Overseas milk powder chaos
Our reporter Yan Sheng
Recently, Abbott, an internationally renowned milk powder brand, has once again made a hot search because of the “Bacteria Gate” incident. Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that Abbott’s milk powder may contain Cronobacter and Salmonella, causing four infants to be infected.
“My baby is eating this formula, how can I test for infection?”
“What if the milk powder I purchased belongs to the problem batch?”
Children are the youngest group,
Can’t stand the wind and rain,
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Is there any way to avoid the harm of substandard milk powder?
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Overseas shopping, purchasing milk powder
Milk powder, as a food closely related to infants and young children, has always been a sensitive topic. Once an accident occurs with milk powder, it is a major event. Cronobacter and Salmonella, which are caused by the milk powder of the company involved, have a very high health risk.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the four infants were fed formula produced by Abbott Laboratories in Sturgis, Michigan. It is understood that the mortality rate of diseases caused by Cronobacter can reach 40% to 50%, resulting in irreversible health risks. Different types of Salmonella can cause typhoid, paratyphoid, fever, abdominal pain, etc.
After verification by the Customs Administration, none of the milk powder in question was exported to China through general trade, but entered the hands of Chinese consumers through overseas shopping or purchasing. In fact, there have been interpretations about overseas shopping, and the health risks are very high.
First of all, the COVID-19 pandemic is still prevalent around the world. In this regard, Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist of the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, once reminded: Haitao packages also have the risk of virus contamination and are easily infected by the new crown virus. Therefore, under the epidemic situation, you must be cautious when buying overseas.
Secondly, it is easy to buy fake and shoddy products on overseas shopping. Dairy analyst Song Liang once introduced in an interview with the media that, from the perspective of channel characteristics, the circulation of cross-border products from source to terminal is not transparent enough, and there is no effective legal supervision for them. Therefore, in the past two years, counterfeit and shoddy products have prevailed in cross-border channels. .
Thirdly, there is a loophole in the nutritional imbalance of Haitao milk powder. The first column of CCTV has tested the minerals of 19 kinds of overseas milk powder, and the unqualified rate of the samples has reached 42.1%. The National Food Quality and Safety Supervision and Inspection Center found in the inspection of the 19 kinds of overseas milk powder that were submitted for inspection, not only the mineral content of many milk powder did not meet the Chinese standard, but also the test results of its vitamin content were not optimistic. The failure rate was 15.8%.
In addition, it is difficult to ensure the safety of the goods during the transportation of overseas milk powder, which may cause the milk powder to burst. Its after-sales service is also difficult to guarantee. If there is a problem with Haitao milk powder, it is very difficult to return and exchange the product, and it is also difficult to protect rights.
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Incomplete and unclear label information
The General Administration of Customs issued an announcement a few days ago, reminding consumers to “temporarily refrain from purchasing through any channels” and “immediately suspend consumption” of Abbott’s related infant products. Faced with the dazzling array of infant formula milk powder on the market, Xi’an Market Supervision Bureau reminds that when purchasing, you must check whether the product packaging and labels are complete. Whether it is domestic infant formula milk powder or imported infant formula milk powder, the product label should be printed on the surface of the outer packaging of the product. Consumers should not buy or eat products that are unlabeled, affixed with labels, or that have incomplete label information, unclear content, obscured, overprinted, or date-tampered products.
Infant formula milk powder product label information includes: Product name, ingredient list, nutritional composition list, specification (net content), registration number, product standard code, production date, shelf life , storage conditions and other information.
Milk powder labels should also indicate:
The ideal food for infants 0D6 months is breast milk, and this product can be consumed when breast milk is insufficient or absent;
LargerInfant formula should be marked as “must be supplemented with supplementary food”;
If the source of raw milk and raw milk powder is marked, the specific source or country of origin should be truthfully marked.
In addition, it also depends on the product formula registration certificate number. The product formula of infant formula milk powder needs to be registered and approved by the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the “Infant Formula Milk Powder Product Formula Registration Certificate” will be issued.
Also, look at the product name. Generally, it is divided into 3 categories according to the applicable month and age:
Infant formula (milk) powder. It is suitable for normal infants aged 0D6 months, and its energy and nutrients can meet the normal needs of infants at this stage, which is marked as “1 stage”.
Suitable for older infants 6D12 months of age marked as “2 stage”.
Suitable for 12D36 month old children marked as “3 stage”.
The market supervision department reminds that it is not suitable for babies to eat infant formula for special medical purposes without authorization, and should be given to babies for special medical purposes under the guidance of doctors or clinical nutritionists.
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Unregistered, non-national milk powder
Breast milk is the best food for infants and young children. Compared with breast milk, formula milk powder is far behind. Li Zhenghong, deputy director of Pediatrics at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, once introduced that the 1,000 days in the early life, that is, the 1,000 days from the mother’s pregnancy to the child’s two-year-old, is a key window period for enhancing the child’s immunity and preventing adult diseases. Therefore, breastfeeding is recommended during this critical period.
First, for the baby, it is not only beneficial to the baby’s physical growth and intellectual development, but also reduces the occurrence of chronic diseases in adulthood;
Second, for mothers, it can reduce postpartum hemorrhage, promote uterine contractions, speed up postpartum recovery, promote body shape recovery, and reduce the risk of breast cancer, ovarian cancer, postpartum anxiety and depression ;
Third, for families, it can reduce economic expenditures, promote the development of parent-child relationships, help the baby’s emotional development, and enhance the mother’s confidence in parenting.
If parents really want to buy products from overseas brands, they can choose to go through the registered national bank milk powder. It is mentioned in the “Administrative Measures for the Registration of Product Formulas of Young Children’s Formula Milk Powder”:
In order to ensure that infant formula milk powder can meet the nutritional needs of normal infant growth and development, there is a lack of adequate research on formula formulations for infant formula milk powder products currently existing in the Chinese market. Argument, the distinction between formulas lacks scientific confirmation, confusion between brands and formulas and exaggerated publicity make it difficult for consumers to choose, and frequent replacement of formulas in the production process causes hidden dangers to product quality and safety. Article 4 and Article 81 stipulate that special food such as infant formula food shall be strictly supervised and managed. The product formula of infant formula milk powder shall be registered with the Food and Drug Administration of the State Council. When registering, a formula research and development report and other materials indicating the scientificity and safety of the formula should be submitted.
Although both the National Bank milk powder and Haitao milk powder are imported milk powder, the National Bank milk powder needs to be subject to the quarantine inspection of the Chinese customs, and it will be kept in the customs for a long time. Only those who pass the quality inspection are allowed to enter the domestic market for sales. In addition, the National Bank version of imported milk powder conforms to Chinese standards in terms of nutritional formula, and is more suitable for the nutrition required by infants and young children in my country during their growth and development.
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Edit || Yan Sheng Wan Tao
Director on duty || Fan Hongbo