Codonopsis Astragalus is a medicine or a food?

Codonopsis Astragalus is a medicine or a food?

In Guangxi, companies may be punished if they fail to figure this out

A condiment company in Liujiang District paid a "tuition fee" of 10,000 yuan for this reason

Codonopsis and Astragalus are used in soups, and Codonopsis and Astragalus are used in medicines.

On January 28, the Liuzhou Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau received a report that the pork trotters, ribs and sand bone series soup seasoning produced by a condiment company in Chengtuan Town, Liujiang District did not indicate the production date, and the formula was marked with "selected".

Law enforcement officers investigated and learned that the company produced a total of 1,400 packs of this series of seasonings and sold them

Article 71 of the Food Safety Law stipulates that the labels and instructions of food and food additives shall be clear and conspicuous, and matters such as production date and shelf life shall be marked prominently and easily identified

Article 38 of the Food Safety Law stipulates that no drugs may be added to the food produced and sold, but substances that are traditionally both food and traditional Chinese medicinal materials may be added.

In the "Letter for Opinions on the Trial Production of 9 Substances including Codonopsis pilosula, which are both food and Chinese medicinal materials according to tradition", it is proposed to carry out Codonopsis pilosula and Astragalus as both food and Chinese medicinal materials according to tradition.

The above-mentioned condiment company was confiscated 83.