Pollution-free agricultural products refer to agricultural products and their processed products that are certified by the administrative department of agriculture and allowed to use pollution-free agricultural products signs, which are pollution-free, safe, and have excessive pesticides and heavy metals.
Green food is a certified food promoted by China Ministry of Agriculture (China Green Food Development Center), which is divided into two types: A-class and AA-class. Among them, the limited use of chemically synthesized means of production is allowed in the production of Grade A green food, while Grade AA green food strictly requires that chemically synthesized fertilizers, pesticides, veterinary drugs, feed additives, food additives and other substances harmful to the environment and health should not be used 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 relevant standards and have passed the certification of a special certification body (National Organic Food Development Center), including grain, vegetables, dairy products, livestock products, honey, aquatic products and condiments.
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 to be used in limited quantities, and the use of genetic engineering technology is not prohibited. Second, organic food has strict regulations on land production and transformation. Considering that a substance will remain in the environment for a long time, it takes two to three years to produce organic food in the land where other foods are produced, but there is no requirement for producing green food and pollution-free food. 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 foods are like a pyramid. The foundation of the tower is pollution-free agricultural products, with green food in the middle and organic food on it. 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 provincial agricultural administrative departments and are allowed to use pollution-free agricultural products signs, which are pollution-free, safe, and have excessive pesticides and heavy metals.
2. Green food Green food is a safe, high-quality and nutritious food produced according to a specific mode of production and approved by an authoritative organization to use special signs. Green food logo is a specific logo used in green food certified by an authoritative organization to distinguish it from ordinary food. The logo has been registered by China Green Food Development Center in the State Trademark Office as the first certification trademark in China, which is protected by law.
A related person from China Green Food Development Center said that the anti-counterfeiting mark is an essential feature on the packaging of green food products, which can not only prevent enterprises from illegally using the green food mark, but also facilitate consumers' identification.
The anti-counterfeiting label of green food signs adopts comprehensive anti-counterfeiting technology with mesh technology as the core. The label specifies green food, printed with logo and product number, and the background is the thin solid line stripe pattern commonly used in currencies of various countries. Standardize the number of labels issued to prevent enterprises from expanding the scope and output of products after obtaining the right to use marks.
3. 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 using organisms and their products obtained by genetic engineering, and without using chemically synthesized pesticides, fertilizers, growth regulators, feed additives and other substances.
Concepts of pollution-free agricultural products and green food
First, the 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 norms, and have been certified by qualified certification bodies and obtained certification marks.
1. The production unit applies to the local county agricultural bureau and fills in the application form.
2, the county agricultural bureau to review the application materials, and to the scene for verification, put forward preliminary opinions, and report to the Municipal Agricultural Bureau.
3, the Municipal Bureau of Agriculture to review the application materials, the specific organization of production base environment and product testing, put forward the audit opinion, submitted to the Provincial Department of agriculture environmental protection and rural energy station.
4. The Environmental Protection and Rural Energy Station of the Provincial Department of Agriculture shall review the materials reported by the municipal agricultural bureaus, namely, the environmental quality evaluation of the production base, the technical specification evaluation of production operation and the product quality evaluation, and put forward the audit opinions and report them to the Provincial Department of Agriculture.
5. The Provincial Department of Agriculture will review the Audit Opinions submitted by the Provincial Agricultural Environmental Protection and Rural Energy Station, issue the Guangdong Pollution-free Agricultural Products Certificate to products that meet the standards of pollution-free agricultural products in Guangdong Province, and allow the use of pollution-free agricultural products marks in Guangdong Province.
6, "certificate" using units must accept the annual examination, the specific annual examination work by the administrative department of agriculture of prefecture-level city is responsible for, and reported to the Provincial Department of agriculture for the record.
7. The certificate is valid for three years. During this period, products that use the certificates and signs of pollution-free agricultural products in Guangdong Province must be subject to quality sampling inspection by the agricultural administrative departments at or above the county level. If you need 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 pollution-free, safe, high-quality and nutritious food that follows the principle of sustainable development and is produced according to a specific mode of production, and is recognized and licensed by specialized agencies to use the trademark of green food.
