The Measures for the Administration of Health Food Registration and Filing came into effect on July 20 16. Strictly defined health food refers to foods that claim to have specific health care functions or are aimed at supplementing vitamins and minerals, that is, foods that are suitable for specific people to eat, have the function of regulating the body, and are not aimed at treating diseases.
On March 4, 20 16, the website of China Food and Drug Administration issued a notice to stop the pilot work of Cordyceps sinensis as a health food. The notice clearly stated that in August 20 12, the Pilot Work Plan of Cordyceps sinensis, a health food, issued by the former US Food and Drug Administration, ceased to be implemented as of the date of this notice.
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The difference between ordinary food and health food
* * * Sex: All of them can provide basic nutrients necessary for human survival (the first function of food), and all of them have specific colors, smells, tastes and shapes (the second function of food).
Differences: Health food contains a certain amount of functional ingredients (physiologically active substances), which can regulate human functions and have specific functions (the third function of food); The general food does not emphasize the specific function (the third function of food).
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-health food