After more underground shelves, where is the 100 billion betel nut industry going?Expert: It should be clearly clarified as soon as possible

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Red Star News reporter 丨 Lu Yanfei Song Xinze

Edit 丨 Yu Dongmei Yang Cheng

Recently, market regulatory authorities in many places in the country have issued a notice that can not use betel nut as food sales. Public information shows that the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, including Yiwu, Sichuan Nanchong and other places in Zhejiang, requires local food operators to "do not sell betel nuts and betel nut products that can be sold and labeled.

In recent years, the betel nut industry has continuously developed, reaching 100 billion -level output value, and betel nut supervision has also strictly. At the national level, there are still no special laws and unified standards, and the development of the industry needs to be regulated urgently.

Red Star reporter investigations found that after "de -foodization", betel nuts such as Hunan and Hainan are promoting the local betel nut industry to "self -rescue" through industrial transformation. Wen Zegui, Secretary -General of the Hainan Checill Association, believes that betel nut cannot be sold as ordinary food, not to be completely prohibited, but specially sold like tobacco and alcohol, but eventually take strong supervision or weak supervision, and the specific sales methods of convenience stores are still still. unknown.

What will the 100 billion industries go from the strengthening of betel nut supervision this time? Liu Zhixin, a professional lawyer of food, believes that betel nuts have a long -term consumption history in some areas of my country.

↑ In 2021, betel nut products sold by a supermarket sold in Yueyang, Hunan Province According to IC Photo

Yiwu merchant:

Currently in the stage of notification

Red Star News previously reported that the Yuxu Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Zhejiang Province asked the local convenience store to remove betel nut products on September 15. The staff of the Yiwu Market Supervision and Administration Bureau replied to Hongxing News and said that this move was the requirements of the superior department, "Food operators in Zhejiang Province shall not sell betel nut products for food packaging and labels." Also told Hongxing News that Zhejiang Province has issued relevant notices since the beginning of September this year, "betence is prohibited as food sales."

On the evening of September 20, a number of Yiwu convenience stores and supermarket shop chiefs revealed to Red Star reporters that the above -mentioned removal notice is currently only in the notification stage, "and" notified only in several streets below Yiwu ". A supermarket owner told the Red Star Journalist that he had removed the betel nut products in the store; an owner of a Futian Street convenience store said that he had not been removed for the moment of betel nut food, "but today (20th) a pack of betel nut was not sold. ","

According to the First Financial Report, on September 20, relevant sources related to the Food Supervision Department of the Yiwu Market Supervision and Administration Bureau explained that betel nut cannot be sold according to food, and it must be sold in the area and cannot be mixed with food.

How to interpret the relevant departments' "Food operators must not sell betel nut products with food packaging and labels" and "betel nuts cannot be sold in accordance with food"?

In this regard, Liu Zhixin, a partner of Guangdong Shenming Dian Law Firm and a professional lawyer, told Red Star Journalists that betel nut products not only have betel nuts, but also other non -food attribute betel nut products. "Individual places are prohibited from selling betel nut products in the name of food, but still allows selling betel nut products in the name of non -food. The reason is that the edible betel nut has been removed from the food production license catalog, and it will no longer be supervised as food."

In addition to eating, betel nut can also be used as medicine. Chen Liangqiu, an associate researcher at the Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, mentioned in the thesis "The Status of Cultivation and Industrial Development in my country", "betel nut fruits are important commonly used medicinal materials in my country, and betel nut seeds are one of the four major southern medicines in my country. Warm, returning to the stomach and the large intestine, have the functions of insecticidal, accumulation, qi, water permeability, and malaria. "

Regarding the qualitative of "betel nut products", Liu Zhixin said that there are no unified regulations between the country, and the provinces' regulations are different. Wen Zegui, Secretary -General of the Hainan Checill Association, told Red Star Journalists that betel nut cannot be put with food, not to be completely prohibited. "Just like the management of tobacco and alcohol, this special product is prohibited from buying minors to buy, but it is still in a transitional stage. The industry standards are still being improved. Sales, unknown. "

