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    How to choose health food scientifically?

    • Last Update: 2021-06-28
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    As everyone pays attention to health, more and more people will buy health food
    .
    Some consumers blindly buy health foods, which brings safety hazards to consumers
    .
    Health foods in China refer to foods that claim to have specific health functions or are for the purpose of supplementing vitamins and minerals
    .
    That is, it is suitable for certain people to eat, has the function of regulating the body, is not aimed at curing diseases, and does not produce any acute, subacute or chronic harm to the human body
    .
     
    In order to protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, purchase health foods correctly, beware of being deceived, and remind consumers:
     
    1.
    Recognize the signs of health food
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    There is a blue straw hat-like logo on the outer packaging of health food products.
    Below the logo is the approval number and the approval department
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    At present, there are health food products approved by the Ministry of Health, the State Food and Drug Administration and the State Food and Drug Administration on the market
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    The approval number of the domestic health food approved by the Ministry of Health is "Health Food + (Year Number) + Sequence Number", and imported health food is "Weishi Jian + (Year Number) + Sequence Number" or "Weishi Jian Jin" Character + (year number) + sequence number"; the domestic health food approval document number approved by the State Food and Drug Administration and the State Food and Drug Administration is "National Food Health Character G + 4-digit era number + 4-digit sequence number" , The imported health food is "National Food Health J+4-digit era number+4-digit serial number"
    .
    Each health food approval number can only correspond to one product.
    If consumers find that one approval number corresponds to multiple products in the market, they must be cautious.
    Consumers can log on to the website of the State Food and Drug Administration ( gov.
    cn) The "Data Query" column inquires about the true situation of the product
    .
    Recognizing the statutory signs of health food is an important part of the correct purchase of health food
    .
     
    2.
    Read the health food label instructions carefully
    .
    Health food labels and instructions contain the raw and auxiliary materials, functional ingredients or iconic ingredients and content of the product, health functions, suitable people, unsuitable people, eating methods and consumption, precautions, shelf life, product registration and production and other related information
    .
    Consumers should choose health foods in a targeted manner based on the health care functions claimed by the product, combined with their own health conditions, especially for the frail elderly, patients with chronic diseases, children and adolescents, pregnant women and other specific groups.
    They should be cautious when choosing health foods.

    .
    Any health food has a certain number of suitable people, and some of them are also labeled as unsuitable people.
    Consumers should also pay attention to them when choosing
    .
     
    3.
    Choose regular sales channels to buy health foods
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    If consumers need to buy health food, they should go to a regular sales place with good reputation and complete licenses
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    In addition to checking the health food logo and approval number when purchasing, you should also carefully check the name of the manufacturer, address, contact number, production date, and expiration date on the packaging, and properly keep the purchase invoice and related vouchers
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    Do not blindly participate in any health knowledge lectures and expert reports for the purpose of product sales; do not blindly buy health foods through conference sales, telephone sales, free trials and other activities; do not buy illegal health foods without health food labels
    .
     
    4.
    Health foods cannot replace medicines
    .
    Health food is not a medicine, and it cannot be used as a substitute for medicine to treat diseases so as not to delay the condition
    .

     
    If it is found that illegal production and operation of health food is found, consumers can promptly report to the local food and drug supervision and administration department (complaint and reporting telephone number: 12331) 
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