Zhejiang Yiwu intends to permanently ban the sale of betel nut, which is well found in France

Polar News commentator Wu Shuangjian

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. 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 for food packaging and labels." (According to Red Star News on September 19)

Notice of the ban on sale issued by local staff on WeChat group (picture source Red Star News)

Betel nut has recently become a hot spot for public opinion. One of them was on September 10. Singer Fu Song died at the age of 36 due to oral cancer. Prior to this, Fu Song said on his social platform that he had a betel nut on his oral cancer, and called on everyone to "cherish life and stay away from betel nut".

Fu Song's appeal is scientific. In 2017, the former State Food and Drug Administration included betel nut into the first -class carcinogen. As early as 2003, the International Cancer Research Center under the WHO included betel nuts in the "blacklist", and was listed as a first -class carcinogen with tobacco and alcohol and cream. Turkey, UAE, Singapore and other countries directly identify betel nut as drugs. In addition, eating betel nut can also cause side effects such as oral wear, degeneration of taste, and ugly appearance.

So, is there a legal basis for Zhejiang Yiwu? According to relevant staff of Yiwu City, the latest version of the "Food Production License Catalog" in 2020 canceled the category of eating betel nut, and betel nut lacks the basis for food production licenses and supervision. Based on this, the relevant departments of Yiwu in Zhejiang demanded that the merchants removed betel nut. The Zhejiang Provincial Market Supervision and Administration Bureau said in an interview with Red Star News that Zhejiang Province issued relevant notices from early September this year to prohibit betel nut from selling food.

Then it can be determined that this is a move according to law.

After the death of Fu Song due to oral cancer, betel nut became a street mouse, and everyone shouted. In this context, the ban on the sale of betel nuts in Yiwu in Zhejiang has been praised and supported by netizens. Some netizens appeared and talked about the harm of betel nut to themselves. Some say that after eating betel nuts for a few years, the face is asymmetric; others say that after eating betel nut, the teeth cannot be sour. Some people who do not eat betel nut said that watching others chewed betel nut in their mouths, her mouth was blood red, and they felt terrifying.

According to public information, the "Catalog of Food Production License" mentioned by relevant staff mentioned from March 1, 2020, and two and a half years have passed. Why are you banned betel nuts? An important reason is that before that, some manufacturers still have processing permits. According to China News Network reported on September 16, with the time of time, many betel nut processing factories have been valid for timeout.

In other words, if the factories that have expired in these certificates are still being produced and processed, then they are all illegal acts. The relevant departments of the territory should deal with it according to law. The ideal situation is that as the qualifications of the plant processing betel nut gradually disappear, there will be fewer and fewer betel nuts on the market, and eventually play a role in paying a salary at the bottom of the betel nut industry.

In recent years, my country's betel nut regulatory policy has gradually advanced and strict. In 2019, the Hunan Provincial Association of Betel nut Food Industry requested all betel nut production enterprises in the province to stop all domestic advertising from March 7 of that year. On September 17, 2021, the General Office of the State Administration of Radio and Television issued a notice requesting to stop using radio and television and online audiovisual programs from now on to promote the sales of betel nuts and its products.

Of course, betel nuts are banned from all over the body. According to China News Network, the current scale of the betel nut industry is nearly 100 billion yuan, involving the employment and economic source of millions of people. Therefore, the governance of the betel nut industry may take time.

Therefore, on the one hand, we hope that other provinces will keep up and be banned in time according to law according to the actual situation; on the other hand, the public also reminds the public that betel nut is harmful to the body and is addictive. Don't touch it.

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