It is worth noting that not only in Yiwu, Zhejiang, but also recently issued a notification of betel nut that prohibit the sale of food labels. According to incomplete statistics, at least 7 places have clearly required merchants to remove betel nuts and betel nut products, including Xi Shui County, Zunyi City, Nanchong County and other places. On September 20, the Nanchang Municipal Supervision Bureau of Jiangxi issued news that food operators in Nanchang City must not use betel nut products as food sales, and investigate and punish the misleading consumers and sales labels that do not meet the requirements of food. Complaints involving betel nut products as food sales, non -food impersonation or misleading as food sales, etc., should be checked and disposed of in time, and serious investigations and punishments are seriously investigated.

Producer of the main origin:

Not yet clearly affected

According to data from the China Market Supervision News, from 2011 to 2018, the output value of China's betel nut industry rose from 55.8 billion yuan to 78.1 billion yuan, and it continued to rise.

Data from Tianyan Check shows that the nation's name or business scope contains "betel nut", and the state is more than 15,000 companies in business, survival, move in, and out. From the perspective of regional distribution, the top three provinces in the number of enterprises are Hunan, Hainan, and Fujian. Among them, there are more than 7,500 betel nuts in Hunan Province, accounting for about half of the country; there are more than 5,200 betel nut companies in Hainan Province, accounting for about 34.68%of the country. In 2020 and 2021, the number of registered companies in betel nut showed an upward trend, reaching more than 2,800 and more than 3,300, respectively. According to the statistics of the Hunan Food Industry Association, the current betel nut food production enterprise in Hunan Province is mainly located in Xiangtan, Yiyang, and Changsha, which drives related industries to exceed 50 billion yuan. 1.78 million mu with a total output value of 29 billion yuan. The planting area, annual output, and acquisition account for more than 95%of the country. It is an important source of economic income for 2.3 million farmers in Hainan, accounting for 59%of the province's agricultural population, covering 70 in the province 70 Poor people above %.

↑ A company in Xiangtan City, Hunan, produces betel nut products on the Internet

On September 20, Mr. Huang of Wuzhishan City, Hainan told Red Star reporters that his family currently has 3 acres of betel nut land, and has been planted for more than ten years. In 2021, the income of betel nut has a total of about 30,000 yuan.

"Last year, the price of betel nut is high, and it can be 25 yuan per catty. The price is lower this year. When it was just listed, it was about 18 yuan a pound. "Some vendors will go to the village to collect betel nut and then ship them to the factory to process."

Mr. Huang also heard about the supervision and restrictions of eating betel nut throughout the country, but he said that he has not yet given up the plan to grow betel nut. "(In all crops), betel nut can make money, and it is relatively easy to get rid of it. Finally, cut it with a knife. "

A betel nut producer in Xiangtan City, Hunan Province told Red Star Journalists that the situation of betel nuts for underground shelves in the country has not yet affected its daily production and sales.

When the reporter asked later, the producer replied that he would not stop production for the time being. "In Hunan and Hainan, betel nuts are large industries." According to reports, the betel nut produced is mainly sold throughout the country.

expert:

The specific basis and method of getting off the betel nut

"Cancer of betel nut is a clear thing." Wang Silu, a national -level health manager, member of the Chinese Nutrition Society, and Food Safety Science Expert, analyzed Red Star Journalists that betel nut contains betel nut, betel nut, betel nut tanned, alkaloids, lilacity, Polyphenols, active oxidants and other chemicals, and these substances and related metabolic products have clear genetic toxicity and cytotoxicity, and some can directly cause cancer. In addition, betel nut is a "chewed substance", because of the due to The betel nut fiber is particularly rough. During the chewing process, it will inevitably damage the oral mucosa and teeth, which will cause subdivium fibrosis and oral white spots. "This is the physical destruction of betel nut. High risk. "

"One is chemical destruction, and the other is physical damage. When the two meet, the entire carcinogenic process will become more hidden." Wang Silu expressed its prohibition of betel nut as food sales in various provinces and cities. On the basis of health and reducing the risk of disease, I personally support it. "

In recent years, my country's betel nut regulatory policy has gradually become strict.

