Green food is pollution-free, safe, high-quality, and nutritious food that has been certified by a specialized agency and licensed to use the green food mark.

When you go to the supermarket to purchase, have you noticed that some packaging bags (boxes) of milk powder, tea, coffee, preserved fruits, beverages, etc. have the same pattern printed on them - two stars under the sun? A green leaf lightly holds a green bud, which is the logo pattern of "green food". These foods are the famous "green food".

You may be surprised that green food is not just those green foods How come vegetables, fruits, milk powder, beverages, etc. have also become green foods? In fact, green food refers to safe, nutritious, and pollution-free food. The logo pattern of green food tells us that green food comes from a pure, pollution-free environment. It can bring us vigorous vitality.

Why are green foods so popular? This starts with environmental pollution.

Environmental pollution is a major problem that plagues all mankind. Human survival is threatened. Because in the human food structure, most of the food comes from crops in the fields, poultry, fish eggs, etc. If the growth environment of animals and plants is polluted, harmful substances will accumulate in their bodies. In this way, People who eat these crops or food processed from livestock will be poisoned and affect people's health.

Industrial wastewater is an important source of pollution. For example, those used in the manufacturing of dyes, pesticides, light bulbs, batteries, and switches The wastewater discharged from factories usually contains mercury. This wastewater flows into rivers, causing the fish growing in the river to contain a lot of mercury. When people eat this kind of fish, mercury slowly accumulates in the human body. This It is mercury poisoning. Over time, patients with mercury poisoning will develop symptoms such as slurred speech, numbness of hands and feet, deafness and blindness, mental disorder, and even death.

Pesticides are also one of the important sources of pollution. According to statistics, Among the more than 400 kinds of pesticides commonly used now, more than 140 pesticides contain highly toxic organochlorines... If people are slightly negligent and eat food made from these crops, in mild cases, they will suffer from dizziness, vomiting, and shortness of breath. Difficulty and other symptoms, severe cases may even lead to death. If people are chronically poisoned for a long time, they will suffer from leukemia, gastric cancer and other incurable diseases... Nowadays, poisoning caused by food contamination occurs frequently, and human food sources have been exposed. A red light.

With the improvement of living standards, people have higher and higher requirements for food. The food that enters the "entrance" must not only be delicious, but also nutritious, hygienic and free of any pollution. Therefore , green food that does not contain harmful substance residues has become a food that people desire, and the development and production of green food has therefore become an inevitable trend in agricultural production and food processing. Green food is like a green spring tide, which is rapidly pouring into our lives.

The logo of green food consists of three parts: sun, leaves and buds. The logo and fonts of Grade AA green food are green and the background color is white. The logo and fonts of Grade A green food are white and the background color is green. The green food mark refers to four forms: "green food", "green food", green food mark graphics and the combination of the three. It is registered on the nine major categories of food, mainly food, and extends to fertilizers. and other green food related products. As a product quality certification trademark, the green food mark's exclusive trademark rights are protected by the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China.

Compared with ordinary food, green food has the following three significant characteristics:

1. Emphasize that the product comes from a good ecological environment;

2. Implement " Full quality control from land to table;

3. Implement unified labeling and management of products in accordance with the law.

Conditions for green food:

1. The origin of the product or product raw materials must meet the ecological environment quality standards of green food;

2. Crop cultivation, livestock Poultry breeding, aquaculture and food processing must comply with green food production operating procedures;

3. Products must comply with green food standards;

4. Product packaging, storage and transportation must comply with green food standards Food packaging, storage and transportation standards.

If you are a "pregnant" woman and want to give birth to a healthy and smart child, then please be sure to get close to green fruits and vegetables. Because green fruits and vegetables are rich in folic acid, and folic acid has been confirmed by eugenicists in the United Kingdom and the United States as one of the "panacea" for preventing fetal neural tube malformations (such as anencephaly, spina bifida, etc.).

At the same time, a large amount of folic acid is also the "nemesis" of homocysteine, the new killer of the heart, which can effectively remove excess homocysteine ??in the blood and protect the heart. In addition, green vegetables are also the best source of calcium, which is known as the "element of life". Its content is more than that of milk, which is generally considered to be rich in calcium. Therefore, eating "green" is regarded by nutritionists as the best source of calcium. Calcium supplementation route.

Green food covers a very wide range, including a variety of foods grown in the ground and swimming in the water, such as grains, vegetables, fish, eggs, fruits, oils, and tea on the table. Wine, condiments, etc. The production of green food must have strict operating procedures. For example, crops must be cultivated in pollution-free places to protect the crops from pollution; the feed of livestock and poultry is not allowed to contain hormone additives that are harmful to the human body. ;In canning and beverage factories, the process equipment used must be free of lead, zinc and other pollution.

Green food labeling has become a passport for my country’s food to enter the international market and has made great contributions in earning foreign exchange through exports. Green The "green cause" brought about by food is a cause that benefits the country and the people and benefits future generations