Green food is divided into Grade A and Grade AA:
A-grade green food refers to the limited use of chemical synthetic means of production in strict accordance with the requirements of "Guidelines for the Use of Green Food Means of Production" and production regulations in places where the ecological environment quality meets the prescribed standards. Products whose quality and packaging meet the standards of green food after testing and inspection, and have been approved by specialized agencies to use the A-level green food mark.
AA-grade green food refers to the ecological environment quality of the producing area meets the specified standards of green food, and substances harmful to the environment and health such as chemically synthesized pesticides, fertilizers, veterinary drugs, food additives and feed additives are not used in the production process. Products that are produced and processed according to specific production operation procedures, whose quality and packaging meet specific standards after inspection and have been approved by specialized agencies to use AA-level green food marks.
Pollution-free agricultural products certification and green food and organic food certification
Pollution-free agricultural products, green food and organic food are all important components of the quality and safety of agricultural products, but their certification is different.
Features.
(1) Different quality standards. Pollution-free agricultural products are the basic safety problem to solve the consumption of edible agricultural products, and their quality standards are broad; 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- 10 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) Consumers are different. Pollution-free agricultural products meet mass consumption; Green food is mainly supplied to a few high-income groups and some exports; Organic food is mainly used for export.
(3) The push mode is different. The certification of pollution-free agricultural products is promoted by the government and compulsory certification is implemented in due course; 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 practice.
(4) Different authentication methods. The certification of pollution-free agricultural products adopts the combination of origin identification and product certification, with testing as the main method and inspection as the supplement; Green food is certified through the combination of quality certification and certified trademark management; Organic food is mainly based on inspection and certification, relying on on on-site inspection and counseling by inspectors.
(5) Different charging standards. The certification of pollution-free agricultural products is a public welfare undertaking. Certification itself includes material review, on-site inspection, expert review, certificate production, media announcement and spot check. No charge. Only when the applicant entrusts relevant quality inspection institutions to carry out environmental inspection and product inspection, the quality inspection institutions will charge a certain inspection fee, and the cost fee will be 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 should be charged according to certain standards, which is costly; Organic food, foreign certification bodies generally require a three-year counseling period, which is very expensive.
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 adopts a series of sustainable agricultural technologies that do not use synthetic chemicals, reduces the pollution to the environment and products in the production process, establishes a harmonious ecosystem between man and nature in the production, and promotes the sustainable utilization of biodiversity and resources.
Organic agricultural production does not use synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, growth regulators and feed additives for livestock and poultry. It does not use organisms and their products obtained by genetic engineering as a means. It follows natural laws and ecological principles, adopts a series of sustainable agricultural technologies, coordinates the relationship between planting and aquaculture, and promotes 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, condiments and so on. , is produced and processed according to the requirements of organic agricultural production and corresponding standards, and is certified by a legal organic food certification body.
Organic food has different names in different languages. The most common name in foreign countries is ORGACIC FOOD, which is also called ecological food and natural food in other languages. The CODEX of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization (FAO/ WHO) collectively refer to these foods with different names but basically the same connotation as "organic food", which is translated as "organic food" in Chinese.
Green food strictly restricts the use of chemical substances, and ensures the safety of food and environment and promotes sustainable development through the technical standards of the whole process before, during and after delivery and the integrated tracking and monitoring of the 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 basically realize pollution-free production of edible agricultural products nationwide in five years by implementing a series of measures such as origin identification, product certification and market access, and to ensure the healthy diet of the broad masses of people.
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 the central task of agricultural and rural economic development to improve the quality and safety management system of agricultural products, improve the quality and safety level of agricultural products and enhance 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 "integration and promotion of pollution-free food, green food and organic food". Therefore, organic food, green food and pollution-free food are all organic components of the quality and safety of agricultural products.