Is there a formal document for the list of substances that are traditionally both food and Chinese herbal medicine?

(1) Yes, according to the requirements of China law, all medicinal materials need formal documents.

(2) According to the laws of our country, in addition to the processing of Chinese herbal pieces, drugs must be produced in accordance with the national drug standards and the production technology approved by the drug supervision and administration department of the State Council, and the production records must be accurate.

(3) Chinese herbal pieces must be processed according to the national drug standards. If there are no provisions in the national drug standards, it must be processed in accordance with the processing standards formulated by the pharmaceutical supervisory and administrative departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. The processing specifications formulated by the pharmaceutical supervisory and administrative departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall be reported to the pharmaceutical supervisory and administrative departments of the State Council for the record.

(four) the production of new drugs or drugs with national drug standards must be approved by the drug supervision and administration department of the State Council, and the drug approval number shall be issued; However, the production of Chinese herbal medicines and Chinese herbal pieces that are not subject to the approval number management is excluded. The catalogue of varieties of Chinese herbal medicines and Chinese herbal pieces subject to the approval number management shall be formulated by the drug supervision and administration department of the State Council in conjunction with the administrative department of traditional Chinese medicine of the State Council.