Notice of the State Food and Drug Administration on Promulgating the Naming Regulations for Foods for Health (Trial)

According to "Registration Measures for Health Food Registration (Trial)" (Order No. 19 of the State Food and Drug Administration), in order to standardize the nomenclature of health foods and ensure the scientific and accurate name of health foods, the State Food and Drug Administration has formulated "Health Care." The Food Naming Regulations (Trial) is hereby notified and will be implemented as of the date of publication.

State Food and Drug Administration

May 28, 2007

I. General requirements for naming health foods

(1) It complies with the relevant provisions of the "Administrative Measures for the Registration of Health Food (Trial)".

(2) There can only be one name for each product. Its name consists of three parts: brand name, common name, and attribute name.

(C) reflect the true nature of the product, concise, easy to understand, in line with the Chinese language habits.

(4) Where the same applicant applies for multiple health food products with the same formula ingredients, the same brand name and common name should be used when naming the same.

(5) Where it is necessary to label colors, tastes, specific groups of people, etc., the name of the property should be marked with brackets.

Second, the general requirements of brand name and common name

(a) The brand name and common name should be distinguished by text or symbols. If the brand name is a registered trademark, it can be marked in the upper right corner of the registered trade name (circle R, download view), or afterwards, the word "card" is added; if a registered trademark is not used and has been applied for registration but has not yet been approved, it shall be Add "card" after the brand name.

(2) Do not use words that expressly or implied the effects of treatment. Do not use functional names and their homophones or similar characters. Do not use words that exaggerate the function, words associated with the function, or words that mislead the consumer.

(3) No vulgar words or words with feudal superstition may be used.

(4) No words such as human tissues and organs may be used.

(5) No false, exaggerated, or absolute language may be used: such as "high efficiency, quick availability, and several generations."

(6) Do not use professional terms and local dialects that are not easily understood by consumers.

(7) No name or place name (except registered trademark) shall be used.

Third, the special requirements of the brand name

(1) The brand name generally adopts a text-type registered trademark, and the number of characters generally does not exceed six.

(2) Where a registered trademark is used as the brand name of a product, the following requirements shall be met:

1. The trademark registrant is consistent with the registered applicant for health food. If the trademark registrant is inconsistent with the applicant for registration of health food, it shall sign a trademark transfer agreement or a trademark license use contract, which shall be announced or filed by the State Trademark Office.

2. The approved scope of use of a registered trademark shall include the product category to which the application is registered.

(3) No foreign letters, Chinese Pinyin, numbers, symbols, etc. shall be used.

Fourth, the special requirements of the common name

(1) It is generally named after the main raw material of the product, and scientific and standardized raw material names are used. Health food consisting of more than two kinds of raw materials may not be named after a single raw material. The number of generic names does not exceed 10.

(2) The name of a drug that has already been approved for registration shall not be used, except where the formula is a single raw material and is named after the name of the raw material.

(3) Formulas Products made up of more than three vitamins or minerals may be named after "multiple vitamins or minerals."

(4) Foreign alphabets, pinyin, numbers, symbols, etc. shall not be used, except for those named after vitamins and other raw materials, such as vitamin C.

(5) No specific group name may be used.

V. The regulations are to be interpreted by the State Food and Drug Administration.

6. These regulations shall be implemented as of the date of promulgation. In the event that previously issued regulations are inconsistent with these provisions, these provisions shall prevail.