Compared with ordinary food, green food has the following three remarkable characteristics:
1. It emphasizes that products come from a good ecological environment;
2. Implement the whole quality control of products from the land to the dining table;
3. Implement unified marking and management of products according to law.
Conditions for green food:
1. The origin of products or raw materials must meet the eco-environmental quality standards of green food;
2. Crop planting, livestock and poultry raising, aquaculture and food processing must conform to the operating rules for green food production;
3. The product must meet the green food standard;
4. The packaging, storage and transportation of products must conform to the packaging, storage and transportation standards of green food.
If you are a pregnant woman and want to have a healthy and intelligent child, please be close to green fruits and vegetables. Because green fruits and vegetables are rich in folic acid, and folic acid has been confirmed by eugenics in Britain and the United States as one of the "panaceas" to prevent fetal neural tube defects (such as anencephaly and spina bifida). At the same time, a large amount of folic acid is also a new killer of the heart-homocysteine "nemesis", which can effectively remove too much homocysteine from the blood and play a role in protecting the heart. In addition, green vegetables are also the best source of calcium, which enjoys the title of "life element", and their reserves are more than those of milk with calcium "rich in minerals", so eating "green" is regarded by nutritionists as the best way to supplement calcium.
green food covers a wide range, including various foods such as food grown in the ground and swimming in the water, such as food on the table, vegetables, fish, eggs, fruits, oil, tea, wine, condiments, etc. The production of green food should have strict operating procedures, such as planting crops in pollution-free places to protect crops from pollution; The feed of livestock and poultry is not allowed to contain hormone additives harmful to human body; In factories that make canned food and beverages, the process equipment used must be free from lead and zinc pollution.
Green food labeling has become a passport for Chinese food to enter the international market, which has made great contributions to the neutrality of foreign exchange earning through export. Green food brings "green cause" which is beneficial to the country and the people and benefits future generations.
Green food standard is the basis and foundation for green food certification and management, and it is an important technical support for the whole green food cause.
the green food standard is a technical document that applies the principles of science and technology, combines the production practice of green food and draws lessons from relevant standards at home and abroad, and must be followed in the production of green food and based on the quality certification of green food.
green food standard
green food standard is a recommended agricultural industry standard (NY/T) issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, and it is a standard that green food production enterprises must abide by.
green food standards are divided into two technical levels, namely AA-level green food standards and A-level green food standards.
the green food standard is based on the concept of "quality control from land to table" and consists of the following four parts:
the environmental standard of green food producing area, that is, the environmental technical conditions of green food producing area (NY/T 391)
the technical standard of green food production
the product standard of green food
the packaging, storage and transportation standard of green food
. On the one hand, it has greatly enriched the food supply in these countries, on the other hand, there have been serious problems, that is, with the continuous and massive input of agricultural chemicals into farmland, harmful chemicals are enriched in organisms through soil and water, and enter crops and livestock and poultry through the food chain, leading to food pollution and ultimately damaging human health. It can be seen that agriculture that relies too much on chemical fertilizers and pesticides (also known as "petroleum agriculture") will do harm to the environment, resources and human health, and this harm has the characteristics of concealment, accumulation and long-term.
in p>1962, Ms. rachel carson of the United States took the measures taken in East Lansing, Michigan to eliminate beetles that hurt elm trees as an example, and disclosed all kinds of situations in which DDT was harmful to other organisms. The city sprayed a lot of trees with DDT. Leaves fell to the ground in autumn, and worms ate the leaves. After spring returns, robins ate worms, and almost all robins in the city died a week later. In the book Silent Spring, Ms Carson wrote: "Insecticide is widely polluted all over the world. Chemicals have invaded the water on which everything depends, infiltrated the soil, and spread a harmful film on plants ... which has caused serious harm to human body. In addition, there is a terrible legacy, which may not be detected within a few years, and may even have an impact on heredity, which cannot be detected for several generations. " Ms Carson's assertion undoubtedly sounded the alarm for the whole world.
