On June 9, 2014, Aurinda milk calcium soft capsule received the health certificate issued by Tianjin Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau.

On May 13, 2016, Mr. Li purchased this product and reported to the Tianjin Airport Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau that the product was not compliant.

On August 2, 2016, Tianjin Airport's Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau confirmed that the Aurinda milk calcium soft capsules involved in the labeling contained “vitamin D3”.

The illegal fact

Chapter IV Article 38 of Food Safety Law

No medicine may be added to the food that is produced and operated, but it can be added to substances that are traditionally both food and herbal medicine.

Analysis

Vitamin D3 belongs to the "Pharmacopoeia" and cannot be used as a common food ingredient, So the addition of vitamin D3 is in violation of the "China Food Safety Law."

Penalty result

The label is not compliant, the payment is refunded, and 10 times compensation is paid, and the sale of this product is terminated.

Advice

Product compliance is significant for food company which mainly includes ingredient compliance and label compliance. 

• Food company should pay full attention to product compliance as an important part of food safety.
• Besides, food company shall have a full understanding of the "Food Safety Law" and its regulations, GB7718, GB28050, related product standards, etc, Timely tracking changes in standards and regulations, learning cases about food labels and summarize lessons learned.
• Finally, food company could reasonable use of third-party label auditing, standard regulatory consulting services, the product label review and management system, to minimize the risk of labels.

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