11 general requirements for labeling prepackaged foods

1. General requirements

“National Food Safety Standard General Principles for Prepackaged Food Labeling” (GB7718-2011) According to the objects to which prepackaged food label information is transmitted, it is divided into two categories: prepackaged food provided directly to consumers and prepackaged food not directly provided to consumers. Prepackaged foods provided to consumers. Prepackaged foods provided directly to consumers include prepackaged foods provided by producers to consumers directly or through food operators (including catering services), as well as prepackaged foods provided both to consumers and to other food producers; Prepackaged foods not provided directly to consumers include prepackaged foods provided by producers to other food producers, as well as prepackaged foods provided by producers to the catering industry as raw materials and auxiliary materials.

The requirements for labeling of these two types of food are also different in the standard. ForPrepackaged food provided directly to consumersThe label information should include the food name, ingredient list, net content and specifications, The name, address and contact information of the manufacturer and/or distributor, production date and shelf life, storage conditions, food production license number, product standard code and other content that needs to be marked: Prepackaged food labels that are not provided directly to consumers should indicate the food name, specifications, net content, production date, and shelf life and storage conditions. Other contents not marked on the label should be stated in the instructions or contract.

2. Food name

should be on food labels Please mark the specific name of the true attribute of the anti-food in a conspicuous position.

Special names that reflect the true attributes of food are names that can reflect the inherent nature, characteristics, and characteristics of the food itself, so that consumers can associate it with the food at a glance the essence of.

When the ingredient information and true attributes of the product can be obtained through the name of the prepackaged food itself, and it will not misunderstand consumers, it does not need to be placed near the food name. A special name that indicates the true attribute, such as “hazelnut chocolate”. This name can reflect the ingredients and product attributes, and there is no need to indicate “chocolate products” near the name. When there is no information from the prepackaged food name itselfAccording to the provisions of the National Food Safety Standard “Standards for the Use of Food Additives” (GB2760-2014), the use of food additives sulfur dioxide should be marked in the ingredient list. If it is marked as “trace” sulfur dioxide in the ingredient list, it is emphasizing that the content of a certain ingredient or ingredient is low or absent. In this case, the content of sulfur dioxide needs to be marked.

( 3) If a certain ingredient or ingredient is mentioned in the food name but is not specifically emphasized on the label, there is no need to indicate the amount of the ingredient or ingredient added or the content in the finished product. For example, if the product name is “Donkey-hide Jiao Cake”, “Donkey-hide Jiao” is only mentioned in the name. There is no special emphasis on adding “Donkey-hide Jiao” on the label, and the name does not specifically make the font “Donkey-hide Jiao” more prominent and conspicuous. , there is no need to indicate the amount of donkey hide gelatin added or the content in the finished product.

5. Net content and specifications

The labeling of net content should consist of net content, numbers and legal measurement units. It should be marked on the same display panel as the food name on the package or container.

The net content should be marked according to the legal measurement units, which are divided into mass units [grams (g), kilograms (kg)] and volume units liters [(L) (l), milliliter (mL) (m)]. Solid foods can only be labeled with mass units, while liquid, semi-solid, and viscous foods can choose to be labeled with volume units or mass units.

The measurement unit of net content should be marked according to Table 2.

The minimum height of the net content characters should comply with the provisions of Table 3.

Foods containing solid and liquid two-phase substances in the container, and when the solid phase substances are the main food ingredients, in addition to marking the net content, they should also be marked near The position of “net content” indicates the content of drained matter (solid matter) in the form of mass or mass fraction. Prepackaged foods that are semi-solid, viscous, or in which both solid and liquid phases are the main edible ingredients or are in suspended form, solid-liquid mixed products, and other prepackaged foods that cannot clearly distinguish between solid and liquid phase products do not need to indicate the content of drained matter (solid matter). Due to its own characteristics, prepackaged foods may take on different forms of solid and liquid under different temperatures or other conditions, and are not solid-liquid two-phase foods, such as honey, edible oil and other products.

When the same prepackage contains multiple single pieces of prepackaged food, the large package should indicate the net content as well as the specifications. The labeling of specifications should consist of the net content and number of pieces of a single piece of prepackaged food, or only the number of pieces, without the word “specification”. The specifications of a single piece of prepackaged food refer to the net content, and the specifications do not need to be marked separately.

The net content of prepackaged foods in gift packs (or promotional packs) should be marked. The net content of the sales part and the net content of the gift part can be marked separately. , you can also mark the total net content of the sales part and the gift part and mark the net content of the gift part in an appropriate way, such as “net content 500 grams, gift 50 grams”, “net content 500 + 50 grams”, “net content 550 grams ( (Including free 50 grams)” etc. low-wrap: break-word; font-family: ” microsoft=”” segoe=”” hiragino=”” sans=”” wenquanyi=”” micro=”” font-size:=””>The net content of prepackaged foods in gift packs (or promotional packs) should be marked, and the net content of the sales part and the gift part can be marked separately. Net content, you can also indicate the total net content of the sales part and the gift part, and at the same time mark the net content of the gift part in an appropriate way, such as “net content 500 grams, gift 50 grams”, “net content 500 + 50 grams”, “net content 550″ Gram (including 50 grams for free)” etc.</span