Interpretation of the relevant issues of the Bulletin regulating the Claimed Identification of Health Food Functions

Medicine Network April 19, 2018 - On February 13, 2018, the former General Administration of Food and Drug Administration issued the Notice on Regulating the Identification of Health Food Function claims (No23 of 2018), which clarifies the relevant matters relating to the claimed identification of health food functionsFirst, the health food that has not been evaluated by the population, the health function contained in the label specification claims to add the words "this product has been evaluated by animal experiment"; By the end of 2020, all health food label specifications are required to be modified in accordance with this requirement, and the third is that from January 1, 2021, if the label specification sits not modified in accordance with the above requirements, it shall be investigated and dealt with in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of ChinaIn order to further clarify the health food function claim logo specifications, the announcement is read as follows:, without the population to eat the evaluation offood (except nutrient supplement products), should be labeled, instructions "health function" under the health function claims before the addition of "this product by animal experimental evaluation" of the wordsLabeled as "The product has been evaluated by animal experiments and has a health function of x x x", approved for the listing of health food, its health functions are evaluated by the population, in the new evaluation technology requirements and identification provisions issued before the implementation, the original health function claimed the logo remains unchangedhealth food, which involves a number of health functions, should be marked according to the animal experiment evaluation and the population's consumption evaluationFor example, the health function "A" is evaluated only by animal experiments, the health function "B" is evaluated only by the population, and the health function "C" is evaluated by animal experiment sand and population consumptionLabeled as "Health Functions A, B, C (evaluated by animal experiments, with A health function)."three, nutrient supplement products do not involve animal experiments and population consumption evaluation, health functions claim to be marked unchanged, labeled as "the health function of the supplement x x x."4The applicant shall modify the label and specification according to the requirements of the announcement, and shall not apply for a change for this content separatelyThe reference in Article 3 of theVNotice to "as of January 1, 2021" means the sales deadline for that have not been modified in accordance with the above requirements.