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The China Nutrition and Health Food Association (CNHFA) Held the Inaugural Meeting of the Regulatory
Updated：2019-02-20
 　　 On January 10, 2019, the Regulatory Standards Committee of the China Nutrition and Health Food Association (hereinafter referred to as “the CNHFA”) was established in Beijing. The committee will further build a platform for learning and sharing ideas on regulations in the nutrition and health food industry, set up a professional and authoritative work team, put forward more effective suggestions on policies and regulations, and assist the standard setting departments and the government’s supervision departments in improving policies and regulations in a bid to promote the sound and sustainable development of China’s food industry.
　　
　　After the voting session, Jiang Yujun, professor of Northeast Agricultural University and vice president of CNHFA, was elected as the chairman of the first CNHFA Regulatory Standards Committee; Cai Jiaqi, vice president of Nestlé China Technical Regulations and Scientific Affairs Department, Jin Ying, Regulation and Scientific Affairs director at Synlait Milk, Li Wenjun, chief medical officer of Nestlé Health Science, Lin Yiqin, former Regulatory Affairs director in North Asia of Mead Johnson Nutritionals Research and Development Center (China) Co., Ltd., Luo Rong, deputy director of Technical Regulations Department at Amway China, Qian Wei, chief expert at BY-HEALTH, Shi Lei, Regulatory Affairs director at Abbott Greater China, Xu Jie, Food Safety director at Danone China, Xu Hongmin, Technical Regulation director at Infinitus China, Yang Zhigang, vice president of Mengniu Group, Zhang Jiemei, Registration and Regulation director at Xianle Health, and Zhang Haijun, Pfizer Health Regulatory Affairs director were elected as vice chairmen; Wang Gang, director of CNHFA Regulatory Affairs Department served as the secretary-general of the first Regulatory Standards Committee; meanwhile, 124 regulation professional managers from more than 50 member companies were elected as members of the first Regulatory Standards Committee.
　　
　　Bian Zhenjia, president of the CNHFA, attended the meeting and congratulated on the establishment of the committee. President Bian pointed out that food regulation standard plays a fundamental role. Policies, regulations and standards are the crucial basis that ensures food safety, and determines the development of the industry, and they are also the bottom line and requirements that the food industry must follow. Over the past 40 years of China's reform and opening-up, the achievements made in the development of China’s food industry have contributed to the improvement of relevant laws and regulations in the industry. Professional managers have played a vital role in optimizing policies and regulations and ensuring food safety as they have influenced, been involved in, and implemented the regulations.
　　
　　At this point, China’s special diet is undergoing rapid development and transformation. We are witnessing plenty of opportunities as well as challenges and problems. A lot of work remains to be done. The committee is established at the right time and will make great contributions. It is hoped that the committee can stick to the purpose of sustaining the development of the food industry and the association, fully aware of the growing trend of the industry, lead the direction in which the industry is to develop, build consensus on the development, and seek common development.
　　
　　After the establishment of the Regulatory Standards Committee, the CNHFA held the second regulation professional manager forum at the same time. Gao Weiwei, former director of Industry, Traffic and Business Affairs Department of the State Council’s Legislative Affairs Office, and Mao Weiqi, lawyer of Beijing Shangzuo Law Firm were invited as industry experts to share opinions. Lin Yiqin, former director of Regulatory Affairs in North Asia of Mead Johnson Nutritionals Research and Development Center (China) Co., Ltd., Cai Jiaqi, vice president of Nestlé China Technical Regulations and Scientific Affairs Department, Xu Hongmin, Technical Regulation director at Infinitus China, Zhai Penggui, director of Scientific Regulatory Affairs Department at Yangshengtang Pharmacy, and Luo Jian, Abbott’s Regulatory Manager also exchanged their working experience in regulations as regulation professional managers. Finally, Liu Xuecong, secretary-general of the CNHFA, shared his understanding of the work of the regulatory standards in 2018, and once again re-stressed the “Top Ten Literacy” of regulatory professional managers.