State Food and Drug Administration confirms excessive levels of heavy metals in individual spirulina products

On March 30, 2012, the State Food and Drug Administration announced the results of the special supervision and inspection of heavy metals in health foods using Spirulina as raw material.

In February 2012, there were hidden dangers of heavy metals exceeding the standard for health foods containing Spirulina as the raw material. The State Food and Drug Administration organized the China Food and Drug Testing Institute and the Beijing Institute of Drug Control and other seven inspection agencies to take part in the market with spirulina The special monitoring of lead, arsenic and mercury heavy metals was carried out for raw material health foods. According to the sampling of market products and media reports, the State Food and Drug Administration on February 29 arranged special supervision and inspections for suspected products. The results showed that Kangsi Spirulina Tablets, Austrain Green Classic Spirulina Tablets, and Hong Yang Shen Spirulina 3 products were counterfeit health foods; Fujian Province Happiness Biotechnology Co., Ltd. produced Happiness Spirulina Tablets ( (Contrelis) The 20111214 batch of lead and arsenic exceeded the limit standard; the media reported that the green A brand spirulina extract, Tomson Becken spirulina tablet, and the gold Aoli brand Suda spirulina tablet and other products lead content The results of this supervision and inspection did not exceed the national limit standard. For products that are counterfeit and exceed a limited number of standards, the State Food and Drug Administration instructs the relevant food and drug supervision and administration departments to deal with them seriously and requires that the supervision and inspection of health foods with Spirulina as raw materials be strengthened to ensure consumer safety.

According to national standards and relevant standards determined by the Ministry of Health and the State Food and Drug Administration, products with algae as the only raw material supplemented with a small amount of excipients are limited to lead indicators of 2.0 mg/kg; not only algae is the only raw material group. The product has a lead limit of 0.5 mg/kg.

This year, the comprehensive improvement of health foods is a key task for food safety, and the State Food and Drug Administration has formulated a special work plan for governance, organized and implemented in batches. In the near future, various localities have carried out special supervision and inspections of health food production enterprises and the special rectification of illegally added health foods, cracking down on counterfeit and illegal practices, illegal additions, and other violations of laws and regulations. Suspected crimes must be promptly transferred to the public security department for investigation.

The quality and safety of health food involves the vital interests of the broad masses of the people and creating a good market order for health food requires the active participation of all sectors of society. The State Food and Drug Administration welcomes all sectors of society in the registration and production management of health foods, and they actively report and provide clues; the food and drug supervision and administration departments at all levels must carefully verify, investigate, and deal strictly with the law. .