Units and individuals who illegally add and abuse food additives will be exposed

On April 28 of this year, the State Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency notice, cracking down on illegal addition and abuse of food additives to food, and required food and beverage companies that made hot pot ingredients, homemade drinks, and home-made sauces to record and publicly use the food additives used.

According to this notice, catering service units for self-made hot pot ingredients, homemade beverages, and home-made sauces should file with the regulatory authorities the name of the food additive used by the end of May 2011, and publicize it at a prominent location or menu on the store. When consumers inquire about the use of food additives, the catering service must inform them truthfully.

In order to implement the requirements, the Hunan Food and Drug Supervision and Control System started in May and launched catering service companies and health care product cosmetics companies to crack down on the special rectification actions for food additives that are illegally added and abused. In May, for the period of propaganda and corporate self-examination and self-determination, from June to October, the food and drug regulatory authorities conducted a comprehensive inspection and inspection and supervision phase. From November to December, the mechanism and standard consolidation phase were perfected.

What is the current situation in Hunan? Today, Li Chiqun, deputy director of the Hunan Provincial Food and Drug Administration, led the law enforcement officers of the Hunan Provincial Food Safety Supervision Bureau to conduct random inspections on some catering service units in Changsha. Spot checks have been implemented as required.

When inspecting the Nanfeng Hotel in Yuhua District, the reporter saw at the scene of the accompanying inspection that the shop posted five posters in a conspicuous position in the restaurant, including an announcement of severely cracking down on the illegal addition of food, and a commitment letter from the catering service provider. The list of non-edible substances released by the Ministry of Health and the list of additives that are easily abused, as well as two posters entitled “Shoot Out” and “Six Don'ts”. After that, some hot pot dining units will also be inspected.

Li Chiqun said that the catering units found in the inspections added non-edible substances, will be revoked catering licenses, all confiscation of illegal income, all confiscation of food raw materials, all confiscation of related food, all confiscation of equipment and equipment, shall be severely punished according to law. The catering units and individuals who illegally add and abuse food additives will be exposed in a timely manner.

He said that in order to severely crack down on the illegal activities of food additives and abuse of food additives, the food and drug supervision department will step up inspections on food service links. The State Food and Drug Administration has included self-produced beverages and self-made seasonings in catering service units in the 2011 national food service supervision and food safety supervision inspections. All localities will also conduct spot and random sampling inspections on self-made beverages and homemade seasonings for catering service units to increase the frequency of sampling inspections.