When you buy some food labeled with "green food", "natural green", "pollution-free", etc. and taste it with confidence, have you ever thought that the "green food" you are eating is not Is it truly "green"? A few days ago, reporters discovered during an investigation that a considerable part of the green food market in Guangzhou is fake green food.
It is understood that since the newly revised "Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Certification and Accreditation" was officially implemented on November 1, 2003, the country has very strict regulations on green food, pollution-free food, etc. The purpose of the certification process is to effectively regulate the behavior of producers and operators, combat counterfeiting in the market, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of merchants and consumers. However, some unscrupulous merchants have "marginalized" green food in packaging or promotion, in an attempt to deceive and mislead consumers and reap illegal benefits. Reporters recently investigated several large and medium-sized supermarkets, farmers' markets and wet markets in Guangzhou and found that many foods have signs with the words "green", "natural" or "pollution-free" on their packaging. However, if you look closely at the packaging, there is no sign. Any certification labels for "green food" and "pollution-free" food are entirely affixed by the manufacturers themselves.
The reporter came to a farmer's market in Chentian Village, Baiyun District. As soon as he entered the door, he smelled a pungent smell. He covered his nose while walking. In a rice and grain store, the reporter found a white corn bag with The big words read "Nature's gift of pure green food", but if you look closely at the packaging, you can see that there is no green food logo pattern stipulated by the state, nor is there any certification wording from any organization. The boss lady said that this bag of white corn was produced by a manufacturer in Jiangxi and sold well.
In addition, the reporter saw in several large and medium-sized supermarkets that the packaging of some vegetables, fruits, snacks, edible oil, mustard, etc. also had "natural green" and "pollution-free" written on it. words, but most of them are not like the above-mentioned white corn manufacturer that blatantly calls itself a green food. What they are doing is a "sideline" of green food.
Jian Zhengde, a lawyer at Legal Shengbang Law Firm, believes that text descriptions on product packaging belong to the category of advertising. If they are not certified by relevant agencies, they will be advertised as "green", "organic" and "pollution-free" Lettering is an act of exaggerated propaganda. The reason why companies want to take advantage of this loophole is that on the one hand, they are driven by profits, and on the other hand, consumers have very vague concepts about green food, organic food, etc. This also shows that our market system is not perfect yet, and relevant departments need to further standardize laws and regulations in this area. The investigation also found that even though some food packages have green food certification marks, some manufacturers use them irregularly, and some are even counterfeit. The reporter saw a series of salted egg products produced by a manufacturer in Hubei in a supermarket. The packaging had a green food logo graphic, the text "green food", and a serial number but did not have an anti-counterfeiting label and "the green food logo is used with permission from the China Green Food Development Center." of text. The packaging of assorted mustards produced by another company in Meishan City, Sichuan Province only has a "pollution-free" logo graphic without any certification instructions from any organization.
In addition, the reporter found a kind of "Linghua" brand MSG produced in a certain place in Shandong in a supermarket on Baogang Avenue. The green food logo graphic and the words "green food" were printed on the upper left side of the package. But the entire packaging bag only has these two certificates about green food. As for the approval number for the use of the trademark issued by the China Green Food Development Center and the "green food mark used with permission from the China Green Food Development Center" required by the regulations, There is no text at all.
According to Tan Ensheng, director of the Guangdong Provincial Green Food Office, in Guangdong Province, the right to use green food logos must be "four in one", otherwise there is a high possibility that they will be counterfeited. During the investigation, the reporter found that a large number of consumers and operators have vague concepts about green food, organic food and pollution-free food, which provides unscrupulous manufacturers with opportunities to take advantage of loopholes. Most of the consumers interviewed by the reporter believe that green food is only environmentally friendly or pollution-free food, which is of better quality than ordinary food and can be eaten with confidence. However, they have little understanding of how to identify green food and the certification of green food. .
A lady surnamed Li told reporters that she had never looked at the packaging carefully when buying food, and she was even less concerned about green food and green food certification marks.
Mr. Wang, a consumer who knows a little about green food, held a pack of mustard mustard with a green food certification mark and a pack without a certification mark and said, “The state has certain requirements for the review and issuance of green food marks. There are very strict regulations. If a manufacturer casually writes 'green food' on the packaging or steals the green food certification trademark, it is against the regulations." When the reporter asked him if he knew the difference between green food and organic food, he couldn't tell. Coming.
When the reporter asked the proprietress of the rice shop in Chentian Village Farmers Market what green food is, she said that clean vegetables or crops without pesticides are green food. When I asked her if there were any other green foods with the "green food" logo in the store, she actually pointed to a bag of rice that had passed the ISO9001 international quality system certification on the packaging and said: "These rices that have passed the quality certification are all You can eat green food with confidence, but the rice in my store is of good quality and cheap and sells the fastest. Most people who come to buy rice don’t care whether it is green food. ”
< p> Also in another vegetable market, a reporter asked a stall owner if he had organic vegetables. The stall owner first asked if organic vegetables were the name of a dish. The reporter explained to him for a long time, but he still didn't know what the reporter was talking about. Then he simply said: "All the vegetables here are green food and organic vegetables." According to Tan Ensheng, director of the Green Food Office of Guangdong Province, the market The illegal use of green food labels by some manufacturers not only harms the interests of consumers but also harms the interests of other legitimate manufacturers.He said that when consumers buy a product, it will first mislead consumers. If its price is equal to or lower than other products without green food labels, then consumers will definitely choose the ones with the label. Products, this not only harms the economic interests of consumers, but if the products do not meet the requirements of green food, it may also harm the health of consumers. On the other hand, for products that have the right to use green food trademarks, because the production cost of these illegal products is relatively low, their prices are often lower than legitimate green foods, so they have a relatively large competitive advantage in the competition, and in the end It is the regular manufacturers that suffer.
The reporter saw in a supermarket that one bag of mustard labeled with the legal green food certification mark was sold for 2.5 yuan, while the same mustard labeled with the words "Pure Natural Product Green and Healthy" was only sold in another store. 2 yuan per pack. According to the salesperson, the latter obviously sells much faster than the former. When purchasing, consumers often look at the price and throw the latter exaggerated mustard into their shopping baskets without hesitation. Also in the vegetable specialty area, the reporter saw that the vegetable counters with "green and healthy" plastic bags on them were obviously more crowded than the vegetable counters without any packaging.
Director Tan introduced that at present, there are more than 3,000 manufacturers with more than 4,000 products in my country that have actually obtained the right to use green food trademarks, and there are more than 110 manufacturers with more than 180 products in Guangdong Province. However, so far, they have The office has not encountered any similar cases. Regarding these manufacturers that mislead consumers with illegal propaganda, Director Tan said that once discovered, relevant measures will be taken to deal with the infringement of the "green food" trademark accordingly. Although green food and organic food are both sustainable foods aiming at environmental protection, safety and health, and represent the direction of future food development, there are certain differences between green food and organic food. One of the most important differences is that organic food has higher standards than green food. It is called "pure and pure" food. It has strict requirements from base to production, from processing to listing.