Medicinal market to standardize basic requirements for medicated food production

Business Club November 29 News Medicinal diet originated in China's traditional diet and Chinese medicine diet culture, under the guidance of Chinese medicine, cooking, strictly according to diet recipes, the Chinese medicine and certain medicinal value of food compatibility, using our country Unique food cooking technology and modern scientific methods are made of a certain color, smell, taste, shape of delicious food. It not only uses drugs as food, but also assigns foods to medicinal use, medicines to use for food, food aids to medicines, homology between medicines and foods, complement each other, and complement each other. Medicinal meals have high nutritional value, health and strength, and longevity.

However, in recent years, due to the lack of uniform standards and standards for the production and qualification of Chinese herbal medicines, there has been confusion in the market for medicated diets. In order to further standardize the production and management of Chinese medicine diets and give full play to its role in diet and health preservation, experts from the Chinese Herbal Diet Research Institute have repeatedly demonstrated and formulated the “Basic Requirements for Chinese Medicinal Dietary Production and Practice Qualifications” and reported them to the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine policy and regulations. The division was released in July this year.

It is understood that the formulation of the "Basic Requirements for Chinese Medicinal Dietary Production and Practice Qualifications" quoted the 2005 edition of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia (Chinese version), the "Notice of the Ministry of Health on Further Regulating the Management of Health Food Raw Materials" and the GB7718-2004 "Prepackaged Food Labeling". General Rules and other documents. It sets out the basic requirements for the qualifications of raw materials, products, and production institutions and practitioners for medicated diets. It applies to the production, production, and management of medicated diets, and their institutions and practitioners.

Basic requirements for medicated food production

The Basic Requirements for China's Dietetic Production and Practice Qualifications first regulates the terminology and definition of herbal diets. It is clarified that the Health-Protection Food is based on the theory of Chinese medicine and uses the ingredients themselves or the ingredients to add specific Chinese herbal medicines, so that it can adjust the physiology of the yin and yang physiology of the human organs and the characteristics of color, fragrance, taste and shape. , Applicable to specific groups of food, including dishes, soups, pasta, rice, porridge, tea, wine, drinks, preserved fruits and so on.

As the old saying goes: “The medicine and food are homologous and the medicine and food are used together”. Diet is actually a combination of medication and diet, medicine and food supplement, it is different from pure rice porridge, dishes, drinks or drugs alone, with food and drug synergy advantages. For example, “Tonic Zheng Qi Porridge” is made from ginseng and glutinous rice and glutinous rice. Ginseng and radix scutellariae have good replenishing and strengthening effects, while glutinous rice also has the effect of strengthening spleen and stomach and raising blood. The three are porridge, not only Can supplement their drug supplement, tonic effect, but also help ginseng, jaundice in the gastrointestinal digestion and absorption, very suitable for the elderly and frail, qi bloating, palpitation, shortness of breath, loss of appetite who eat.

According to the regulations, Chinese herbal medicines and decoction pieces that enter medicinal diets should meet the requirements set out in the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China; Medicinal formulas should be guided and produced by medicated instructors or dietetics divisions; the composition and role of formulas should conform to Chinese medicine theory, and there should be no incompatibility. . Medicinal food product packaging should have labels, labels should be marked with "medicine" words and the role of the product, compatibility, storage and transportation conditions, inspection certificate, brochures and other requirements; labels, brochures, recipes and advertising, etc. shall not be marked and propaganda treatment Role, not to replace drugs.

Qualifications of production agencies and practitioners

The "Basic Requirements for Chinese Medicinal Herbs Production and Practice Qualifications" requires the qualifications of medicated food production agencies and the qualifications of medicated diet practitioners. Medicinal establishments (including restaurants, restaurants, businesses, etc.) shall have valid business licenses; valid food production or business licenses shall be issued by the health administrative department with direct jurisdiction; and shall be qualified for specialized medicated practitioners.

According to the regulations, a medicated diet maker should have a qualification as a mid-level or higher chef, knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine related to medicated diets, and the ability to produce medicated diets strictly in accordance with medicated diet formulas. Meal practitioners are divided into medicated instructors, medicated dieticians, and medicated diet makers, all of which require specialized agency certification.

The issuance of the "Basic Requirements for Chinese Medicinal Dietary Production and Practice Qualifications" indicates that the production and production of Chinese medicated diet will proceed from disorder to specification. The China Medicinal Herb Research Institute will further formulate and publish the detailed implementation rules and specific requirements of the standard, so as to better enable traditional Chinese medicine and health care services for the general public.