6 highlights of new food labels

Introduction: the general principles for the labeling of prepackaged food and the general principles for the labeling of prepackaged special dietary food will be implemented from October 1 The ambiguity of production date causes the problem of "premature milk", and the recent food quality problems caused by labeling problems occur frequently However, from October 1 this year, the general principles for labeling prepackaged food and the general principles for labeling prepackaged special dietary food (hereinafter referred to as "the two general principles") have been implemented Compared with the general standard for food labeling formulated in 1988 and the special nutrition food labeling formulated in 1993, these two new standards will further strengthen the authenticity of food labeling, and consumers will have new reference basis when purchasing products in the future Highlight 1 food name cannot be Zhang Guanli Dai According to the new standard, when "new name", "strange name", "transliterated name", "brand name", "regional slang name" or "trademark name" contains words or terms (words) that are easy to misunderstand the food property, the same brand name shall be used in the adjacent part of the indicated name to mark the real property of the food When there is no national or industrial standard name, it is necessary to mark the common name and popular name that reflect the real property of food and will not make consumers misunderstood or confused So the packaging of "what pill" and "Shao sell" must be clearly marked with puffed food to help consumers understand the product information After the word "fresh" in highlight 2 is gradually removed from the beverage name, the concepts such as "fresh milk" and "orange juice" which are easy to be confused by consumers will be banned or used with explanations, and the names similar to "orange juice beverage" shall be marked The word "orange juice" and "beverage" shall be large According to the new standard, the special name reflecting the real property of food shall be clearly marked in the conspicuous position of food label When the special name of the true attribute of food is easy to be misunderstood due to different font sizes, the same font size should also be used to mark the special name of the true attribute of food When the special name of the true attribute of food is easy to be misunderstood due to different font sizes, the same font size should also be used to mark the special name of the true attribute of food For example, "orange juice" and "beverage" in "orange juice beverage" should use the same brand name Special note: in view of the regulation that the food name cannot contain the word "fresh", the city type dairy enterprises like Guangming milk are the most touched According to the latest regulations of the National Standardization Committee, in order to reduce the losses of enterprises, some enterprises can temporarily extend the implementation of the standard until June 1 next year However, according to Zhao Yali, Secretary General of China Beverage Industry Association, the beverage industry has not received similar notice of postponement, and should still follow the original plan Highlight 3: OEM enterprises shall be indicated for OEM products According to the new standard, when the entrusting unit and the entrusted unit sign the entrusted processing contract, the entrusted unit is not responsible for selling the products to the outside world The entrusted unit is responsible for the quality responsibility and selling the products The name and address of the entrusted unit shall be indicated If the entrusted unit sells the products directly, the name and address of the entrusted unit shall be indicated For wheat flour, rice, corn flour, white granulated sugar, cotton white sugar, edible salt, tea, dried edible fungus, dual-purpose food (such as wolfberry fruit) produced and packaged domestically, the name and detailed address of the production, packaging, sub packaging or distribution unit must be marked, while for large-scale packaged products imported from abroad and sub packaged domestically, the name and address of the domestic sub packaging unit shall be marked , and indicate the name of the country of origin Highlight 4 production date should not be ambiguous Consumers often find this situation when shopping The production date column of a certain food package is marked with "see the production date for the package", but the production date printed on the steel seal can only be found on the side after finding a circle on the outer package, or the production date is illegible to consumers According to the new regulations, the production date must be marked like "production date" See the bottle cap for the period and the bottom of the box for the production date According to the new standard, the production date is the date when the finished product produced by the manufacturer passes the factory inspection For frozen drinks (such as ice stick and ice cream), the production date must be marked on the outer packing box (box) If the date is marked with "see some part of the package", the specific part of the package shall be marked The date mark shall not be additionally pasted, supplemented or tampered with If the sign is in other places, the detailed marking position shall be indicated, and it is not allowed to see the outer package or fuzzy belt Highlight 5 genetically modified food shall be clearly marked with new standards and regulations For food included in the measures for the administration of labeling of agricultural genetically modified organisms issued by the Ministry of agriculture, the label of "genetically modified food" must be marked At present, the agricultural genetically modified organisms listed by the Ministry of agriculture for the implementation of labeling management include: soybean seed, soybean, soybean powder, soybean oil, soybean meal, corn seed, corn oil, corn powder, rape seed, rapeseed, rapeseed oil, rapeseed meal, cotton seed, tomato seed, fresh tomato and tomato sauce For example, oil extracted from genetically modified soybeans should be labeled "genetically modified soybean oil" Highlight 6 the new standard on the role of nutrients encourages enterprises to label energy and nutrients in food labels The new standard also allows the general food and the food with special dietary uses that meet the conditions to make necessary explanations when labeling the role of nutrients For example, words such as low energy, low fat, low cholesterol, no sugar, and high calcium can clearly appear Manufacturers can also mark on the label "calcium is the main component of bones and teeth, and maintain bone density", "folic acid helps the normal development of the fetus" and other related nutritional component knowledge.