Solid beverages can not disguise special doctor food anymore

In recent years, with the continuous expansion of my country's solid beverage market, the phenomenon of selling special foods such as health food, special medical use formula food, infant formula milk powder and other special food sales have also occurred from time to time.

The "Announcement on Strengthening the Quality and Safety Supervision of Solid Beverage" (hereinafter referred to as the "Announcement") issued by the General Administration of Market Supervision (hereinafter referred to as the "Announcement") was officially implemented on June 1 this year. The implementation of the new regulations is not only conducive to regulating the consumer market for solid beverage, safeguarding consumer rights, but also effectively protecting food safety.

New regulations require

Solid beverages need to wake up targets

The "Announcement" stipulates that the name of the solid beverage product must not be the same as the special food names that have been approved for release; the special name "solid drink" that reflects the real attributes of food on the product label should not be smaller than other texts of the same display page (including trademarks (including trademarks (including trademarks (including trademarks (including trademarks Instead of text and other text).

The protein solid beverages, plant solid drinks, special use solid beverages, flavor solid drinks, and the minimum sales unit of solid drinks that add edible bacteria should be marked on the same display. "This product cannot replace special medicine for special medicine "Special Foods such as Formula Food, Infant Formulas, Health Foods, etc." as a warning information, the area of ​​the area should not be less than 20 % of it. The warning information text should be printed in black, and there is a significant color difference with the background of the warning information area.

The "Announcement" requires that solid drink labels, instructions and publicity materials shall not be used to explain, suggest or emphasize that the product is suitable for minors, elderly, pregnant women, patients, nutritional risks or malnutrition, etc. The use of production processes, raw materials names, and other special needs of people involving disease prevention, treatment functions, health care functions, and meetings of specific diseases are met.

Pay attention

Special doctor food consumption has "four views"

Consumers should purchase special medical use formula foods in strict accordance with the guidance of doctors or clinical nutritionists, and to see the content of the product label signs when purchasing.

Look at the product name. The product name marked on the product label should be the name of the product registration approval, such as ××× special medical use full nutrition formula food (powder), ××× special medical use baby lactose -free formula food (powder), ××× special medicine Uses of baby amino acid formula food (powder) and so on.

Second, look at product registration information. Special medical use formulas must be approved by the State Administration of Market Supervision and Management. The legal product label will marked the product registration number, which is the format of "national food note Ty + 8 digits".

Three look at the suitable crowd. The category and applicable people of special medical use formulas should be clearly marked in the labeling of the legitimate product label.

Fourth, look at the storage conditions and shelf life. Product storage conditions will be marked on the product label, especially the storage conditions are prompted after opening. Consumers should purchase corresponding products according to the storage conditions that the family can have. To purchase products during the shelf life, priority chooses products with closer production date to purchase.

Consumers cannot decide to purchase and use special medical use formula foods. They must be used under the guidance of doctors or clinical nutritionists. After purchasing the product, we must focus on reading the edible methods and use instructions marked on the label, and understand the health hazard warning description if the configuration and improper use may cause. During the use of discomfort, if there is any symptoms of discomfort or fail to achieve the expected effect, you should consult a doctor or clinical nutritionist in time.

Solid beverages are powder, granular or blocks made of food raw and auxiliary materials, food additives, etc. for ordinary foods that are tuned or brewed. Its product formula, production process, labels and instructions do not require product registration approval, and cannot provide nutritional support for people with special medical conditions. They cannot indicate the applicable population. They do not need to be used under the guidance of doctors and clinical nutritionists. If you use solid drinks to replace special medical use recipes for long -term consumption, it will cause harm to physical health.

If the majority of consumers find relevant illegal acts in their lives, they can call the 12315 hotline for complaints.

(Reporter Yin Wenjing)

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