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    Foreign milk powder adjustment "imported milk source" and other labels.

    • Last Update: 2020-09-23
    • Source: Internet
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    Original title: foreign milk powder adjustment "imported milk source" and other labels
    three months of infant formula milk powder label labeling norms and supervision and inspection work has been completed, the reporter found that Abbott, Mezanson, Wyeth and other well-known foreign brands on the label there is a clear non-compliance phenomenon, but most enterprises have said that they have submitted rectification plans, and promised that from January 1, 2018 all products will comply with the "infant formula milk powder product registration management measures" and other relevant provisions and requirements. However, as of the time of writing, Abbott has not yet responded.
    self-checking self-correction label non-conformity
    On December 9, 2016, the State Administration of Food and Drug Administration issued a notice on the implementation of the General Administration of Infant Formula Milk Powder label labeling norms and supervision and inspection work. The notice noted that the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as the Food Safety Law), the Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Dairy Quality and Safety, the Regulations on the Administration of Food Labeling and other laws and regulations, as well as the Measures for the Registration and Administration of Infant Formula Milk Powder Products, which were implemented on October 1, 2016, have clearly defined the use of milk powder label labels for infant formula, but the food and drug regulatory authorities in various places have recently found that the label label labels of infant formula are still in violation of the laws and regulations in terms of product name, label content and functional claims.
    , the notice requires infant formula milk powder production enterprises to control laws and regulations and national standards for food safety, the enterprise's infant formula milk powder label label to carry out self-examination.More than
    foreign brand labels do not meet the requirements
    in accordance with the above notification requirements, the enterprise self-examination and self-correction action should expire on March 9, if there is a problem should also be the rectification plan and program submitted to the local drug regulatory department report.
    Reporters note that compared with the Dairy Quality and Safety Supervision and Administration Regulations, Food Labeling Regulations and other laws and regulations, in October 2016 officially implemented the "Infant Formula Milk Powder Product Formula Registration Management Measures" on the label labeling has made more stringent requirements, such as: claimed raw milk, raw milk powder and other raw material sources, should be truthfully marked specific source or country of origin, not to use "imported milk source" "from foreign pastures" ecological pasture "imported raw materials" and other vague information.
    reporter recently visited the market found that in the product packaging labeled "imported milk source" but does not indicate the specific source of many, mainly concentrated in foreign brands.
    e.g. Abbott gold-dressed Hi-Kangbao labeled "100% imported milk source", the production date of February 2017 gold-packed Eyre Wheeler Wyeth S-26 labeled "using imported milk source", Mei Zanchenan baby marked "100% imported milk source", these brands are not labeled specific milk source.
    enterprises have submitted rectification plans
    for the above-mentioned problems, the reporter on April 8 asked Mei Zanchen, Wyeth, Abbott company related to the person in charge. Mei Zanchen replied: Mei Zanchen company has been in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State Food and Drug Administration, within the time limit will be self-examination report to the Guangdong Food and Drug Administration, the relevant departments will give guidance on self-examination report. Meizanchen company has been strictly abide by national laws and regulations, will be january 1, 2018 infant formula milk powder product registration management transition period, to ensure that the product fully complies with the relevant provisions of the national formula registration.
    Wyeth also said: "Our company has been in accordance with the above notice self-examination, and within the prescribed time to report to the relevant government departments in the production place." It also stressed that Wyeth gold series label on the imported milk source logo, in line with the General Administration of Food and Drug Administration infant formula milk powder product formula registration management in the transition period of the relevant provisions, before January 1, 2018 production and sales of products can be sold to the end of the shelf life, the company's products in full compliance with national laws and regulations.
    As of Press Time on April 9, However, Abbott China did not respond on the grounds that it "needs to report to headquarters for approval, the relationship between weekends and jet lag, not so timely."
    National ban on milk powder labeling next year
    It is understood that after January 1, 2018, enterprises organized the production of infant formula milk powder label label labeling in addition to the Food Safety Law, dairy quality and safety supervision and management regulations, food label management regulations, but also in line with the Infant Formula Milk Powder Product Formula Registration Management Measures, Infant Formula Milk Powder Product Registration Application Materials Project and Requirements (Trial) and other laws and regulations, as well as national standards and related regulatory documents for food safety. It also means that there will be more bans on baby milk powder labeling in the future.
    In the eyes of the industry, a series of measures launched by the state regulatory authorities, meaning that infant formula will bid farewell to the "gimmick era", in accordance with the requirements of drug management, competition between enterprises will also enter the brand loyalty and service capabilities of the competition.
    (Beijing Times reporter Hu Xiaohong)
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