Takehome:
- Advertising of health foods and food for special medical purposes will be restricted to labels and product manuals.
- SAMR issued a notice detailing the first batch of fraudulent health food advertisements in 2019.
- According to expert projections over 100 health foods are expected to be registered in 2019.
On May 8, 2019, in Jiangsu province, China Nutrition and Health Food Association (CNHFA) held a seminar about special food regulations. Some 50 regulators and industry experts were present, including speakers from SAMR infant formula office, FSMP registration office and Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (CFSA).
