Putting Five Health Food of Raw Materials including Coenzyme Q₁₀ under Directory Management: Analysis and Its Complications

At present, the health food industry in China is under rapid development, but the relevant system is still imperfect and there are some problems in product positioning, impeding the development of the health food industry in China. The concept of “dual-track” management of health foods was first proposed in 2015 and officially implemented in the following year. The introduction of the new policies not only complies with the trend of rapid development of the health food industry, but also can promote the expansion of production in the industry. Meanwhile, the newly added approval and filing procedures place stricter requirements for making claims about the efficacy of health foods in order to strengthen the major responsibility of enterprises. On December 1, 2020, five health food raw materials such as coenzyme Q₁₀, broken Ganoderma lucidum spore powder, fish oil, melatonin, and spirulina were included into the health food raw material directory, which started on March 1, 2021. This is of profound significance for putting other health food raw materials under directory management, which can solve the problem of “emphasizing pre-approval and neglecting post-market supervision” and promote the continuous standardized development of the industry. This paper focuses on the approval and analysis of the five health food raw materials before they were included into the directory, aiming to provide suggestions for promoting the compilation and revision of the directory of health food raw materials.