According to public information, in 2017, the former State Food and Drug Administration included betel nut fruits in the first -class carcinogen; in 2019, the Hunan Pena Food Industry Association requested all betel nut production enterprises in Hunan to stop domestic All advertisements are promoted; in 2020, the latest version of the "Catalog of Food Production License" canceled the category of "eating betel nut"; on September 17, 2021, the General Office of the State Administration of Radio and Television issued a notice, requesting that from now on, it will stop using radio. TV and online audiovisual programs are promoted to sell betel nuts and their products.

Liu Zhixin, a professional lawyer, analyzed the Red Star journalist that at the current national level, it has not clearly introduced laws and regulations and regulations that prohibit the production and sale of betel nuts. "Whether the regulatory documents of local government departments meet the upper laws, it still needs to be further determined according to its specific content."

Liu Zhixin said that first of all, it is necessary to clarify the specific legal basis for the sale of betel nuts in the recent individual local market supervision departments and the specific types of banned products in order to qualitative whether its administrative behavior is legitimated. "For example, the reason for the ban is due to the violations of food safety standards, the lack of food production permits, the relevant requirements of the labeling of pre -packaged food labels, etc., or other reasons. Still include bulk edible betel nut products. "

The latest version of the "Food Production License Classification Catalog" in 2020 canceled the category of betel nut, and betel nut lacks the basis for the production license and supervision of food. Liu Zhixin said that this means that the existing edible betel nut production license will not be obtained after expiration. For eating betel nut production enterprises, in the future, this type of product will not need to apply for food production license to the market supervision department. "At the same time, eating betel nut products can no longer be produced and sold in the form of pre -packaged food." Liu Zhixin said that according to the "Food Safety Law", pre -packaged food labels must be marked with food production license numbers. Otherwise, the provisions of Article 122 of the Food Safety Law will be identified as "unlicensed production behavior". ↑ Patriotic Matching Figure Figure Figure according to IC Photo

After "de -food"

Where does the betel nut industry go?

The Hunan Provincial Market Supervision and Administration Bureau mentioned in the "Answer to the No. 1247 Suggestion of the Fourth Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress of the Provincial National People's Congress No. 1247" on May 21, 2021. It is a provincial administrative license to the provincial government regulations and clearly establish the production of betel nut products. After the implementation of the temporary license for one year, the Provincial People's Congress is required to formulate local regulations in accordance with the requirements of the administrative license law; Determine the positioning of betel nut "local specialty products".

As a large betel plant planting province, Hainan is also "self -rescue" through industrial transformation.

In 2022, the Hainan Provincial Government Work Report proposed that "the research on the deep processing and medicinal value development of betel nut and the development of medicinal value should be" accelerated "; according to local media reports, during the" two sessions "of Hainan Province in 2022, the representative of the National People's Congress Guan Shu Jing suggested that" from the provincial level level level At the level of the city and county level, the betel nut industry is properly transformed and developed to other industries. To develop characteristic industries, continue to strengthen the tea, tobacco leaves, camellia and other industries that have been promoted to the betel nut industry. "

It is worth noting that Hainan Province has established the provincial -level betel nut industry's transformation and upgrading and coordinating class to promote the transformation and upgrading of the betel nut industry. According to the official website of the Hainan Provincial Committee of the CPPCC, on May 27, 2022, the Provincial Political Consultative Conference promoted the construction of the betel nut industry's transformation work classes to hold a meeting, "reporting the recent promotion of the transformation of the betel nut industry and the research and deployment of the work class for the next stage of work."

Wen Zegui, Secretary -General of the Hainan Checill Association, told Red Star reporters that the reason why betel nuts caused by oral cancer are also related to the production process. "At first, betel nuts are smoked, which is similar to the method of making bacon. Now the production process has been transformed. It is dried with graphene betel nut."

Liu Zhixin believes that betel nuts have long -term consumption history in some areas, and simply prohibiting production and sales may not be very effective. "Further clarify the positioning of betel nut products, and standardize it to regulate it. It is a rational choice. For example, cigarettes have restricted advertising publicity and sales objects. , Standardize development. "

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