On March 4 and March 5, the Fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress and the Fifth session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference opened in Beijing. Food is a common concern of the whole society. In the Committee, some suggestions and opinions of representatives and members on foods have attracted much attention.

Promote the standardization of cross-border e-commerce and the healthy development of China's health food industry

It is suggested to actively carry out scientific exploration in the fields with extensive needs of the masses, encourage the application research of new functions, new raw materials and new dosage forms, and conditionally relax the entry threshold of products. And it is recommended to adopt the idea of "classification" to improve the management system of food function claims. A number of measures should be taken to maintain the cross-border e-commerce dividends while safeguarding the competitiveness of domestic industry market.

Establish the functional food standards with probiotic food as a breakthrough

It is suggested to implement classified management of food. At present, only the standards of general food and health food have been established, the standard of functional food in between has not yet been formed. As a functional food and dietary supplement, probiotics are not supported by national standards and are managed as general food. They are not allowed to label functional functions and even patent names are not allowed to be labeled. Therefore, it is recommended to take probiotic food as a breakthrough, and establish functional food standards between general food and health food.

Strengthen the research and standardized management of homology of medicine and food

It is suggested to strengthen the investment in scientific research on homology of medicine and food, improve the level of scientific research and establish more influential brands. Clearly list the negative list of substances that cannot be used as homology of medicine and food, and strengthen the investigation, analysis and evaluation of literature, clinical and social application. The safety information provided by the specific declared medicinal and edible substances shall be comprehensively and systematically evaluated by the expert committee. Improve related laws and regulations system, establish the management system in line with Chinese characteristics and promote the domestic and international economy dual cycle.

Promote the use of food carbon labels, build a low-carbon food system and accelerate the high-quality development of food industry

It is suggested to improve China's scientific and technological innovation incentive policies, guide food companies to grow into innovative entities, strengthen the market demand orientation of food-related colleges and universities, and jointly build R&D platforms in enterprises with multiple parties to guide the flow of food science and technology talents to enterprises. Promote the use of food carbon labels and use a quantitative index to indicate the greenhouse gas emissions emitted by products in the production process on product labels. Product labels that inform consumers of the carbon information of products in the form of labels can encourage consumers to choose nutritionally balanced, low-carbon environmental protection, environment-friendly food, can also strengthen the popularization of low-carbon food scientific knowledge.

Source: The NetEase

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