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In This Issue 1 ISSUE 100 July 8, 2014 USCHPA Celebrates 100th Issue of “China Updates” IN THIS ISSUE USCHPA Celebrates 100th Issue of “China Updates” China Reforming its Dietary Supplement Industry Chinese Food Regulator Upgrades Food Safety Law Shenzhen Govt. Urged to Improve Food Safety Cancer is No. 1 Killer in Beijing for Seventh Year National Food Safety Week Ended The U.S. – China Health Products Association was founded on Alibaba Tackles Amazon, eBay on Home July 28, 2010. The association’s mission is to work towards the Turf development of China’s natural health product industry by advocatinG for a more open and transparent reGulatory Focus on Food Safety environment. The association is committed to increasinG the trade and availability of its member’s products and services, Concern over GM food as US Corn which will benefit the health and wellbeinG of both industry Returned and consumers alike. China approves Bayer deal to buy Dihon Over the last four years, USCHPA has Grown to become the Pharmaceuticals larGest foreiGn natural health product association operatinG in New FTZ Rules to Trigger Retail China. In addition to the important reGulatory advocacy work Competition the association does, USCHPA strives to Go beyond the typical lobbyinG orGanization role by offerinG its members and Food vendors using Weibo and WeChat industry services that help them make decisions and succeed. Warned 23 U.S. – CHINA HEALTH PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION “China Updates” is just one of those services and we at the association are very proud of the contributions it has made as a source of market intel. Over the years, USCHPA has received many accolades from readers like you. We appreciate your praise and thank you for your support. All “China Updates” issues are archived and free to download from USCHPA’s website, which can be linked to by clickinG HERE. If you have any China related news, please do contact USCHPA, we’ll be happy to publish your news. Here’s to the next hundred issues!!! (Source: Jeff Crowther – USCHPA) China Reforming its Dietary Supplement USCHPA friends at Nutritional Outlook MaGazine Industry just released an article discussinG the above. View the Article HERE. (Source: USCHPA) Since 2008, the industry has been waitinG for China’s central Government to move draft reGulations Chinese Food Regulator Upgrades Food forward. However, a variety of happeninGs and other Safety Law issues took precedence such as the BeijinG Olympics, food safety scandals, re-orGanization of China’s Food The StandinG Committee of China’s National and DruG Administration, etc. ConGress suGGested that the blurrinG lines of responsibility of related departments lead to USCHPA’s efforts to encouraGe China’s State Council loopholes of food safety reGulations in this to move the reGulations toward a more open and country. transparent system are now startinG to be realized. ToGether with other domestic entities and in market “The food safety reGulation system in China makes players, China is makinG the first steps toward a related departments very reluctant to shoulder the notification-based system for dietary supplements. responsibility and the whole reGulation is very inconsistent in this way,” said Bao Jiake, AlthouGh the reGulations are now movinG in the riGht representative of People’s National ConGress. direction, they are in reality a very small step in the riGht direction. China’s FDA is a very cautious and Mr. Bao suGGested the State Council to draft a conservative orGanization; they are not willinG to comprehensive plan to deal with the local make drastic reGulatory moves, which cannot be reGulation over food safety and strenGthen the controlled. In fact, many companies may not see any communication between related departments. benefit from the proposed draft reGulations. As “When the boundary is not clear, it is very possible China’s FDA will most likely only allow sinGle that the reGulation can be overlappinG or, inGredient vitamins and minerals to utilize the new otherwise, totally absent,” said JianG JufenG, a notification system. Formulas and those making representative with the StandinG Committee. health claims will still have to Go through the “ReGardinG food safety reGulation, the Government reGistration system, which is time consuminG and should clean the market, regulate the industry and expensive. Typical registration takes about 2-3 years monitor the food safety,” said LianG ShenGli, a to complete and cost approximately $100k per SKU. representative with the Committee. “The 45 U.S. – CHINA HEALTH PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION government should launch a life-lonG accountability 329 individual proposals. Proposals reflectinG three system to address this issue.” concentrated problems — public transport, urbanization of Bao'an and LonGGanG districts and The updated food safety law strenGthens the pollution renovation in Nantou Peninsula, were accountability system and make local administrative selected as key proposals to be solved by chiefs to be more responsibility for the local food government departments. Other proposals are also safety issue. expected to be dealt with one by one.