Food and Drug Administration announces results of Red Bull Beverage Inspection

The State Food and Drug Administration reported on the product safety issue demonstration and product inspection of Red Bull Beverages on the 15th, saying that no quality and safety problems have been found.

The Food and Drug Administration notified that the food and drug supervision and management departments of Beijing, Shandong, Hubei, and Harbin organized inspection agencies to carry out random inspections on 11 batches of Red Bull beverage products. No quality and safety problems have yet been identified.

Regarding whether the use of both sodium benzoate and caffeine contained in Red Bull Beverage would harm health, the Expert Group researched and argued that the two raw materials were used in accordance with the approved usage, in line with relevant state regulations; consumers It is safe to use the labels for suitable people, food methods, and food consumption.

The Food and Drug Administration also verified the legitimacy of Red Bull's beverage ingredient labeling. The results showed that Red Bull Beverage was a health food declared and approved in 1997. The health care function was anti-fatigue; the approval certificate only contained the main raw material, not containing benzene. Sodium formate, sodium citrate, carmine, lemon yellow, etc., were in compliance with relevant regulations at that time.

The circular pointed out that during the inspection, it was found that Red Bull beverage manufacturers still had some non-standard issues in the labeling, etc. The regulatory authorities had ordered them to make corrections within a time limit.

The State Food and Drug Administration also stated that it is currently accelerating the promotion of regulations and policies concerning the supervision and management of health food products, carrying out special rectification of the health food market, standardizing the labeling of health food products, carrying out cleanup and renewal of health food products in accordance with the law, and cracking down on the illegal addition and exaggeration of health food products. Propaganda and other violations of laws and regulations ensure the quality and safety of health foods.