China intends to include probiotics in the list of health food raw materials

In recent years, probiotics have become one of the popular raw materials for health food. Fan Hongping, deputy director of the Special Food Safety Supervision and Administration Department of the State Administration for Market Regulation, pointed out at the 15th International Symposium on Probiotics and Health on August 20 that my country is exploring the inclusion of probiotic ingredients in the list of health food ingredients to gradually promote probiotics. Record management of fungus health food. In this process, the entire probiotic industry needs to "do enough homework" to consolidate the foundation of science and technology, and continue to increase research on scientific issues such as the safety and efficacy of probiotics.

It is reported that the 15th International Symposium on Probiotics and Health was hosted by the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology, and undertaken by the Probiotic Branch of the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology and Nanjing Agricultural University. It was held in Nanjing recently. In recent years, with more and more researches on health functions of probiotics and the deepening of cognition, the consumption of probiotics has surged, and the industrial development has ushered in a window period. This seminar aims to strengthen technological exchanges between industries and discuss the development direction of probiotics.

"In recent years, the scientific and technological circles and the industry have carried out a lot of research on the safety, efficacy and production technology of probiotics, providing important scientific and technological support for the application of probiotics in the field of health food, and becoming one of the popular raw materials for health food." Fan Hongping pointed out.

According to him, in 2017 the General Administration of Market Supervision commissioned the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology to organize research work on the declaration and review of probiotic health foods, further clarified the definition of probiotics, and expanded the scope of use of probiotics and product types. , And the review of the safety and efficacy of probiotics is focused on the strain level, so that my country's probiotic health food is gradually in line with international standards. At the same time, the State Administration of Market Supervision and relevant departments formulated and issued the "Administrative Measures for the List of Health Food Ingredients and Health Function Lists". At the end of 2018, probiotics were included in the research special topic of the health food raw material catalog, exploring the inclusion of probiotic raw materials in the health food raw material catalog, and gradually promoting the filing management of probiotic health food.

"The probiotic industry is becoming a beautiful landscape in the food industry. The industry will develop in the direction of popularization, individualization, and precision." Chen Chen, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, chairman of the Probiotic Branch of the Chinese Society for Food Science and Technology, and President of Jiangnan University Wei believes that the probiotic industry still needs to do the following: in-depth basic research to clarify the efficacy mechanism; strengthen technological innovation and reduce production costs; focus on policy formulation and improve market management; increase popular science publicity to enhance consumer awareness.



General Administration of Market Supervision: Probiotics industry needs to consolidate the foundation of science and technology

How to make the probiotic industry develop long-term and healthy? Zhou Guanghong, vice chairman of the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology, suggested that first, we must further consolidate and accelerate the work of probiotics in clinical research; second, the industry must rationally face development opportunities and form a benign ecological environment with technology as its core competitiveness; The third is to attach importance to the cultivation of young talents in the field of probiotics, so that the development of probiotics technology and industry will have "successors".

As a highlight of this conference, the "Top Ten Hotspots of Probiotic Research" was released at the conference. "Ten hotspots of probiotic science research" is this year's Probiotics Branch of the Chinese Society of Food Science and Technology organized relevant scientific researchers based on bibliometrics, combined with the comprehensive analysis of the research progress in the field of probiotics by related scientific and technological professionals in the scientific and technological circles and industry. Mainly focus on the current research hotspots of probiotics science, and make predictions on key common issues that urgently need to be solved in the field of probiotics research.