On June 10, the official website of the General Administration of Market Regulation issued the “Notice of the General Office of the General Administration of Market Supervision on Combating Illegal Addition of Bisacodyl and Its Derivatives in Food”. According to the notice, recently, the General Administration of Market Supervision organized the Hubei Provincial Market Supervision Department to investigate and handle a series of cases alleging illegal addition of non-edible substances to “weight loss” functional foods, and discovered that criminals had illegally added novel bisacodyl derivatives to food. According to the needs of the case handling work, the General Administration of Market Supervision determined law enforcement inspection methods and organized experts to issue toxic and harmful opinions. The General Administration of Market Regulation sends the “Enforcement Inspection Method for Bisacodyl Cypropanecarboxyl Substitutes in Food”, “Expert Determination of Toxicity and Harmful Opinions on Illegal Addition of Bisacodyl and Its Derivatives in Food” to market supervisory authorities at all levels. Inspection and testing institutions can use the above inspection methods to test the food involved, and the inspection results can be used as a reference for the qualitative discretion of the case and conviction and sentence. The findings serve as supporting material for the referral of similar cases to the judicial authorities, and can be used as a reference for the judicial authorities in screening the composition of toxic and harmful substances and imposing convictions and sentences.

On June 10, the official website of the General Administration of Market Regulation issued the “Notice of the General Office of the General Administration of Market Supervision on Combating Illegal Addition of Bisacodyl and Its Derivatives in Food”. According to the notice, recently, the General Administration of Market Supervision organized the Hubei Provincial Market Supervision Department to investigate and handle a series of cases alleging illegal addition of non-edible substances to “weight loss” functional foods, and discovered that criminals had illegally added novel bisacodyl derivatives to food. According to the needs of the case handling work, the General Administration of Market Supervision determined law enforcement inspection methods and organized experts to issue toxic and harmful opinions. The General Administration of Market Regulation sends the “Enforcement Inspection Method for Bisacodyl Cypropanecarboxyl Substitutes in Food”, “Expert Determination of Toxicity and Harmful Opinions on Illegal Addition of Bisacodyl and Its Derivatives in Food” to market supervisory authorities at all levels. Inspection and testing institutions can use the above inspection methods to test the food involved, and the inspection results can be used as a reference for the qualitative discretion of the case and conviction and sentence. The findings serve as supporting material for the referral of similar cases to the judicial authorities, and can be used as a reference for the judicial authorities in screening the composition of toxic and harmful substances and imposing convictions and sentences.