Can dietary supplements with the word "Feishijian" be eaten?

There is no one-size-fits-all "yes" or "no" answer to this question. The core criterion is never whether there is a blue hat with the word "food health", but whether the product itself is compliant and whether the quality is guaranteed.

Many people are obsessed with the word "food health". In fact, they need to understand the differences in supervision of different dietary supplements first. My friends who work in the cross-border e-commerce supply chain have long talked to me. Nowadays, overseas dietary supplements purchased through formal cross-border platforms do not need to apply for domestic food and health qualifications. They are regulated as imported items for personal use. As long as the country of origin is a compliant and listed product, has passed customs inspection and quarantine, and has a complete traceability link, even if there is no blue hat, there will be no problem eating it. A while ago, I bought a fish oil imported from New Zealand for my elderly family member. It did not have a food health label, but it did have an Australian TGA certification mark. The traceability code can check the full link information from production to bonded warehouse. The elderly person has been eating it for almost a year, and the triglyceride index in the physical examination is indeed much better than before.

But conversely, not all dietary supplements with the non-food and health word can be used with confidence. A while ago, I was browsing the local news and saw that a girl bought a "pure herbal weight loss meal powder" sold by WeChat merchants in the circle of friends, claiming to be a natural dietary supplement. It had neither a blue hat nor an SC production license for ordinary food. She developed liver damage after taking it for half a month. Later, the test found that it contained illegal laxatives and banned weight loss ingredients. Let alone nutritional supplements, you are lucky not to cause serious problems.

There are actually two different tendencies on this matter in the circle now. Friends who are conservative will only recognize blue hats no matter what supplements they buy. After all, the declaration of food health requires toxicological tests and human food trials. The threshold is much higher than that of ordinary food, and the probability of falling into traps is indeed lower. I completely understand this choice. After all, it is always good to have an extra layer of protection for imported products. There is also a group of friends who frequently shop abroad and recognize overseas regulatory labels, such as the USP of the United States and the EFSA certification of the European Union. They feel that as long as they meet the compliance standards of the country of origin, it does not matter whether there is a domestic blue hat. There is nothing wrong with this thinking. After all, the regulatory systems in different regions are inherently different, and there is no need to rigidly apply domestic standards.

When talking about this, someone must want to ask, how do ordinary consumers judge whether the non-food health supplements in their hands can be eaten? In fact, it’s really not that complicated. If it is a domestically produced product, first check to see if there is an SC number of ordinary food on the package. Go to the public database of the Municipal Supervision Bureau to check whether the production scope and product corresponding to the number match. Are there any messy pharmaceutical ingredients in the ingredient list? If it is a three-free product that does not even have SC, no matter how good it is, don’t open your wallet. If it is an overseas purchase, go to a regular cross-border platform to see if there is a traceability code for a bonded warehouse, and whether you can find a listing certificate from the country of origin. It is best to avoid the kind of private purchase that can’t even produce a purchase certificate.

To put it bluntly, choosing dietary supplements is almost the same as choosing takeout. You can’t just look at whether the store has an Internet celebrity medal. The core thing is whether it has a formal business license and health permit, and whether the ingredients are fresh and reliable. No matter how delicious the food sold by the Sanwu store is, you don’t dare to order it casually, right? The same principle applies to supplements. There is no need to insist on whether there is food and health. It is more important to ensure compliance than anything else. If you are afraid of trouble, then directly choosing products with blue hats with the word "Shijian" is definitely the most trouble-free option. There is nothing wrong with it.