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Multi -place requirement to get off betel nut

Recently, betel nut foods are required to be removed in many places, and betel nuts are deeply trapped in the "prohibition" controversy.

On September 15, a merchant in Yiwu, Zhejiang, reported that the local business demanded that the merchants removed and stopped selling betel nut foods. Relevant sources of the Food Supervision Section of the Yiwu Market Supervision and Administration Bureau subsequently said, "It is necessary to sell betel nut as‘ betel nut products ’, and it must not be sold according to food. And it must be sold in the area, and betel nut cannot be sold with food."

At the same time, Sichuan Chengdu, Nanchong, Guangyuan and other places also requested that "betel nuts and betel nut products that are not allowed to sell food packaging and labels." According to incomplete statistics, at least 7 are "prohibited".

Hainan betel nut association response

The Hainan Checill Association issued the "Announcement on the Development of the Hainan Betel nut Industry in recent years", which proposes several initiatives: 1. The relevant government departments should establish and improve relevant laws and regulations and industry standards to strengthen the supervision of the entire industry chain of the betel nut industry. 2. Relevant departments should strengthen the research and development of related products related to the betel nut industry, increase research and investment in homologous origin, and develop more extended products for betel nut medicine. 3. Further promote the comprehensive implementation of processing and environmental drying equipment, strengthen the supervision of the standardization process of deep processing, and enhance the healthy value of betel nut products.

How much is chewing betel nut and oral cancer?

On September 10, 36 -year -old singer Fu Song died after three recurrence of oral cancer. He said that his oral cancer was caused by eating betel nut in June this year. The "threat" of betel nut into the public has once again entered the public vision.

Many medical studies have found that many patients with oral cancer have the habit of chewing betel nut. On April 14, 2018, the official website of Xiangya Hospital stated that "50 of the 50 hospitalization patients at oral and maxillofacial surgery suffered from oral cancer, of which 44 had a long -term and large number of chewing betel nut history." According to statistics from Wuhan University Stomatology Hospital, from 2016-2017, the hospital's diagnosis of patients with fibrous fiber-based changes in oral mucosa increased significantly, and 2608 patients had the habit of chewing betel nut. According to the papers published in the "China Dental Research Magazine" in 2017, five hospitals in Changsha have grown in oral cancer for 12 consecutive years, and 85.53%of patients who have chewed betel nuts in 2016.

Relevant doctor introduced that the sub -oral mucosal fibrosis caused by chewing betel nut is spreading from a local disease to a national disease. Patients are mainly young men. They are in their teens to 30 years old. They are concentrated in drivers, students, and clustering migrant workers. Most patients were driven by curiosity. At first, friends were sent to eat, and they were a little excited to eat. They slowly became addicted.

Where does the 100 billion betel nut industry go from?

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.

Experts: The specific basis and method of getting off betel nuts need to be clear

"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 superior law, 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 of the recent individual local market supervision departments to ban the sale of betel nut and the specific sales of products for sale products. Types can qualify 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 license, the relevant requirements of the pre -packaged food label standard, 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".

(China Xiaokang.com Comprehensive Beijing Commercial Daily, Beijing Youth Daily, Southern Metropolis Daily, Red Star News)

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