There is no difference between the trademark nutritional food for traditional Chinese medicine and medical nutrition. It is called formula food for special medical use, which is a new product different from ordinary food, health care products and medicines. It is a kind of food with special food use that patients who need special food management take under the guidance of doctors.

The US Food and Drug Administration put forward three essential elements for medical food: meeting special nutritional needs; Take it under the guidance of a nutritionist (or doctor, nutrition therapy manager, etc.); Suitable for people who need special food management.

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Before July 1, 216, China's special medical formula foods were managed in the way of drugs, and the management methods were relatively complicated. Innovation is slow and varieties are scarce. GB25596-21 National Food Safety Standard was implemented in January 212? General Principles of Infant Formula for Special Medical Use marks the formation of FSMP industry strategic planning.

By 219, with the implementation of the Technical Guidelines for Clinical Trials of Specific Total Nutrition Formula Foods: Diabetes, Nephropathy and Tumors, it can be seen that the corresponding standards, general principles and specifications for special medical formula foods are becoming more and more perfect.

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