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Several questions that need to be clarified by the China Food Industry Association on the "soy sauce storm"

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A few questions that need to be clarified about the "soy sauce storm"

Recently, Haitian's "soy sauce storm" continues to ferment in the online media, and the Food Safety Standards and Regulations Committee of China Food Industry Association has successively received some inquiries from public media, condiment enterprises and consumer representatives.

First, soy sauce originated in China, 1800 years ago in the "Qi Min Zhishu" recorded the production of "sauce clear, bean sauce clear, sauce, clear sauce", China's people eat soy sauce has a very long history; At the same time, China is also the world's largest soy sauce production and consumption, Haitian and other condiment backbone enterprises of soy sauce products, in the domestic and foreign markets, have a high share
.
The majority of consumers pay high attention to the quality of soy sauce and food safety, and continuously improve food quality through public opinion supervision and social co-governance, which is the common expectation of the majority of consumers, and it is also the long-term goal
of China's food backbone enterprises.

2.
Some online media broadcast that Haitian sells soy sauce products in foreign markets and mainland markets have different ingredient compositions, saying that "Haitian sells soy sauce abroad has no food additives on the ingredient list, only natural raw materials such as water, soybeans, wheat, and salt, and food additives are sold in China in addition to natural raw materials"
.
In this description, we believe that there is a big difference from the objective facts, this simple comparison of different grades and different tastes of products normally sold in the domestic and foreign markets is one-sided, and does not uphold the concept
of objective, fair, scientific and accurate public opinion supervision and guidance of consumption.

In fact, Haitian provides differentiated products and services for different consumer groups in both domestic and
overseas markets.
Haitian soy sauce, which is popular in the domestic market, not only uses food additives in accordance with relevant national standards, but also refers to the "original brewed soy sauce" group standard formulated and issued by the China Food Industry Association, soy sauce without adding food additives and monosodium glutamate, such products are sold in large quantities in retail markets and e-commerce platforms across the country for a long time, all consumers who care about the quality of soy sauce as long as they go to food supermarkets or log in to the e-commerce platform are very easy to obtain information
in this regard.

Fourth, some self-media authors believe that Haitian sells soy sauce in Japan without food additives because Japan's soy sauce standards are higher than China's standards, which is also not in line with the
actual situation 。 The products produced by Japanese soy sauce enterprises also have soy sauce products without food additives, as well as soy sauce with food additives such as sodium glutamate, flavored nucleotides, steviol glycosides, xanthan gum, caramel color, benzoic acid, etc.
, these food additives are used in soy sauce in limited quantities according to the regulations, which are in line with the requirements of relevant Japanese regulations and standards, such products are sold
in Japan and China's markets and international e-commerce platforms such as Amazon eBay.

5.
The scope and limit value of food additives stipulated in China's current national food safety standard "GB 2760 Food Additive Use Standard" are proved to be safe and reliable through scientific research and risk assessment, and the products produced by enterprises in accordance with the standards will not cause harm
to consumers' health 。 Individual online self-media broadcasting and commenting on food quality and safety issues shall adhere to the facts as the basis, take laws and regulations as the criterion, and must not ignore the facts, generalize, or confuse the public, resulting in misleading consumers' cognition of the current situation of food safety in China and the integrity of enterprises, and causing the public to misunderstand and worry
about China's food safety situation.

We have always emphasized that food safety supervision should have corresponding professional knowledge, scientific literacy and public ethics, and should strictly abide by laws and regulations
.
It is sincerely hoped that food production and trading enterprises will earnestly fulfill the main responsibility of food safety, and food safety supervision and social supervision institutions will exercise their supervision duties in strict accordance with the law, jointly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, continuously improve the level of food safety and food safety information exchange in China, and serve
to meet the people's growing yearning for a better life.

Food Safety Standards and Regulations Working Committee October 6,
2022

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