Nowadays, in milk tea shops on food delivery apps, as long as they sell drinks with peach gum, the merchants have labeled them as unsuitable for certain people and limited their consumption. "Lao Chen, a volunteer of" Yixin Weigong "at the Public Security County Procuratorate in Hubei Province, recently posted a message on the" Yixin Weigong "volunteer WeChat group and also sent several screenshots of milk tea shops on the food delivery platform. In May of this year, the Public Security County Procuratorate received a clue through the "Yixin Weigong" prosecution cloud platform: multiple stores in the urban area were selling food containing peach gum on various food delivery platforms, but the merchants did not label the unsuitable population and consumption limit of peach gum. Peach gum is made from the gelatinous substance secreted by peach trees in the Rosaceae family, through processes such as picking, sorting, air drying, cleaning, and drying. In the eyes of most people, peach gum is a type of health food. In 2023, the National Health Commission issued a notice on 15 "three new foods" including peach gum, which clearly stipulated that due to insufficient safety information on the consumption of peach gum in infants, pregnant women, and lactating women, from the perspective of risk prevention principles, the above-mentioned populations should not consume it. The label and instructions should indicate the unsuitable population and consumption limit. As a new food ingredient, peach gum should be produced and used in accordance with the above announcement and relevant food safety regulations. The Public Security County Procuratorate found through investigation that since the beginning of this year, 12 milk tea shops in the urban area of Public Security County have sold more than 5000 cups of peach gum containing drinks on delivery platforms, but have not labeled them according to regulations. Among the consumer group of milk tea shops, women account for a relatively large proportion, including pregnant and lactating women who are not suitable for drinking peach gum drinks. The "novelty" of new food ingredients is not only reflected in the lack of long-term consumption verification history of food ingredients in China, but also in the insufficient and erroneous understanding of their efficacy by the public. This is also an important reason why relevant departments supervise the legal labeling of new food ingredients. To this end, on June 13th, the Public Security County Procuratorate issued prosecutorial recommendations in accordance with the law, urging relevant departments to fulfill their supervisory and management responsibilities, and take timely and effective measures to deal with the illegal activities of the involved shops; At the same time, increase the publicity of laws and regulations, and enhance the legal business awareness of catering operators. In August, relevant departments replied that they had organized food delivery platforms to hold talks on food safety supervision matters and conducted inspections and rectification of the 12 milk tea shops mentioned above. At the same time, the labeling of products containing new food ingredients sold in food stores will be included as a key focus of daily supervision, and regular inspections will be conducted to promptly identify and address issues. I didn't know we had to do this before, but now through the promotion of relevant departments, we have labeled drinks containing peach gum on food delivery platforms in accordance with laws and regulations. ”At the end of August, the Public Security County Procuratorate conducted a "look back" on the implementation of prosecutorial suggestions. The owner of a milk tea shop stated that they had legally labeled products containing new food ingredients, which not only reassured consumers but also himself. (New Society)