保健食品在国际上一般称为功能性食品,自10余年前开发、上市以来,品种、质量和销售额以异乎寻常的速度增长。至1995年,我国上市品种已达3000种左右,销售额近300亿元。美国1994年保健食品的销售额为40亿美元。在企业界不断开发出数以万计的新产品的同时,各国政府的有关管理和监督部门都正在根据各自的情况制定保健食品的管理政策和办法。 Health food is commonly known in the world as a functional food. Since it was launched more than 10 years ago, variety, quality and sales have grown at an extraordinary rate. By 1995, the number of listed products in China had reached about 3,000, with sales of nearly 30 billion yuan. U.S. sales of health food products in 1994 amounted to 4 billion U.S. dollars. While the business community is constantly developing tens of thousands of new products, the relevant regulatory and supervisory departments of governments in all countries are formulating management policies and approaches for health food according to their respective situations.