(Source: China.orG.cn) The new draft also increases the fine of illeGal food production conduct. (Source: BeijinG News) Cancer is No. 1 Killer in Beijing for Seventh Year Shenzhen Govt. Urged to Improve Food Safety Cancer remains the No. 1 killer for BeijinG residents for the seventh year in a row, with the rate of The Shenzhen municipal people's conGress thyroid cancer risinG the fastest, accordinG to a combined 17 food safety proposals into one motion report by the capital’s health authority. Thursday, demandinG the city Government basically get rid of substandard food within its term. The report, by the BeijinG Health and Family The motion asked for touGh measures to improve PlanninG Commission, also for the first time food safety, and demanded apparent improvements estimated “healthy life expectancy,” and found to be made within two years. people aGed 18 had a little more than 40 years of full health left. The proposals on food safety manaGement in Shenzhen, raised by 116 deputies, focused on More than 40,000 BeijinG permanent residents strenGthening efforts to better the city's food were diaGnosed with cancer last year, accordinG to market. WanG NinG, deputy director of the BeijinG Cancer Control and Prevention Office. That translated into Inefficient manaGement on food market, out-dated 110 new diaGnoses a day last year, compared with slaughterhouses system, polluted farms, and an average of 63 cases a decade ago, WanG said. unlicensed food processing were summarized in proposals as the main causes for food problems. Cancer accounted for 27 percent of all deaths in the The city's health bureau received 36 reports on food capital last year, the report said. The other leadinG poisoning involving 728 people last year. Deputies killers were heart disease and cerebrovascular proposed that the city Government should reGulate disease, with the three responsible for 74 percent laws to standardize food processinG, improve the of deaths, it said. food safety inspection system and set a credit system for food enterprises to Guarantee food The most prevalent form of cancer amonG men was safety. lunG cancer, followed by colorectal cancer and liver The conference received another 206 proposals cancer. each of which siGned by at least 10 deputies and 67 U.S. – CHINA HEALTH PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION The top concern for women was breast cancer, then Alibaba Tackles Amazon, eBay on Home lunG cancer and colorectal cancer. Turf The thyroid cancer rate has almost quadrupled in China's Alibaba Group HoldinG launched a U.S. the past 10 years, and now stood at 15.74 per shopping website, in what would be its biGgest 100,000 people, becominG the city’s fastest GrowinG foray into the home turf of e-commerce Giants cancer. There was no clear explanation for the Amazon.com Inc. and eBay Inc. rise. （Source: Shenzhen Daily) The 11 Main marketplace hosts more than 1,000 National Food Safety Week Ended merchants in cateGories such as clothinG, fashion accessories and jewelry as well as interior Goods The National Food Safety Week, launched by and arts and crafts and it plans to keep addinG seventeen departments including the State Council, more, the company said. Ministry of Education and Industry and Commerce Bureau, ended last week. 11 Main is beinG launched as Alibaba, China's larGest e-commerce company, is preparinG to Go It includes two seminars that discussed innovation public in New York in what could be one of the of food safety reGulation, and technoloGy larGest initial public offerinGs in U.S. history. innovation versus food safety. Officials from related departments, experts and representatives from Other than 11 Main, Alibaba has been steppinG up companies Gave speeches in the seminars. its deal activities in the U.S. over the past year, investinG in a ranGe of U.S. companies—not just in Zhang Yong, director of food safety office of State e-commerce, but also in other areas like mobile Council, said that food safety issue should be messaginG. addressed by both leGal and ethic measures. ReGulators should not only enhance the education The shoppinG section of 11 Main is currently on work ethics of food production, leGal authorities available only to customers who first siGn up and should also enhance monitorinG and regulation on get an email invitation. 11 Main declined to say related issues. when the site will be fully up and runninG. The promotion week also includes a 30-expert BuildinG a popular site from scratch won't be easy: seminar, which invited experts, regulators and Consumers already have a number of options to reporters to discuss issues relate to food safety. choose from—not just Amazon and eBay but also niche players like Gilt Groupe and Etsy as well as e- The national broadcasters also promote knowledGe commerce sites run by traditional retailers like Wal- of food safety by releasinG documentaries and TV Mart Stores Inc.
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