Pollution-free agricultural products refer to agricultural products and their processed products that have been certified by the administrative department of agriculture and are allowed to use pollution-free agricultural products, and are pollution-free, safe, pesticide and heavy metal.
Green food is a certified food promoted by China's agricultural department (China Green Food Development Center), which is divided into two types: A-grade and AA-grade. Among them, limited use of chemically synthesized means of production is allowed in the production of Grade A green food, while Grade AA green food is strictly required not to use chemically synthesized fertilizers, pesticides, veterinary drugs, feed additives, food additives and other substances harmful to the environment and health in the production process.
organic food refers to agricultural and sideline products and their processed products that are produced and processed in an organic way, meet the relevant standards and have been certified by a special certification institution (National Organic Food Development Center), including grain, vegetables, dairy products, livestock products, honey, aquatic products and seasonings.
there are three main differences between organic food and other foods: first, it is absolutely forbidden to use synthetic substances such as pesticides, fertilizers and hormones in the production and processing of organic food, and genetic engineering technology is not allowed. Other foods are allowed for limited use, and the use of genetic engineering technology is not prohibited. Second, organic food has strict regulations on land production transformation. Considering that a substance will remain in the environment for a long time, it takes two to three years for the land to produce other foods to produce organic foods, but there is no requirement for the production of green foods and pollution-free foods. Third, the quantity of organic food is strictly controlled, requiring a fixed plot and a fixed output, while the production of other foods is not so strict.
Safe food mainly includes pollution-free agricultural products, green food and organic food. These three kinds of food are like a pyramid. The tower foundation is pollution-free agricultural products, the middle is green food, and the top is organic food. The higher the requirements, the stricter the requirements.
1. Pollution-free agricultural products Pollution-free agricultural products refer to agricultural products and their processed products that have been certified by the agricultural administrative department at the provincial level and are allowed to use the pollution-free agricultural products logo, and have no pollution, safety, pesticides and heavy metals exceeding the standard.
2. Green food Green food is a safe, high-quality and nutritious food produced according to a specific mode of production and recognized by an authoritative organization to use special marks. Green food mark is a specific mark used on green food certified by authoritative organizations to distinguish such products from ordinary food. This logo has been registered in the State Trademark Office by China Green Food Development Center as the first certification trademark in China and is protected by law.
According to the relevant person of China Green Food Development Center, anti-counterfeiting label is an essential feature on the packaging of green food products, which can not only prevent enterprises from illegally using green food labels, but also facilitate consumers' identification.
The anti-counterfeiting label of green food signs adopts a comprehensive anti-counterfeiting technology with the reticulation technology as the core. The label is designated with green food, printed with logo and product number, and the background is a fine solid line stripe pattern commonly used in currencies of various countries. The number of labels issued is regulated to prevent enterprises from expanding the scope and output of products after obtaining the right to use marks.
III. Organic food Organic food refers to all agricultural and sideline products that are produced and processed by a series of sustainable agricultural technologies and strictly certified by specialized institutions (National Organic Food Development Center) according to the production standards of organic agriculture, without the use of genetically engineered organisms and their products, chemically synthesized pesticides, fertilizers, growth regulators, feed additives and other substances.
concept of pollution-free agricultural products and green food
I. concept of pollution-free agricultural products
pollution-free agricultural products refer to agricultural products whose production environment, production process and product quality meet certain standards and specifications, and have been certified by qualified certification bodies and obtained the use of certification marks.
1. The production unit applies to the local county agricultural bureau and fills in the application form.
2. The county agricultural bureau will review the application materials, go to the site for verification, put forward preliminary opinions and report to the municipal agricultural bureau.
3. The Municipal Bureau of Agriculture shall review the application materials, specifically organize the environmental and product testing of the production base, put forward audit opinions, and report them to the Environmental Protection and Rural Energy Station of the Provincial Department of Agriculture.
4. The Environmental Protection and Rural Energy Station of the Provincial Department of Agriculture evaluates the materials reported by the Municipal Bureau of Agriculture, namely, the environmental quality evaluation of the production base, the technical specification evaluation of production operation and the product quality evaluation, and puts forward the audit opinions and reports them to the Provincial Department of Agriculture.
5. The Provincial Department of Agriculture examines the "audit opinions" reported by the Provincial Agricultural Environmental Protection and Rural Energy Station, and issues the "Guangdong Pollution-free Agricultural Products Certificate" to products that meet the standards of pollution-free agricultural products in Guangdong Province, allowing the use of pollution-free agricultural products marks in Guangdong Province.
6. The user of the Certificate must accept the annual review, and the administrative department of agriculture of prefecture-level city shall be responsible for the specific annual review, and report it to the Provincial Department of Agriculture for the record.
