New food safety regulations for comments: exaggerated propaganda terms and other fraud will be punished.

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 16 (Reporter Chen Cong) The State Administration of Food and Drug Administration recently issued the "Measures for the Investigation and Prosecution of Food Safety Fraud" (draft for comments), open to the public for comments. The opinion paper identifies a number of frauds, including product fraud, labelling fraud, food promotion fraud, etc., and establishes corresponding legal liabilities.
opinion draft proposed that the network, television, radio and other means to promote food, such as the use of "pure green" "pollution-free" and other exaggerated propaganda terms, genetically modified food posing as non-GMO food, etc. , are food propaganda fraud.
among them, the use of "pure green" "pollution-free" and other exaggerated propaganda terms and other 6 types of fraud, 10,000 yuan to 30,000 yuan or less fine, and the direct responsible person to 5000 yuan to 10,000 yuan or less fine. The use of genetically modified food as non-GMO food, in addition to the above-mentioned fines, but also in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Food Safety Law to be punished again.
the draft opinions clearly states that food production operators who commit food safety fraud shall be recorded in the food safety credit file, and if the circumstances are serious, included in the "seriously untrustworthy list" of food and drug safety, and shall be notified to the competent investment authorities, securities regulatory agencies and relevant financial institutions.