Drug supervisors and re-plasticizers: health foods

On July 29, the State Food and Drug Administration issued the “Notice on Replacement of Accessories Containing Phthalate Esters for Health Food” (the “Notice”). The “Notice” quoted the Ministry of Health According to the announcement No. 16 of 2011, “Within three months from the date of this announcement, the applicant shall apply for the use of triethyl citrate and triacetate for phthalate esters in health food formulas. Glyceryl esters or other substances that comply with regulations, substitute for phthalates, or apply for removal of phthalates from formulas."

This time the Food and Drug Administration stopped the use of plasticizers as a supplement for health products as a continuation of the stoppage of plasticizer action on June 3. At the beginning of last month, the Food and Drug Administration issued a document to publicly request the discontinuation of two kinds of health products containing diethyl phthalate--Concordium Ganoderma Spore Powder (Guo Shi Jian G20070306) and Midea Qingsu brand of various amino acids. The sales of tablets (national food G20100217).

“The impact of this suspension on domestic health products manufacturing companies is mainly reflected in the production costs. However, because there are already many kinds of phthalate substitutes on the market, and these products are only used as health supplements, the amount of Not so large, so the suspension of the impact of many domestic health products production companies have limited impact." Investment adviser Guo Fanli, China Investment Consulting adviser.