In the latest spot inspection results of the State Food and Drug Administration, the lead content of Spirulina health food is 2.0 mg/kg. A month ago, experts from the National Food and Drug Administration's Health Food Evaluation Center, which specializes in the examination and approval of health food products, and experts from the review team told the reporter several times that they should strictly implement the provisions in the “National Standard for Health Food (GB16740)”. Mg/kg standard.

In view of the key issues of the “testing standards”, Zhang Jinjing, deputy director of the Department of Health Food and Cosmetics Supervision of the State Food and Drug Administration, explained: The regulatory standards for lead content in algae have changed with the changes in dosage forms of the “National Food and Drug Administration”. The lead content standard is "≤ 0.5mg/kg", and "tablets" and other dosage forms lead to increased lead content due to the concentration of raw materials, so the relaxation is "≤ 2.0mg/kg".

According to the reporter’s inspection, the “National Standard for Health Food (GB16740)” promulgated by the National Certification and Accreditation Regulatory Commission clearly stipulates: For the regulation of lead content in heavy metals, except for “solid beverages” (such as malted milk, etc.) and “capsules” The dosage form should be appropriately relaxed to “2.0”, and the remaining dosage forms should be “0.5” as the criterion.