article 99 of the food safety law defines "food" as follows: food refers to all kinds of finished products and raw materials for human consumption or drinking, as well as articles that are traditionally both food and medicine, but excluding articles for therapeutic purposes.
fundamental terms of food industry defines food as substances that can be eaten or drunk by human beings, including processed foods, semi-finished products and unprocessed foods. It does not include tobacco or substances only used as drugs.
From the perspective of food hygiene legislation and management, the broad concept of food also involves: raw materials for food production, materials and environment contacted during the cultivation of food raw materials, added substances for food, and all packaging materials that directly or indirectly contact food. Facilities and the environment that affects the original quality of food.
Second question: Food label content:
Food name:
First, special names that show the true attributes of food must be used.
Second, when one or more names of a food have been specified in national standards or industry standards, one of them should be selected.
Third, when there is no such name, Common names or common names that do not mislead or confuse consumers must be used.
4. When using "newly created names", "strange names", "brand names" or "trademark names", any one of the names specified in Article 5.1.1 must be used at the same time.
5. In order to prevent consumers from misunderstanding or confusing the real attributes, physical state and preparation methods of food, You can attach the corresponding words or phrases before the food name or indicate the corresponding words or phrases after the food name.
Ingredients Table 1. Except for the food with single ingredients, The food label must indicate the ingredient list.
2. The title of the ingredient list is "ingredients" or "ingredient list".
3. All ingredients must be arranged one by one in descending order.
4. If an ingredient itself is a compound ingredient composed of two or more other ingredients, the name of the compound ingredient must be indicated in the ingredient list, followed by brackets. List the original ingredients one by one according to the descending order of the added amount. When the compound ingredient has a specified name in the national standard or industry standard and its added amount is less than 25% of the total food, it is not necessary to mark the original ingredients. However, the food additives must be marked.
5. The specific names of various ingredients must be used according to the provisions of Article 5.1. The food additives must use the product names or category names specified in GB 276.
6. When the raw materials used in the processing process have been changed to other ingredients (referring to fermented products, such as wine, soy sauce, vinegar, etc.), in order to show the essential attributes of the products, the words "raw materials" or "can be used. And shall be marked according to the provisions of article 5.2.1.2.
net content and solid content
5.3.1 The net content of food in the container must be marked as follows:
a. Liquid food, volume;
B. solid food, quality of use;
C. Semi-solid food, with mass or volume.
5.3.2 For food containing solid and liquid two-phase substances in a container, in addition to the net content, it must also indicate the solid content of the food, which is expressed by mass or percentage.
5.3.3 If there are several independent foods with the same quality and similar shape in the same container, The quantity of food must be indicated at the same time as the net content.
5.4 The name and address of the manufacturer and distributor must indicate the legally registered name and address of the food manufacturing, packaging, sub-packaging or sales unit.
Imported food must indicate the country and region of origin (referring to Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan Province) and the name and address of the general distributor registered in China according to law
Date mark and storage guide
5.5.1 must indicate the production date, shelf life or/and shelf life of food.
The date of p>5.5.1.1 is marked in the order of year, month and day.
5.5.1.2 The shelf life can be indicated in one of the following ways.
"It is best to eat before" or "It is best to drink before" (used for shelf life);
"eat before" or "drink before" (for shelf life).
B. "shelf life until";
"shelf life until ...";
C. "Shelf life … months".
"Shelf life … months".
5.5.2 If the shelf life or shelf life of food is related to storage conditions, the storage method of food must be indicated.
Quality (quality) grade has been clearly stipulated in product standards (national standards and industry standards). The quality grade of the food must be indicated.
The product standard number must indicate the code and serial number of the national standard, industrial standard or enterprise standard of the product.
Special labeling content 5.8.1 The food treated by ionizing radiation or ionizing energy must be marked with "irradiated food" near the food name.
5.8.2 Any ingredients treated by ionizing radiation or ionizing energy, It must be explained in the ingredient list.
6 The labeling content is allowed to be exempted. 6.1 When the maximum surface area of the container is less than 1cm2, the contents of Articles 5.2 and 5.5 ~ 5.7 can be exempted except for spices and food additives.
6.2 The product standards (national standards and industry standards) have clearly stipulated that the shelf life or shelf life of food is more than 18 months. The shelf life or storage period can be exempted.
6.3 Imported food can be exempted from the original manufacturer's name, address and product standard number.
7 Recommended labeling contents 7.1 Batch number
The production (sub-packaging) batch number of food can be marked by the production or sub-packaging unit of food.
7.2 How to eat
To ensure the correct consumption of food, Instructions that are helpful to consumers, such as how to open the container, how to eat it, how to recommend daily intake, and how to cook it again, can be indicated on the label. If necessary, instructions can be attached separately to the label.
7.3 calories and nutrients
The contents of calories and nutrients can be indicated according to the provisions of GB 13432.
8 Basic requirements 8.1 Food labels shall not be separated from packaging containers.
8.2 Everything in food labels. Consumers must be eye-catching and easy to identify and read when buying and eating.
8.3 All contents of food labels must be clear, concise and eye-catching. Words, symbols and graphics should be intuitive and easy to understand. Contrast colors should be used for the background and background color.
8.4 The name of food must be in an eye-catching position on the label. The name and net content of food should be in the same field of vision.
8.5 The characters used in the food label must be standardized Chinese characters.
8.5.1 Chinese Pinyin can be used at the same time, but it must be spelled correctly and not larger than the corresponding Chinese characters.
8.5.2 Minority languages can be used at the same time. However, it must have a close correspondence with Chinese characters, and the foreign language must not be larger than the corresponding Chinese characters.
8.6 The measurement unit used in food labels must be based on the national legal measurement unit, such as: < P > Mass unit: g or g, kg or kg;
unit of volume: mL, ml or ml, l or or l 。