Zhuoying Shanghai Food Customs Clearance Company Provided - Summary of FAQs on food labeling
1. The product name is different from the real attribute font size, for example, the "amino acid" of a beverage product is larger and more prominent than the "nutrient beverage" font size.
2. The promotion uses "rare condiments", "precious condiments" and "cereals", but the list of ingredients is not reflected. There are sesame seeds in the product, but the ingredient list does not indicate "sesame seeds". It claims that selenium rich rice and northeast rice are actually ordinary glutinous rice.
Note: It should be true and accurate. It is not allowed to introduce food in the form of false, exaggerated, misleading or deceptive words or graphics, nor to use font size or color difference to mislead consumers.
3. The product does not add a certain food ingredient, but only adds flavor and fragrance with relevant flavor. Marking the physical pattern of this kind of food on the product label misleads consumers to confuse the purchased food or a certain property of the food with another product.
Note: Consumers should not be misled to confuse the purchased food or a certain nature of food with another product directly or with suggestive language, graphics and symbols.
4. Publicize the curative effect and health care, such as the claim of "refreshing and brain tonic" and "*".
Note: It is not allowed to mark or imply the contents that have the function of preventing or curing diseases, and non health food is not allowed to express or imply the function of health care.
5. Some tea product labels are written on the certificate.
Note: The label shall not be separated from the food or its packaging (container).
6. The label only indicates traditional Chinese characters, which are not standard Chinese characters.
Note: Standard Chinese characters (except trademark) shall be used. All kinds of artistic characters with decorative function shall be written correctly and easy to identify.
7. Foreign language is used but corresponding Chinese is not marked.
Note: Foreign language can be used at the same time, but it should be corresponding to Chinese.
8. Pinyin and foreign font are larger than the corresponding Chinese font.
Note: Pinyin or minority characters can be used at the same time, and the pinyin shall not be greater than the corresponding Chinese characters.
9. The font height of mandatory signs shall be less than 1.8mm.
Note: When the large surface area of the prepackaged food package or packaging container * is more than 35cm2, the height of the words, symbols and figures of the mandatory marking content shall not be less than 1.8mm.
10. The contents of the inner and outer packing marks are inconsistent. If the production date is marked differently: one standard is 180 days, and one standard is half a year.
Note: The packages of sales units contain different varieties, and multiple independent packages can be sold separately
