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Green food does not refer to food that is green in color, but is China’s general term for pollution-free, safe, high-quality, nutritious food. 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. Its exclusive trademark rights are protected by the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China. Products that have passed the green food certification can use the green food mark in a unified format. The validity period is 3 years, starting from the day when the certificate is obtained through certification. After the expiration, the production enterprise must re-apply for certification and can continue to use the mark after it is approved. , while changing the number on the sign. It takes half a year from re-application to certification. During this half-year, production companies are allowed to continue to use the green food label. If the re-application fails for certification, the company must immediately stop using the logo. In addition, within the three-year validity period, the China Green Food Development Center will inspect the products every year according to the environmental, production and quality standards of green food. If they do not meet the regulations, the center will cancel the product use mark.

Green food trademark:

In order to distinguish it from ordinary ordinary food, green food is subject to label management. Green food logos are represented by specific graphics. The green food logo graphic consists of three parts: the sun above, the leaves below and the bud in the center. The logo graphic is a perfect circle, which means protection and safety. The entire graphic depicts a picture of harmonious vitality under the bright sunshine, telling people that green food is safe, pollution-free food from a pure and good ecological environment, and can bring vigorous vitality to people. Green food labels also remind people to protect the environment and prevent pollution, and create new harmony in nature by improving the relationship between humans and the environment. ?

As a specific product quality certification trademark, the Green Food Mark trademark was registered by the China Green Food Development Center with the State Administration for Industry and Commerce in 1996, thus making the exclusive right of the Green Food Mark trademark protected by the "People's Republic of China" **Protected by the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China, which not only helps to constrain and standardize the economic behavior of enterprises, but also helps protect the interests of consumers. At present, green food trademarks have been registered in the Trademark Office of the State Intellectual Property Office in the following ten forms. ?

Regulations on green food:

1. The origin of the product or product raw materials must comply with the ecological environment standards of green food.

2. Planting, livestock and poultry raising, aquaculture and food processing must comply with the production operating procedures of green food.

3. Products must meet the quality and hygiene standards of green food.

4. Product labels must comply with the relevant regulations in the "Green Food Label Design Standard Manual" formulated by the Ministry of Agriculture of China. The logo of green food is a green circular pattern with the sun at the top and leaves and buds at the bottom. The meaning of the logo is protection.

Products that can apply for the green food mark:

1. Meat, non-live poultry, game, gravy, aquatic products, canned food, pickled, dried fruits and products, Pickled and dried vegetables, eggs, milk and dairy products, edible fats and oils, salads, edible pectin, processed nuts, dried mushroom products, food protein.

2. Coffee, coffee substitutes, cocoa, tea and tea substitutes, sugar, candies, sugar, honey, syrup and non-medical nutritional foods, complexions, pastries, dairy products, convenience foods, and other whole grains, flour products, puffed foods, soy products, edible starch and its products, drinking ice, ice products, food, soy sauce, vinegar, mustard, monosodium glutamate, sauce and other condiments, yeast, edible flavors, spices, household tenders Meat preparations, etc.

3. Unprocessed forestry products, unprocessed cereals and agricultural products, flowers, horticultural products, grass and trees, live and unprocessed fruits and dried fresh vegetables, seeds, animal feed, etc.

4. Beer, non-alcoholic beverages, syrups and other preparations for beverages.

5. Alcoholic beverages (except beer).

The consequences of illegally labeling green food:

If you casually label green food on the products you sell, it is suspected of false advertising. False propaganda refers to the behavior in which operators use advertising or other methods to provide false information about goods or services that is inconsistent with the actual content in commercial activities, leading to misunderstandings among customers or consumers. This behavior violates the principle of good faith and generally accepted business principles, and is a serious act of unfair competition.

Article 24, paragraph 1, of the "Law of the People's Republic of China and the State Against Unfair Competition" stipulates that if an operator uses advertising or other methods to make misleading and false advertisements for goods, the supervision and inspection department shall order it to stop the illegal behavior and Eliminate the impact, and may impose a fine of not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 200,000 yuan depending on the circumstances.