Functional foods have 20 substances, only 3-5 substances have effects

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It is recommended to explain the ingredients of functional foods and health protection foods.

The Ministry of Health said it is drafting a Decree amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 15/2018 of the Government detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Food Safety.

The Ministry of Health proposes to add an explanation of ingredients in Sub-Form No. 01. Self- Announced product, sample No. 01. The product announcement of Appendix I issued with Decree No. 15/2018/ND-CP to optimize formulas, control product features and uses.

For ingredients, the formula is required to only record ingredients that create product functionality and ingredients that help stabilize the product formula (anti-oxidation, avoiding interaction, and tuong tu of ingredients that create functionality).

According to the Ministry of Health, this regulation will limit the practice of food manufacturing enterprises having the habit of producing and mixing many substances in one product.

Orders a health protection food product with the ingredients of 10 substances or even 15-20 other substances. However, the ingredients that create the product's uses only contain 3-5 substances, the company cannot explain the reason for including these substances while these substances are pure chemicals and even have kemically unsustainable substances (Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin A...) combined with the ingredients of herbal extracts, animals, minerals that businesses do not foresee the interactions, causing chemical reactions that create impurities that long-term affect the health of consumers.

The Ministry of Health also stated that this proposal does not require additional administrative procedures but only specifically stated and clarified the content of documents proving the benefits of the product.

The draft Decree also adds cases that must be re-published if there are changes in the organization or individual responsible for bringing the product to the market; manufacturing facility, origin; product name; ingredients; Uses, subjects; dosage; concentration, content, volume of ingredients that create product Uses, form of preparation; quality, safety indicators and testing methods.

This regulation is consistent with the management practice for the field of drug registration and cosmetic product disclosure. Because according to the provisions of Clause 4, Article 5 and Clause 4, Article 8 of the current Decree No. 15/2018/ND-CP, only the re-publication of products when changing the product name, composition, and origin of products is regulated.

While in reality, additional changes that must be re-published affect the nature of the product. If not added, it will not ensure safety for users as well as businesses taking advantage of advertising to exaggerate the usefulness, deceiving consumers about the usefulness of the product...

The Ministry of Health also proposed to add a provision regulating the revocation and stopping of receipt of product declaration registration certificates, certificates of food advertising content, and revocation of food safety qualification certificates, in which specific regulations on cases that must be revoked and the authority to revoke.

Supplementing regulations on Food Testing for State Management (including conditions for food testing facilities for State management and testing and certification facilities; registration dossiers for appointment of testing facilities; procedures for appointment and cases of revocation...

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