in the early 197s, the trend of thought of "organic agriculture", which spread from the United States to Europe and Japan and aimed at limiting excessive input of chemicals to protect the ecological environment and improve food safety, influenced many countries. Some countries began to take economic measures and legal means to encourage and support the development and production of pollution-free food in their own countries. Since the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, many countries have started with agriculture and actively explored the mode of sustainable development of agriculture, so as to alleviate the serious pressure of petroleum agriculture on the environment and resources. Developed countries such as Europe, America, Japan and Australia and some developing countries have accelerated the research on ecological agriculture. Under this international background, China has decided to develop pollution-free, safe and high-quality nutritious foods and named them "green foods".
the emergence of green food in China has its inevitability: first, China is a country with a shortage of resources per capita. As a developing country, China must never follow the old road of economic development at the expense of environment and resources. We must base our economic and social development on the sustainable development of environment and resources, especially to establish and develop a mode of production to ensure the sustainable development of agriculture and food industry, and the development of green food can promote the establishment of this mode of production. Second, since the 199s, the overall living standard of urban and rural people in China has started to transition from subsistence level to well-off level, and the awareness of environmental protection and the demand for pollution-free food are getting higher and higher. Green food with pollution-free, safe, high-quality and nutritious connotations can just meet the needs of the transformation of living standards of urban and rural people. Third, with the in-depth development of reform and opening up, China's agricultural products and their processed products will inevitably go to the international market and participate in international competition. The introduction of green food is conducive to strengthening the competitiveness of China's agricultural products and processed products in the international market.
grading standard of green food
in the process of green food declaration and approval, grade A and AA green approval are distinguished.
AA-level green approval refers to products that are produced and processed according to specific production operation procedures without using any harmful chemical synthetic substances in the production area where the ecological environment quality meets the specified standards, and whose product quality and packaging meet the specific standards after testing and inspection, and are approved by specialized agencies to use AA-level green approval mark.
A-grade green food refers to the products that are allowed to use limited chemical synthetic substances in the production process, are produced and processed according to specific production operation procedures, and the product quality and packaging meet specific marks after testing and inspection, and are approved by specialized agencies to use the A-grade green food mark.
The packaging and decoration of green food products and the labeling of commodities should meet the requirements of the Standard Manual for the Design of Green Food Signs. Units that have obtained the ownership of green signs should use the green food signs for the internal and external packaging of products. The Manual strictly stipulates the standard graphics, standard fonts, standardized organization of graphics and fonts, standard colors, advertising terms, and standard graphics and numbering specifications for food serial packaging, and lists application examples.
how do consumers identify green food? The packaging of green food products must be (1) "four in one", that is, logo graphics, "green food" literature, numbers and anti-counterfeiting labels. (2) The background color of 2〕AA grade green food signs is white, and the signs and standard fonts are green; The logo background color of grade A green food is green, and the logo and standard font are white. (3) Immediately after or below the product number, write the words "green food sign approved by China Green Food Development Center", and its English specification is "certified Chinese Creen food product". (4) The packaging label of green food shall conform to the national General Standard for Food Labeling (GB7718-94). The standard stipulates that the following contents must be marked on the food label: the name of the food; List of ingredients; Fine content and solid content; The name and address of the manufacturer and seller; Date mark (production date, shelf life) and storage guide; Quality (quality grade); Product standard number; Special labeling content.
the green food mark is a quality certification mark officially registered by China Green Food Development Center in the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.
The green food sign consists of three parts, namely, the sun above, the leaves below and the central bud. The sign is round, which means protection. The whole figure depicts a harmonious life under the bright sunshine, telling people that green food is safe and pollution-free food from pure and good ecological environment, which can bring people vigorous vitality. Green food signs also remind people to protect the environment and create new harmony in nature by improving the relationship between people and the environment.
As a specific product quality certification trademark, the exclusive right to use the green food logo is protected by the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China.