce health food Among them, 129 enterprises are in production and 74 enterprises are out of production It is preliminarily found that 12 of the enterprises in production purchased and used unqualified Ginkgo biloba extract raw materials It is found that 30.864 tons of health food are suspected to be unqualified At present, 10.4 tons of products have been recalled, 0.024 tons have been destroyed, and 20.44 tons have been removed from shelves and sealed The news is shocking Experts said that in addition to the current exposure of illegal extraction production process, the content of heavy metals in Ginkgo biloba extract is also prominent "In fact, many of the extracts involved in health food lack national standards." Experts said that taking the current popular antioxidant health food as an example, there have been many products with grape seed extract as raw material on the market The production process, raw material extraction and matching principle of raw material extract are lack of standard specifications, and the quality is difficult to control The expert believes that the new "food safety law" for the first time puts forward the "health food raw material catalog", which will play a normative role in the plant extract Market after its establishment, and consumers will also have an authoritative basis for purchasing Huang Jiansheng, Deputy Secretary General of China Health Care Association, said that after finding the problem of Ginkgo biloba extract, the State Food and Drug Administration will make relevant regulations on plant extract to fill the blank of the standard of plant extract in health food raw materials.