Spirulina with the lowest international standard

When Spirulina was just listed in China, people didn't know the efficacy and function of this kind of products, but with the popularization of efficacy and the hot speculation of concept, spirulina and other products became more and more popular, from health products to drinks and even instant noodles, spirulina can be seen It is well known that Spirulina can play the role of anti radiation, anti-bacterial, anti-cancer and so on At the same time, a very heavy report of Spirulina industry was published, which made Spirulina walk down the altar of health products On February 29, the State Food and Drug Administration issued the notice on strengthening the supervision and inspection of health food with spirulina as raw material According to the notice, the content of heavy metal lead, arsenic and mercury in more than ten Spirulina blue hat products, such as "green a", "Tangshen Bijian", "Tsinghua Ziguang (jinaoli)", "San oli'an" and "kangtelis", is "unqualified" Then, the test results of several authoritative testing institutions identified by the national certification and accreditation supervision and Administration Commission showed that the lead content of 6 samples out of 8 samples was seriously exceeded Among them, "green a" and "Tsinghua Ziguang (jinaoli)" are over 80%; "Thomson Beijian" is over 100%; "San ollian" is over 200%; "Youwei" is over 20%; and "cantelix" is over 820% However, it is puzzling that the results of the spot check released by the State Food and Drug Administration on March 30 show that the three products of conus Spirulina tablet, aonais Green Classic Spirulina tablet and hongyangshen Spirulina are fake health food However, the content of lead in other products reported by the media, such as green a-brand Spirulina tablet, Tangshen Beijian brand Spirulina tablet and jinaoli brand Sanda Ziguang Spirulina tablet, did not exceed the national limit standard in this supervision and inspection There are two results of spirulina product testing in a month Are Spirulina products qualified? According to reports, the main reason why Spirulina products differ in results is the difference of reference standard value According to the general standard for health (functional) food (GB16740-1997), the lead content limit of "general products" is not more than 0.5mg/kg However, the limit of "solid drinks and capsule products with algae and tea as raw materials" is ≤ 2.0mg/kg In the standard, there is no detailed regulation on the tablet with algae as raw material According to the Xinhua news agency, the standards of Spirulina tablet products mentioned above are no more than 0.5mg/kg, but the State Food and drug administration has consistently limited the standards of algae as raw material products to "2.0mg/kg" "In accordance with the national standards and the relevant standards determined by the Ministry of health and the State Food and drug administration, the lead index limit of products with algae as the only raw material supplemented by a small amount of auxiliary materials is 2.0mg/kg; for products without algae as the only raw material, the lead index limit is 0.5mg/kg," the State Food and Drug Administration said in its notice If the lead limit is calculated according to the standard of "no more than 0.5mg/kg", the lead content of "yuvis" is 0.6mg/kg, exceeding the standard by 20% "Green a" and "Tsinghua Ziguang (jinaoli)" were 0.9mg/kg, both exceeding 80%; and "Tangshen Beijian" was 1.0mg/kg, exceeding 100% In this regard, some consumers question why the limit of lead index used in Spirulina Health food is less than that of "general products"? The price of health food itself is high, and the production requirements are strict - it is necessary to use GMP, but why the standard of heavy metal lead content is lower? Some insiders pointed out that the limit of physical and chemical index of lead content selected in China was limited in 1997, which has been 15 years since now This index basically belongs to the category of the lowest standard in the world "If the international general standard is selected for testing, then many Spirulina production enterprises are difficult to 'wash white'" The lead content of Spirulina is from unqualified to qualified, which makes people worry about whether there are hidden dangers in the previous determination of "qualified" food and drug Looking back on the wave of Spirulina detection, it is interesting to see what the regulatory authorities have done From the beginning, the "lead exceeding standard" of Spirulina products such as green A and Tangshen Beijian was kept secret from the public and only communicated internally Now, knowing that the public expected safer low lead content standard, they relaxed the standard for enterprises It seems that the economic benefits of enterprises are higher than the life and health of the people, and professional and scientific judgment should give way to the "stability" of the market Is it the common people or the manufacturers of Spirulina that have been "tossed" in this way? The interests of enterprises are protected, but who will protect the rights and interests of consumers? No one will protect the rights and interests of consumers Do consumers dare to continue to buy Spirulina food? The spirulina food that does not have consumer to buy, also can walk down altar eventually Obviously, food and drug safety supervision cannot have such tolerance and uncertainty For similar loopholes, it is suggested that the legislative and administrative departments should patch the system as soon as possible.