The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the National Standardization Committee jointly issued the new national standard GB7718-2004 "General Principles for Prepackaged Food Labeling" on May 9, 2004. The new standard will replace GB7718-1994 "General Standard for Food Labeling" ", implemented on October 1, 2005, the new standards are based on protecting people's health, ensuring food safety, improving consumers' quality of life, protecting consumers' legitimate rights and interests, combined with my country's national conditions, and are scientific, advanced and reliable. Operability, promoting standardization of labeling and healthy development of the food industry, and meeting market demand. Except for Article 5.3, which is a recommended standard, the remaining provisions are mandatory. ?

The new standard is not equivalent to the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) CODEXSTAN1-1985 (revised in 1991.1999) "General Standard for Labeling of Prepackaged Foods" and also refers to the US Code of Federal Regulations Part 101 "Food Labeling". ?

Compared with GB7718-1994, the main changes between GB7718-2004 and GB7718-1994 are as follows: ?

The standard name is changed to: General Principles for Labeling of Prepackaged Foods; ?

Change Chapter 4 "Basic Principles" and Chapter 3 "Basic Requirements" of GB7718-1994 are merged into Chapter 4 "Basic Requirements" of GB7718-2004, and have been modified and supplemented;?

Added "Mandatory The height of the text, symbols and numbers indicating the content shall not be less than 1.8mn";?

Added "category names that can be used in the ingredient list";?

Added "net "Marking requirements for content measurement units" and "Minimum height requirements for net content characters";?

Added labeling requirements for the names and addresses of group companies, branches, production bases or units entrusted to process pre-packaged foods ;?

The categories of prepackaged foods that are exempt from the labeling of shelf life have been added;?

The normative appendix "Calculation method of the maximum surface area of ??packaging or packaging containers" has been added. ?

GB7718-2004 is one of the national standards for food labeling. Correspondingly there are: GB10344-1989 "Beverage Wine Labeling Standard"; ?

GB13432-2004 "Prepackaging General Principles for the Labeling of Foods for Special Dietary Uses. ?

With China’s accession to the WTO, my country’s various standards have gradually become more in line with the world. This standard adopts a large number of references to international standard clauses, and the content of food labels has become more standardized. Liquor is a unique national traditional product in my country. It has a long history, splendid culture and unique style. It is known as a "national treasure". It is deeply loved by consumers and enjoys a high reputation internationally. With the deepening of reform and opening up, some famous and high-quality liquors have gone global, actively participated in the competition in the international liquor market, and received praise from the world. The majority of liquor production enterprises should actively adapt to the changes in GB7718-1994 and GB7718-2004, and master GB7718-2004 as soon as possible. Relevant knowledge of "General Principles for Labeling of Prepackaged Foods" and GB10344-1989 "Standards for Labeling of Beverages and Wines". First of all, you should understand the content of the new standard, especially the modified or added parts, standardize the labeling content of liquor products, and adjust the prepackaging labeling in a timely manner to meet the requirements of GB7718-2004. Do not violate the prepackaging label due to failure to make timely rectifications. National standards bring unnecessary negative impacts and economic losses to product sales and enterprises. Liquor production enterprises should pay attention to the following points on product packaging and outer packaging:?

1. All label contents must comply with relevant standards. Label contents should use standardized Chinese characters (excluding registered trademarks) and can be used at the same time. Use Chinese pinyin, and for product labels mainly sold in ethnic areas, ethnic minority characters can be used, but they must not be larger than the corresponding Chinese characters;?

2. Wine name: It must indicate the true attributes of the wine, and it can be used that does not A common or common name that is misunderstood or confused by consumers.

For example, "Wuliangye" should be labeled as Wuliangye plus "wine";?

3. Ingredients list: The label of beverage wine must be marked with an ingredient list. The title of the ingredient list can be "raw materials" or "raw materials" and ingredients" mark;?

For example, "Wuliangye Wine": raw materials, water, sorghum, rice, glutinous rice, wheat, corn; arranged in descending order according to the amount of ingredients added; the wine ingredients must be marked with the wine used base, steamed (or soaked) edible animals, plants and Chinese herbal medicines allowed to be used by the country;?

4. For the preparation of wine sweeteners and other food additives, the specific name or type name can be labeled according to the provisions of GB2760 ( When two or more sweeteners are added, the category name should be marked, followed by brackets to indicate the name of the added sweetener or the code specified in GB/T12493);?

5 . Alcohol content: All beverage alcohol must be marked with alcohol content, that is, ethanol content. The word "alcohol content" should be added as the title, and the marking method is (v/v);?

6. Net content : The labeling method for the net content of beverage alcohol should be expressed by volume. When the volume is less than 1000ml, ml (millilitre) should be used as the unit of measurement, and when the volume is greater than 1000ml, L (liter) should be used as the unit of measurement;?

7. When the maximum surface area of ??the packaging or packaging container is greater than 20cm2, The height of text, symbols, and numbers shall not be less than 1.8mm. For liquor pre-packaging, when the net content is less than 50ml, the minimum height of the characters indicating the net content is 2mm. When the net content is greater than 50ml and less than 200ml, the minimum height of the characters indicating the net content is 3mm. When the net content is greater than 200ml but less than 1L When , the minimum height of characters indicating net content is 4mm. When it is greater than 1L, the height of characters indicating net content is not less than 6mm, and the height of other characters, symbols and numbers indicating net content is greater than 1.8mm;?

8. The pre-packaging of liquor products should be marked with the product standard number, quality (quality) grade, flavor type, expressed in text and brackets, such as: GB10718.1 (First Class). The production date must be marked on the label, such as: 2004.1.1 or January 1, 2004, must be clear and lasting. For colorless wine packaged in colorless transparent bottles, the production date can be marked on the back of the label. The date marking must not be additionally affixed, subsidized, or tampered with. Liquor, as a product with a production license, must be marked with the production license number. ?

In addition: 1. As low-alcohol liquor below 40℃ is prone to turbidity, hydrolysis and other phenomena during its storage period, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine recommends that consumers purchase products within two years of the factory date. This should cause Liquor companies pay special attention; ?

2. Those who entrust the processing of pre-packaged liquor but do not undertake external sales must indicate the name and address of the entrusting unit. OEM liquor companies should pay attention to this point. ?

Reference materials: ? GB7718-2004 "General Principles for Labeling of Prepackaged Foods"; ?

GB2760 "Hygienic Standards for the Use of Food Additives"; ?

GB/ T12493 "Classification and Code of Food Additives";?

GB13432-2004 "General Principles for Labeling of Prepackaged Special Dietary Foods".