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Strict and serious: '100-day operation' to clean up China's health food market

The Chinese authorities have started a '100-day operation' in a bid to weed out unscrupulous industry practices prevalent in the country's health food market.

本土企业的天下：98%获中国保健食品备案批准的产品皆来自中国企业

根据一家法规顾问公司的调查，在过去18个月，98%获得中国保健食品备案批准的产品都来自中国企业。

Domestic dominance: 98% of China’s health food filing approvals go to home-grown firms

Ninety-eight per cent of the approved health food filings in China over the last 18 months went to domestic firms, a Chinese regulatory consultancy has found.

蓬勃发展：益生菌和电商如何改变了中国保健市场形态

英敏特《2018年11月份中国保健品趋势》报告显示，中国消费者在购买保健品时，益生菌和电商是两大首要考量。

Chinese boom: How probiotics and e-commerce are changing China's supplement industry

Probiotics and e-commerce are two of the most prominent priorities for Chinese consumers when it comes to dietary supplements, according to a Mintel report on 2018's top supplement trends in China.

中草药丸被发现存有致癌物，澳大利亚治疗物品管理局发出安全警告

澳大利亚治疗物品管理局近日在一个咳嗽中药里，发现致癌物，建议消费者在网上购买保健品时，要“额外谨慎”。

TGA advises "extreme caution" after detecting cancer-causing contaminants in Chinese herbal pills

Australian regulator the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is advising "extreme caution" when purchasing health supplements online, after discovering cancer-causing contaminants in a Chinese herbal cough product.