Legal analysis:
The green food mark is a quality certification mark officially registered by the Green Food Development Center in the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. It consists of three parts, namely the sun above, the leaves below and the bud in the center, symbolizing natural ecology; the color is green, symbolizing life, agriculture, and environmental protection; and the shape is a perfect circle, which means protection. Products applying for the green food mark must comply with the provisions of laws and regulations such as the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China and the Agricultural Products Quality and Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, and be within the scope approved by the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. within the country, and meet the following conditions: (1) The environment where the product or product raw materials are produced complies with the environmental quality standards for green food production areas; (2) The use of inputs such as pesticides, fertilizers, feeds, and veterinary drugs conforms to the guidelines for the use of green food inputs; (3) The product The quality complies with the green food product quality standards; (4) Packaging, storage and transportation comply with the green food packaging, storage and transportation standards.
Legal basis:
"Measures for the Administration of Green Food Marks of the People's Republic of China"
Article 3 Green food marks are registered as certification trademarks in accordance with the law. protected by law.
Article 4 The agricultural administrative departments of the people’s governments at or above the county level shall supervise and manage green food and green food labels in accordance with the law.
Derived questions:
What is the application process for the green food logo?
Any unit or individual who wants to engage in green food production and obtain a green food logo should do as follows Procedures are handled.
Any unit or individual with green food production conditions can be an applicant for the right to use the green food mark.
1. The applicant should fill in the "Application Form for the Use of Green Food Logo" in duplicate (including attached materials) and submit it to the green food management department of the province (autonomous region, municipality directly under the Central Government, city under separate state planning).
2. The provincial green food management department entrusts an environmental protection monitoring agency that has passed metrological certification at or above the provincial level to conduct an environmental assessment of the product or the origin of the product's raw materials.
3. The provincial green food management department will conduct a preliminary review of the application materials and submit the materials that pass the preliminary review to the China Green Food Development Center.
4. The China Green Food Development Center will work with authoritative environmental protection agencies to review the above materials. If the products are qualified, the food monitoring agency designated by the China Green Food Development Center will sample the declared products and test them according to green food quality and hygiene standards; if they are unqualified, their applications will no longer be accepted that year.
5. The China Green Food Development Center conducts a comprehensive review (including on-site inspection) of products that have passed quality and hygiene tests, and signs a "Green Food Logo Use Agreement" with qualified applicants: by the Ministry of Agriculture Issue a green food mark usage certificate and number; report to the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce for filing, and announce it to the public at the same time.