Pollution-free agricultural products, green food and organic food are the basic types of agricultural products quality and safety certification organized and implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture in China, and they all belong to the category of safe agricultural products.
Pollution-free agricultural products: refers to unprocessed or primary processed edible agricultural products whose production environment, production technology and product quality meet the requirements of relevant national standards and regulations, and have obtained certification certificates after certification.
Green food: refers to the pollution-free, safe, high-quality and nutritious food produced according to the principle of sustainable development and recognized by a special certification body.
Organic food: refers to the agricultural and sideline products and their processed products that come from the organic agricultural production system, are produced and processed according to the requirements and corresponding standards of organic agriculture, and are certified by legal organic food institutions and allowed to use the organic food mark.
From the perspective of horizontal positioning, product structure, technical system, certification method and development mechanism, the three have their own characteristics:
Pollution-free agricultural products: the quality of products meets the requirements of ordinary agricultural products and food standards in China, ensuring basic safety and meeting public consumption. The products are mainly primary edible agricultural products. Carry out the technical system of "standardized production, input supervision, key point control and safety guarantee". The combination of origin identification and product certification is adopted. Certification is a public welfare undertaking, free of charge, and the development mechanism promoted by the government is implemented.
Green food: the product quality and safety standards have reached the advanced level of developed countries as a whole, and the market is positioned in domestic large and medium-sized cities and international markets to meet higher-level consumption. Products are based on primary agricultural products, and processed agricultural products are the main body. Implement the technical system of "two-end monitoring, process control, quality certification and label management". Take the way of combining quality certification with certified trademark management, take protecting the agricultural environment and improving the health of consumers as the basic concept, charge a certain fee to ensure the development of the cause, and adopt the development mechanism of combining government promotion with market pull.
Organic food: produced by organic agriculture, with no special requirements for product quality and safety, meeting specific consumption and mainly serving export trade. Products are mainly primary and primary processed agricultural products. It emphasizes the transformation from conventional agriculture to organic agriculture, implements a technical system that basically does not use chemical inputs, protects the ecological environment and biodiversity, and maintains the harmonious relationship between man and nature. Pay attention to production process monitoring, generally do not do environmental monitoring and product testing, certification once a year. According to international practice, adopt market-oriented operation.