To perfect the registration, approval and market supervision of health food in China

Since the implementation of the national examination and approval system in 1996, China's health food industry has initially formed a relatively complete health food industry, which has become an important pillar of the development of the socialist market economy and played a positive role in improving the national health level However, due to the imperfection of relevant laws and regulations, ineffective market supervision and management, and illegal operation of some enterprises, there are some disharmonious factors in the health food industry: first, attaching importance to registration review, emphasizing market access, and neglecting market supervision and management; second, the repeated approval of similar products is serious, causing huge waste of national resources, and increasing the number of product applicants The third is that most health food seldom carry out long-term chronic toxicity test, which has serious potential safety hazards; the fourth is that the declaration of health food conceals the production process and formula, and arbitrarily modifies the process and adds unapproved raw materials in the actual production process; the fifth is that there is no quality standard for animal and plant extracts used for health food, and the production conditions and work of raw materials Art and raw material suppliers lack of supervision; sixth, some health food sales companies exaggerate the product effect through "celebrity effect" and other ways, and the false advertising on the Internet is out of control The orderly development of health food industry is closely related to the food safety and health of the masses The suggestions are as follows: first, improve the relevant laws and regulations, clarify the registration and approval responsibilities of health food, and implement the hierarchical management mechanism 1 According to the food safety law, formulate the regulations on the supervision and administration of health food and other laws and regulations, and clarify the market supervision and administration responsibilities, contents, label management, advertising and publicity of health food Put the registration examination and approval and market supervision and management in the same important position, and gradually change the mode of paying attention to the registration examination and approval and strictly controlling the examination and approval access into the mode of paying attention to the supervision after the event and paying attention to the examination and approval of product raw materials 2 To cancel the registration and approval system of nutritional supplements, the competent government departments may, according to the results of the National Nutrition Survey and the amount of nutrients required by the residents, formulate standards for the original and processing technology of nutrients, as well as the nutrient content, dosage and testing method of products, and the enterprises are free to apply for the record We will strengthen supervision over products put on the market and work out an exit mechanism 2 Study and formulate the raw material standards of health food, and control the product quality from the source Raw material manufacturers shall implement traceability management throughout the whole process, supervise and manage the source, quality, purchase contract, inspection report, in and out procedures and processing technology of raw materials used, and track and manage the flow direction of final products (health food raw materials or semi-finished products) 3 Formulate a long-term mechanism for health food supervision, and strengthen the special renovation of health food industry Further strengthen the examination and approval, supervision and management of health food advertisements, and increase the punishment of false advertisements.