1. How long is the right to use the green sign valid?
Products that have passed the green food certification can use the green food logo in a unified format, and the validity period is 3 years.
Relevant laws and regulations: Measures for the Administration of Green Food Labeling
Eighteenth green food signs use certificate is valid for three years.
If it is necessary to continue to use the green food logo after the expiration of the certificate, the logo user shall submit a written application for renewal to the provincial working institution three months before the expiration of the certificate. Provincial working institutions shall organize the completion of relevant inspection, testing and material review within forty working days. Those who pass the preliminary examination shall be decided by China Green Food Development Center within ten working days whether to approve the renewal.
If the extension is granted, it shall renew the green food sign use contract with the sign user, issue a new green food sign use certificate and make an announcement; If it is not extended, it shall notify the user of the sign in writing and inform the reason.
The user of the sign fails to apply for renewal within the time limit, or the application for renewal is not passed, and shall not continue to use the green food sign.
Second, what is the green food sign?
Green food mark is a quality certification mark officially registered by the Green Food Development Center in the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.
It consists of three parts, namely, the sun above, the leaves below and the flower buds in the middle, symbolizing the natural ecology; The color is green, symbolizing life, agriculture and environmental protection; The figure is a right circle, indicating protection. AA-level green food signs and fonts are green on a white background, while A-level green food signs and fonts are green on a white background. The whole character depicts a harmonious vitality in the bright sunshine, telling people that green food is a safe and pollution-free food from a pure and good ecological environment, which can bring strong vitality to people.
Measures for the administration of green food labels
Article 2 The term "green food" as mentioned in these Measures refers to the safe and high-quality edible agricultural products and their related products which are produced in an excellent ecological environment according to the standards of green food, and are subject to whole-process quality control, and have obtained the right to use the green food mark.
Article 3 Green food signs are registered as certification trademarks according to law and are protected by law.
Third, how to apply for a green food witness card?
Any unit or individual who wants to engage in the production of green food and obtain the green food label shall follow the following procedures.
All units and individuals with green food production conditions can be used as applicants for the right to use green food signs.
1. The applicant fills in the Application Form for the Use of Green Food Signs in duplicate (including the attached materials) and submits it to the green food management department of the local province (autonomous region, municipality directly under the Central Government and cities with separate plans).
2. The provincial green food management department entrusts an environmental monitoring agency that has passed the metrological certification at or above the provincial level to conduct environmental assessment on the origin of products or raw materials.
3, the provincial green food management department of the application materials for preliminary examination, and the preliminary examination of qualified materials submitted to the China Green Food Development Center.
4. China Green Food Development Center will review the above materials together with authoritative environmental protection agencies. Qualified, the food monitoring agency designated by China Green Food Development Center samples its declared products and tests them according to the quality and hygiene standards of green food; Those who are unqualified will no longer accept their applications in that year.
5. China Green Food Development Center conducts a comprehensive review (including on-the-spot investigation) of products that have passed the quality and hygiene inspection, and signs an Agreement on the Use of Green Food Marks with qualified applicants: the Ministry of Agriculture issues a certificate and number for the use of green food marks; Reported to the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce for the record and announced to the public at the same time.
For the units that have obtained the right to use the green food mark, they can sell the products of the green food mark within three years after obtaining the right to use the mark. If the user of the sign does not ask for renewal three months before the expiration of the term, the unit will no longer be eligible to use the green food sign after the expiration of the three-year use period.