Regarding the implementation of the Announcement of the SAMR on Strengthening the Quality and Safety Supervision of Solid Beverages (No. 46 of 2021), we have some questions, please clarify.

1. In terms of warning information, for powdered protein beverages, powdered botanical beverages, etc., it is required to "indicate on the same display panel that 'this product cannot replace special foods such as food for special medical purpose, infant and young children formulas and health food' as warning information, whose covered area shall be no less than 20% of the panel."

Does the 20% of area requirement here refer to the drawn warning area or the area occupied by the text? If it is for the drawn warning area, can the height of the words meet the requirements of 1.8mm in GB 7718?

l  "20% of the panel" refers to the drawn area, and the height of the warning word font refers to the requirements for health food warning words;

2. For imported solid beverage products, does the warning area refer to the area on the white label or should the area of the original package be considered?

l  For imported affixed products, the area calculation method is based on the area of the affixed white label.

Source: SAMR

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