Zhejiang Yiwu intends to be permanently banned betel nut

On September 15th, Mr. Xu (Hua), the owner of the convenience store owner of Yitu Street, Yiwu City, Zhejiang Province, reported to the Red Star Journalist that the local food safety regulatory department asked the merchant to get out of the store betel nut and not sell it.

"The people of the Municipal Supervision Bureau notified in the WeChat group on the afternoon of September 15: All betel nuts sold by all convenience stores were removed from the shelves, and they were not allowed to be sold." Mr. Xu said that he had just entered a batch of goods from the betel nut dealer that day. After receiving the notice of the betel nut off the shelves, I do not know how to handle the betel nut in -store. According to Mr. Xu, because the singer Fu Song died of oral cancer, the number of customers who bought betel nuts in his store recently were less than usual. "Usually we buy more betel nuts are some young guys who like to smoke. Everyone may be worried when you see that news."

On the afternoon of September 19th, a well -known betel nut brand told Red Star journalists in the dealer of Yiwu City that a number of merchants asked them about betel nut offerings a few days ago, but they have not received the above notice from the relevant departments. Essence "On September 14, the company said that the purchase was suspended, but I didn't expect it to be so serious. But if the merchant could not sell betel nuts, we would also help him receive the goods."

In response, the staff of the Yiwu Market Supervision and Administration Bureau confirmed that the above notice was true to Red Star journalists. The staff member said that the recent higher -level relevant departments requested that "food operators in Zhejiang Province must not sell betel nut products with food packaging and labels." "This notification is basically permanent, not short -term (removed)." The staff said that if the merchant has the behavior of selling betel nuts later, the relevant departments will punish it. "Now it is to guide the merchant to remove the betel nut.

The staff of the Zhejiang Provincial Market Supervision and Administration Bureau also told Red Star Journalists that Zhejiang Province has issued relevant notices from early September this year to prohibit betel nut from selling food. According to the staff, 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.

Red Star reporters have found that in recent years, my country's betel nut regulatory policy has gradually advanced and 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.

Source: Red Star News

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