中華民國美國日本與大陸保健類食品管理方式之研究

• Main Authors: Chen yuan-fung, 陳原風
• Other Authors: 江孟燦張正明龔瑞林
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2001
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/13728307706328197369

碩士 === 國立海洋大學 === 食品科學系碩士在職專班 === 89 === Abstract Since the Government enforced the Health food Act on August 3rd,1999,there have been many comments from comsumers, processors, researchers,and even governmental bodies。 In ordor to resolve this controversial issue,this study has collected and analyzed different versions of health benefit related laws or regulation from United States,Japan,and Mainland China. Moreover,to understand the attitudes of different group of people who are affected by the Act,questionnaires are sent out to end consumers,health food producers and retailers, researchers,dietitians,and health agency governmental officials. By comparing health food regulations from different regions, it was suggested that significant differences existed among different countries regarding to their definitions and terminologies used as well as management philosophies,though the purposes and physiological beneficial claims were very similar. Most countries took”loosen”recognition procedures toward health foods, quantity, requirements, registration, safety evaluation,and the penalty of violation, which did not interfere the development of domestic health food industry. On the contrarily, our government took a”safeguard the law abiders and severe penalize the out-laws” attitude to make this law,while in fact, those used to call themselves “health food” products are now going either without labeling or through direct marketing channels to avoid the law. This may, in the future, have adverse effects in terms of law equivalence in the World Trade Organization. In this study, total of 581 effective questionnaires were collected from different groups; 123 from governmental officials（21.17%）,149 from researchers（25.65%）,86 from dietitians（14.8%）,99 from producers（17.04%）,and 124 from consumers（21.34%）.questions are designed to focus on the general awareness of General Provisions, Requirement and Registration procedure, Safety and Sanitation Management, Labeling and Advertising, Inspection and Auditing, and Penalty of the health food Act.Results indicated that significant different existed among different panel groups regarding to the acknowledgements and evaluations to the Act. This suggested that there are gaps among the law enforcement body and common populations. Based on the results,the following suggestions are proposed: 1.To modify registration requirements which can follow United States model,as a nutritional supplement:”show the products are safe to consume regardless of their physiological beneficial effects”. 2.To promote and upgrade industry through governmental efforts that increases its competitiveness. 3.To initiate Mutual Recognition Agreement（MRA）process that will facilitate the channel for domestic products to the World market and safeguard local consumers. 4.To reward research institutes the work with industry to develop formula with nutrition or physiological benefits. 5.To modify the health food Act that matches the international equivalence. 6.To encourage strategic alliance among producers that produces maximum output. 7.To popularize the process of consumer awareness of the Act and its information distribution.