Food Flavors Out of New Deal Food Safety Source Insurance

Fragrant moon cakes, fragrant rice, powdered milk, flavored brand-name liquors... In 2010, food flavors, originally used as food additives, broke into sight again and again.

In order to regulate the use of flavors in the food industry, related regulations for the production and use of flavors have been introduced since 2010. The “General Requirements for Labels for Food Flavors” to be formally implemented on October 1st will be a series of related issues for the flavor industry. The detailed refinement of the policy begins.

The “General Requirements for Labels for Food Flavors” clearly specifies the product names, ingredients list, and net content of flavors. It not only can effectively regulate the flavor market, provides a basis for law enforcement, but also facilitates control from the source. Food quality and safety. The promulgation of the new standards has also ensured the legitimate rights and interests of consumers while ensuring consumers’ right to know. This is an important step in the consumption of flavors and even the entire food industry.

Labeling missing management is extensive

Causes people to talk about flavor change

Originally, food flavors have been present as a normal additive ingredient in food production. However, with the increasing news related to fragrances, reports of unscrupulous traders abusing flavors and low-quality, low-quality flavors are frequently reported. The role of food essences is gradually being demonized. Many people talk about flavor changes, and believe that any food flavor is added. The food is not up to standard.

In fact, the modern food industry is inseparable from food additives such as flavors, and the consumption of edible essences can effectively compensate for the loss of flavors of processed foods. At present, there are thousands of food flavors and flavors that can be used by the national food industry. According to the draft for the "Principle for the Use of Flavors and Flavors for Foods" promulgated on July 26, 2010, at present, only 25 types of commodities, including pure dairy products, rice, and honey, are banned from containing flavors in the food industry in China. In other types of foods, the proper addition of flavors is widely permitted.

The appropriate amount of added flavor does not affect people's health, but it still needs strict control, and strict control is mainly reflected in the supervision of raw materials. A few days ago, it was reported that in a survey conducted on the fragrance market in Urumqi, Xinjiang, some flavors were openly advertised as containing “poppy seed extract.” Before that, more media broke out and some unscrupulous traders used inferior flavors in the process of brewing milk tea in order to save costs. Their toxic and side effects were equivalent to drinking plastic directly.

According to industry insiders, the rampant problematic flavor is mainly oversight, and one of the typical manifestations lies in the specific labeling of edible flavors. Many fragrances only indicate "natural flavors" and "synthetic flavors". However, specific ingredients and whether they can be consumed directly are not reflected in the slightest. Although it is only a small label, the nonstandard labeling directly leads to a dilemma in which the consumers are difficult to understand and difficult to investigate and handle. Some food processing companies will use this as an excuse to shirk their responsibility.

However, for a long time, there has been a lack of relevant laws and regulations specifically for the labeling of edible flavor products in our country. The labels of edible essence products are either blank or marked with confusion. Whenever there are law enforcement departments dealing with the fragrance companies because of labeling problems, companies are also guilty. The lack of standards has made many companies unable to start. It has also led to the embarrassing situation in which law enforcement agencies are unable to comply.

On June 1, 2010, the "Regulations for the Supervision and Administration of the Production of Food Additives" was formally put into effect. It was pointed out in the regulations that there must be detailed labels for food additives. The name, composition or list of ingredients, net content and storage conditions should be clearly stated on the label. Etc. In the draft of the "Principles for the Use of Flavors and Flavors for Food" promulgated on July 26, it is also stated that "tagging is an important aspect of the compositional standards." It can be seen that the accurate and detailed labeling of the label directly affects the healthy development of the food essence industry.
The forthcoming implementation of the "General Requirements for Labels of Food Flavors" will enable the realm of food flavors to be "acceptable." The introduction of the standard provides an adequate legal basis for the supervision and management of law enforcement agencies, and also provides legal protection for the sustainable development of the industry. For consumers, it also ensures their own right to know and its legal rights have been further maintained.

Policy refinement to protect consumer rights related standards will be introduced one after another

In recent years, in order to change the chaos in the edible essence market, China has formulated many standards related to flavors and fragrances, including a total of more than 80 methods, national standards, and industry standards. However, for a long time, there is no standard or regulation specifically for the labeling of edible flavor products.

The promulgation of the General Requirements for Labels for Food Flavors effectively fills this gap. At the same time, it is also a follow-up to and response to the Draft for Food Additives Production Supervision and Management and the Principles for the Use of Food Flavors and Flavors. It is worth noting that the "Requirements" not only specify the requirements for the ingredients of the essence, but also specify the labeling of genetically modified foods and irradiated foods in the "Special Requirements" section. At present internationally, the safety of these two components is still in the research stage. The requirements that must be marked in the "Requirements" show that they are in line with international standards and advance with the times, and also fully reflect the consumption. The principle and purpose of the person responsible for and safeguarding the rights and interests of consumers.

In recent years, reports of various events related to flavorings such as fragrant rice, flavored milk powder and so on have caused people to misunderstand the flavor industry and misunderstood that eating flavors is the culprit for counterfeiting. In fact, all these incidents were without exception due to the irresponsible abuse of fragrance by individual companies. The implementation of the "General Requirements for Labels of Food Flavors" will effectively monitor the production and use of flavors from the upstream of foods and ensure the quality and safety of flavors. Starting from the source, it strictly controls and lays a solid foundation for protecting consumers' food safety.

It is reported that after the formal implementation of the "General Requirements for Labels for Food Flavors", there are several industry standards for edible flavor products that will be introduced one after another. The field of edible flavors has entered a new stage of standardization and refinement. Therefore, a more standardized, more orderly, healthier and harmonious industry development environment is just around the corner.