Is Guifei Vinegar food or health medicine? A few days ago, Mr. Li, a reader, called the hotline of this newspaper and reported that the advertisement of Guifei Vinegar claimed that the vinegar has medical and health care functions, so he spent 29.8 yuan to buy a bottle of Guifei Vinegar from the supermarket. After coming back, the whole family tasted it together, but they felt that there was no obvious difference between it and other vinegars that cost a few yuan a bottle. Mr. Li said that he is a doctor and knows that acetic acid has a strong bactericidal effect, and vinegar is rich in calcium, amino acids, etc. that are beneficial to the human body. It does have some health care effects, but this is the function of vinegar itself. Is Guifei Vinegar suspected of deceiving consumers in this way? Does it think it is vinegar, or a health product or medicine?
Then the reporter went to a Suguo supermarket on Zhongshan North Road and found the exquisitely packaged imperial concubine vinegar and its leaflet. On the leaflet, the reporter saw "new green healthy food" and "can lose weight". ”, “can beautify”, “unique effects”, “protect liver and kidneys”, “treat diabetes” and other words that clearly promote medical and health care functions.
Does this vinegar really have so many functions? In this regard, the reporter interviewed relevant experts from Jiangsu Provincial People's Hospital. It is reported that it is true that vinegar has health care effects. Vinegar can also reduce the incidence of diseases, delay human aging, and has some auxiliary medical functions. But this is not the patent of Guifei Vinegar. Other edible vinegars also have such functions. As for advertising that it can cure diabetes, that can't be said. Because general vinegar does not have such a function, whether this product has it will be known only after being identified by relevant experts. In this case, is it right for Guifeijiang to promote itself under the banner of medical care?
Mr. Xu, the regional director of Guifei Vinegar in Nanjing, explained: We are only promoting the vinegar’s function, and we did not say that our product has such a function.
People from the Nanjing Municipal Administration of Industry and Commerce pointed out that according to Article 13 of the "Interim Regulations on Food Advertisement Release" formulated by relevant national departments, it is clearly stipulated that ordinary food advertisements are not allowed to promote health functions, nor are they allowed to promote certain ingredients. The effect expresses or implies its health-care effect. Among the 22 health functions currently announced by the Ministry of Health, "weight loss" and "beauty" are both health functions. He said that there is indeed a problem with merchants' publicity in this way. If the situation is true and there are indeed violations, they will take certain actions