No.624 [215] of the Food Supervision Office of the Food and Drug Administration

Shanxi Food and Drug Administration:

Your request for instructions on whether the puffer fish is allowed to be sold in circulation (Jin Shi Yao [215] No.16) has been received. According to the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, food should be non-toxic and harmless, meet the nutritional requirements and do not cause any acute, subacute or chronic harm to human health. Tetrodotoxin is contained in puffer fish. Although there are obvious differences among different species of tetrodotoxin, its food safety risks are high. The puffer fish belongs to Article 34 of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China

"It is forbidden to deal in food that does not meet the food safety requirements".

second, the current food standards do not involve the requirements on the limit of puffer fish and its toxins. According to the work arrangement for the integration of national food safety standards, the National Health and Family Planning Commission has included the standards of Determination of Tetrodotoxin in Fresh Tetrodotoxin (GB/T

59.26-27) and Determination of Tetrodotoxin in Aquatic Products (GB/T

23217-28) into the national food safety standards integration project plan. Before the release of relevant standards, in order to protect public health and life safety, food operators are prohibited from selling puffer fish.

3. Anyone who sells puffer fish shall be punished in accordance with Article 124 of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China.

General Office of Food and Drug Administration

October 15, 215