Food and Drug Administration issued a document: Focus on pharmacy health care products
On April 4th and April 2nd, the State Food and Drug Administration issued the “Circular on the Issuance of a Special Sampling and Monitoring Work Program for Food and Health Food” (hereinafter referred to as the “Notice”), requesting all provincial and municipal food supervisors to The special sampling and monitoring work of health food organizations focused on detecting rural areas, townships, urban-rural areas, etc. Retail pharmacies were also included.
Inclusion of drugstores in spot checks
The "Notice" requires that the sampling type be Healthy food , Plant protein drinks and convenience foods and other three types of foods (including imported foods). Spot inspection is in the wholesale market, supermarkets, grocery stores, retail pharmacy And other entity operating links sampling the following seven categories health care Food and Preservation Plant Protein Drinks and Convenience Foods in '傍 Brand Name', Shanzhai, Counterfeit, etc.
Health foods include sleep improvement, hypoglycemic assisted hypolipidemic, and blood pressure lowering aids. lose weight Classes, ease physical fatigue, improve immunity and other seven types of products (referred to as seven types of health food).
Plant protein beverages include soy milk (milk) beverages, soy milk, walnut milk (milk), almond milk, peanut butter, etc., which contain plant protein ingredients. Instant foods include instant noodles, seasoned noodles (spicy strips), etc.
Rural areas, townships, and urban-rural junctions are key sampling areas
The sampling area of the “Notice” pointed out that 'sampling is required to be conducted in rural areas, townships, townships and townships and counties at and below the county level. 'This also means that pharmacies at the county level and below in rural areas, townships, and urban-rural fringe areas will be sampled. Focus area.
At the same time, the requirements for sampling should be fulfilled by the supervision and random inspection procedures, and accompanied by law enforcement officers of the local food and drug supervision departments. For the cases of suspected counterfeit and shoddy products that are suspected of being sold in the sampling, they should immediately take risk prevention measures and dispose of them according to law.
Sampling quantity and schedule
1. Sampling quantity. A total of 2,595 batches were sampled, including 770 health food products, 770 vegetable protein drinks, and 1055 convenience foods.
The General Bureau of this sampling of health food, plant protein drinks and convenience food 200 batches, a total of 600 batches.
The provincial bureau has randomly sampled 570 batches of health food products, 570 batches of vegetable protein beverages, 855 batches of convenience foods, and a total of 1995 batches. Among them, 10 batches of health foods from Inner Mongolia, Yunnan, Tibet, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, and Xinjiang, plant protein drinks 10 batches, 15 convenience foods, 30 batches of health foods in Shandong and Henan, 30 batches of vegetable protein beverages, 45 batches of convenience foods, 20 batches of health foods from other provincial bureaus, 20 batches of plant protein beverages, and convenience food 30 Batch.
2. Progress Arrangement. All sampling and inspection work should be completed before April 30, 2018. Sampling results should also be entered into the corresponding general food and health food module in the 'National Food Safety Sampling and Monitoring Information System' (hereinafter referred to as the information system). Chinese food drug 2. The accredited research institute will form a special sampling inspection and monitoring work report before May 15, 2018, and submit it to the Food Surveillance III Division of the Directorate General.