Talk about my views on health care products

On March 7, 2019, the Beijing Chaoyang District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau was officially unveiled, becoming the first market supervision and administration bureau to be unveiled in a city or county in Beijing, opening a new chapter in Chaoyang market supervision

The health care industry is actually quite popular recently, and many people are laughing at it.

A friend even called me specifically to ask me how I was doing recently. I shouldn’t take any health supplements, be careful about eating bad ones... and so on. There was a lot of news

In fact, so far The 100-day campaign to rectify chaos in the health care products market, which began on January 8, has been going on for two months.

I learned from a news two days ago:

The Paper reported on 01-10? 14:26:

"Cracking down on illegal health products" "National War", a call to everyone

The State Administration for Market Regulation and other departments have decided to launch a 100-day nationwide joint rectification of chaos in the "health care" market starting from January 8. The target of the action is very clear: equipment, supplies, appliances that claim to have "health" functions, services that claim to have "health care" effects, false propaganda and illegal pyramid schemes

...This market supervision. The General Administration's "100-day nationwide" action is timely and worth looking forward to.

... The problem of health products has been going on for many years, and the industry is still growing. Moreover, the core of the health products market is. The consumer group is still very large, that is, the younger generation of parents and grandparents... What's more, the elderly are more resistant to illness and death, and are likely to regard health care products as a life-saving straw.

Because of this. , the elderly often cannot tell the difference between health products and real medicines...

The scary thing about illegal health products may be more psychological: knowing that the effect is subtle or even nonexistent, but no one knows There is no way to stop users from taking it. Joint rectification actions by relevant departments can crack down on visible illegal activities, but to solve invisible psychological problems, it is time to launch a "national war"

… ...Experts in the legal industry should also advocate for justice for the victims of health care products and bring down those health care product companies that practice illegal medicine and are of a bad nature. Experts in the pharmaceutical industry might as well do more popular science...

And all young people. , we should also take active actions to persuade the elders and elderly people in our families and tell them not to believe in the so-called panacea. Even if they need some kind of psychological comfort, they should buy regular drugs or nutritional supplements for them...

The above content seems to make sense at first glance. The Paper News is really just! After a closer look, I found that the report combined "health products" with "violation", "illegal", "invalid", "psychological comfort" and "ineffective". "Formal" and so on are linked together, because the health care industry "continues to develop and grow" and "the consumer group is very large", so the "pharmaceutical industry" is not happy, and experts will start to "popularize science". Experts in the legal industry will also come forward.

The media’s clamor and incitement did have a huge effect. People who did not know the truth began to follow the trend, and for unknown reasons, the relevant departments began to propose that the labels of health food should be marked with "Health food does not prevent or treat diseases." "Efficacy". This is equivalent to regulating health food from the perspective of "legislation".

From the perspective of legislation on food and health food, there are situations where the legislation on food and health food violates objective facts.

Article 71 of the Food Safety Law (amended in 2015): "Labels and instructions for food and food additives must not contain false content, or involve disease prevention or treatment functions." ”

Article 78: “The labels and instructions of health food shall not involve disease prevention and treatment functions” and state that “this product cannot replace drugs”.

2015 April Article 18 of the Advertising Law, which was newly revised on September 24: “Health food advertisements shall not contain the following content: (1) Assertions or guarantees indicating efficacy and safety; (2) Involving disease prevention and treatment functions; (3) Claiming or implying that the advertised products are necessary to protect health" and "Health food advertisements should clearly indicate that the product cannot replace medicine."

The above-mentioned laws and regulations violate objective facts. For thousands of years, China has always There is a tradition of "diet therapy" for treating diseases. In fact, there are "high-grade", "medium-grade" and "low-grade" Chinese herbal medicines.

"Mid-grade" Chinese herbal medicines are slightly toxic and should not be taken in large quantities for a long time. "Low-grade" Chinese herbal medicines are extremely toxic and must be used with caution by a doctor. The "top-grade" Chinese herbal medicines have no toxic or side effects and are recognized by the National Pharmacopoeia as "medicine and food of the same origin".

For example, "wolfberry", "jujube", "hawthorn", "Huaishan", "ganoderma", "ginseng", "lotus seed", "tremella", "astragalus", etc., these things It is food on the common people's dining table, and in the hands of doctors (TCM), it has been a good medicine for treating diseases for thousands of years. Whether used as food (health food is also food) or as medicine (Chinese herbal medicine, confirmed by the National Pharmacopoeia), these have the effect of treating or recovering from diseases. Reports like the above and even the sacred laws and regulations promulgated by the above-mentioned countries blatantly deny the facts that have existed for thousands of years. Moreover, as legal documents, the above-mentioned laws and regulations conflict with the National Pharmacopoeia (which is also a legal document). Why are there such legal provisions that completely violate objective laws and facts? Are legislators collectively blind and deaf when legislating?

As we all know, legislators include experts, scholars, consultants, and professionals from various industries. They don’t understand the National Pharmacopoeia? Don’t they know that “food and medicine come from the same source”? Don’t they know that “wolfberry, hawthorn, Ganoderma lucidum”, etc. have the effect of curing and preventing diseases? Absolutely not! There must be some kind of "force" or some kind of "power" that has influenced the legislators to formulate such a law that goes against the objective reality and objective laws! The above-mentioned laws and regulations have become shackles that restrict the development of traditional Chinese medicine health care, Chinese herbal medicine health industry, and health food industry, in order to prevent "the continuous development and growth of this industry"! Finally, it will make room for profit for the "pharmaceutical industry". This is a blatant attack on the traditional Chinese medicine and herbal health food industry "in accordance with the law" and a blatant protection of the "monopoly" in accordance with the law! Protect "unfair competition" in the pharmaceutical industry! This is 100% "legislative corruption"!

Especially in practice, any approved health food must indicate "This product cannot replace medicine", just like cigarette boxes must indicate "Smoking is harmful to health", and this The "100-day Action" forcefully requires all health food business premises and counters to post slogans such as "Health food does not have disease prevention or treatment effects" and "This product cannot replace medicine." This clearly reminds people in every aspect, from legal provisions to actual operations, that “medicine” must be taken to treat illnesses. This intentional orientation is to tell people that patients cannot turn to any other means but to go to the hospital. Once there is a health food that can cure and prevent diseases, it is suspected of being illegal or even criminal!

The law should be the criterion for maintaining social fairness and justice, and safeguarding legitimate and fair market competition! Protect the legal rights of all citizens including the "right to life and health"! Chinese herbal medicine and health foods have the effect of curing and preventing diseases, and are a reliable way for the general public to protect their rights to life and health! The above-mentioned laws and regulations have completely deprived the general public of their "right to life and health" in disguise! It is an out-and-out bad law and evil law! This should be corrected immediately!