7. the certificate is valid for three years. During this period, products that use the Certificate and logo of pollution-free agricultural products in Guangdong Province must be subject to quality sampling inspection by agricultural administrative departments at or above the county level. If you want to continue to use the Certificate after the expiration, you must declare it three months before the expiration.
second, the concept of green food
green food is a kind of pollution-free safe, high-quality and nutritious food that follows the principle of sustainable development, is produced according to a specific mode of production, and is approved by a specialized agency to use the trademark mark of green food.
green food is divided into grade A and grade AA:
Grade A green food refers to the place where the ecological environment quality meets the specified standards, and the limited chemical synthesis production materials are used in strict accordance with the requirements of the guidelines for the use of green food production materials and production regulations during the production process. Products whose quality and packaging meet the standards of green food after testing and inspection, and are approved by specialized agencies to use the A-level green food mark.
AA-grade green food refers to the place of origin where the ecological environment quality meets the specified standards of green food, and chemical synthetic pesticides, fertilizers, veterinary drugs, food additives, feed additives and other substances harmful to the environment and health are not used in the production process. Production and processing according to specific production operation procedures, the product quality and packaging meet specific standards after testing and inspection, and the products licensed to use AA-level green food mark are certified by specialized agencies
pollution-free agricultural products certification and green food certification
pollution-free agricultural products, green food and organic food are all important components of the quality and safety of the whole agricultural products, but their certification is
unique.
(1) the quality standards are different. Pollution-free agricultural products are the basic safety problem to solve the consumption of edible agricultural products, and their quality standards are wide; The quality standard of green food is relatively high, which is roughly equivalent to the current medium consumption level in the European market and 5-1 times higher than that of pollution-free agricultural products; Organic food emphasizes not using or rarely using chemical synthetic products, which is equivalent to our ecological food or pure natural food, and its actual health and safety standards are higher.
(2) The consumers are different. Pollution-free agricultural products satisfy mass consumption; Green food is mainly supplied to a few high-income groups and some exports; Organic food is mainly for export.
(3) Different ways of pushing. The certification of pollution-free agricultural products is promoted by the government, and compulsory certification is implemented at an appropriate time; Green food is mainly based on market operation, supplemented by government promotion; Organic food certification is a completely market-oriented operation mode, which is in line with international common practices.
(4) The authentication methods are different. Pollution-free agricultural products are certified by combining origin identification with product certification, with detection as the main method and inspection as the auxiliary method; Green food is certified by combining quality certification with certification trademark management; Organic food is mainly based on inspection and certification, relying on on on-site inspection and counseling by inspectors.
(5) The charging standards are different. The certification of pollution-free agricultural products is a public welfare undertaking. The certification itself includes material review, on-site inspection, expert review, certificate making, media announcement and random inspection, etc. There is no charge. Only when the applicant entrusts relevant quality inspection institutions to carry out environmental inspection and product inspection, the quality inspection institutions charge a certain inspection fee, and the cost fee is charged when purchasing the use mark of pollution-free agricultural products. The certification, environmental assessment, product quality inspection, logo use and announcement of green food must be charged according to certain standards, and the cost is high; Organic food, foreign certification bodies generally require a three-year counseling period, which is very expensive.
the relationship among organic food, green food and pollution-free food
organic food, green food and pollution-free food are a group of concepts related to food safety and ecological environment.
Organic food uses a series of sustainable agricultural technologies without using synthetic chemicals to reduce the pollution of production process to the environment and products, and establish a harmonious ecosystem between man and nature in production, so as to promote biodiversity and sustainable utilization of resources.
Organic agricultural production is not using synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, growth regulators and feed additives for livestock and poultry, not using organisms and their products obtained by genetic engineering as a means, following the laws of nature and ecological principles, adopting a series of sustainable agricultural technologies, coordinating the relationship between planting and aquaculture, and promoting ecological balance, species diversity and sustainable utilization of resources. Organic food comes from the organic agricultural production system, and all agricultural and sideline products, including grain, vegetables, fruits, dairy products, livestock products, aquatic products, bee products, seasonings, etc., are produced and processed according to the requirements of organic agricultural production and corresponding standards and certified by legal organic food certification bodies.
organic food has different names in different languages, and the most common name abroad is ORGACIC FOOD, which is also called ecological food and natural food in other languages. CODEX (Codex) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization (FAO/WHO) refers to these foods with different names but basically the same connotation as "ORGANIC FOOD", which is translated into "organic food" in Chinese.
Green food strictly restricts the use of chemicals, ensures the safety of food and environment, and promotes sustainable development through the whole process of technical standards before, during and after delivery and the integrated tracking and monitoring of environment and products. And adopt the management method of certification trademark to standardize the market order.
Pollution-free food is a basic safety line for the government to ensure the healthy diet of the broad masses of people by implementing a series of measures such as origin identification, product certification and market access, and striving to basically realize pollution-free production of edible agricultural products nationwide in five years.
China is a big agricultural country with a vast territory and unbalanced economic development. In the new stage of building a well-off society in an all-round way, it is a central task for agricultural and rural economic development to improve the quality and safety management system of agricultural products, improve their quality and safety level and increase their international competitiveness. Therefore, with the approval of the State Council, the Ministry of Agriculture launched the "Pollution-free Food Action Plan" in an all-round way, and established the development strategy of "Pollution-free food, green food and organic food are integrated and promoted". Therefore, organic food, green food and pollution-free food are all organic components of agricultural product quality and safety.