How can I avoid buying counterfeit imported health food products? What are the precautions?
3 tips to teach you to identify genuine health food products
Tip 1: The Chinese health food label and the user instruction must be on the outer packaging of the regular health products. According to China's Food Safety Law, imported goods must have Chinese labels and Chinese instructions. No one can sell imported prepackaged food without Chinese labels. This means that all foreign language health food products that have been purchased from the “personal carrying” have not been allowed to be sold. In addition, imported health food products must also have relevant inspection and quarantine certificates for imported goods. If necessary, consumers have the right to obtain verification from the dealers.
Tip 2: See if there is a registration certificate for imported health food products. only the “blue hat” and the registration number are the proof of health foods, and imported health foods have no exception. The format of the imported health food registration number is “National Food and Health Note J+4 digit code of the year + 4 digit Sequence Number” or “Wei Shi Jian Jin (4th Age) + 4 Sequence Number”. Consumers can check the official website of SAMR to verify the authenticity of the product.
Tip 3: Try to choose a trustful store or online shopping platform with high reliability. And be sure to let the merchants print shopping receipts and invoices, once you find a problem with the goods, you can take these vouchers to find the merchants to defend your own rights.
Suggestions from Global Foodmate
Health food products purchased through informal channels are often difficult to distinguish. once there is a problem, it is difficult to protect the rights and interests of the customers by the law.It is even more difficult to protect the rights overseas. In addition, when purchasing overseas health food products, it is necessary to correctly identify the product quality, especially the registration number and the "blue hat" logo.
