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Article: Crackdown on Poor Health Food Planned Next Year
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- December 24, 1996
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A national crackdown on fake and substandard health foods will
begin early next year, reported today's China Daily.
According to the Ministry of Public Health, the action, which
runs
from January to March, will start with an inspection of
manufacturers
of health foods.
Publicity activities will also be organized to teach consumers
about nutrition and recommend high-quality products, said Su Zhi,
director of the Food Hygiene Inspection Division under the Ministry
of Public Health.
Manufacturers will be banned from marketing unregistered health
foods, and violators will be punished in line with the ministerial
regulation on the management of health foods that took effect in
June.
The Ministry ...