The importance of food labels and beverage labels
Although our country attaches great importance to food safety, there are still some problems in the food market. Some companies are not familiar with the national laws, regulations, mandatory national standards, or for their own interests. Labeling randomly on the label, falsification, disrupts the market, deceives and misleads consumers. Such violations of laws and regulations often occur. For example:
1. Some food labels are not marked in accordance with the provisions of the hygiene standards for use of food additives greater than GB 2760-2007. Those whose names should be marked are not marked. Some are marked but exceed the standards for use of additives. Some are In order to obtain huge profits, criminals lost their minimum ethical and social responsibility. They even used industrial reagents as food additives and added chemical raw materials "3lamine" to infant milk powder and dairy products, causing some infants and young children. The elderly suffer from kidney stone disease, which greatly infringes on the interests of consumers, seriously endangers the health of the people, and causes bad social impacts and consequences;
2. Liquor foods, especially prepared wine, should be marked with the wine base (edible alcohol) in the ingredients list, while some prepared wines are marked with the raw materials of distilled liquor (corn, sorghum), and some liquors should reflect a certain flavor. , edible flavors were added, but the content of flavors was not marked in the ingredient list, which concealed the existence of flavors in white wine. The law stipulates that as long as food additives are added to food, regardless of the amount, they must be in the ingredient list. List one by one.
3. Some companies make labels with vague meanings and easily mislead consumers. For example, a certain yogurt drink is deliberately marked with "yogurt" on the label, while "beverage" is marked with small fonts. , and the color of the word "beverage" is similar to the background color of the label, so it is difficult to identify or it is difficult to see the word "beverage", which misleads consumption and causes consumers to buy it at the price of yogurt, but in fact What you drink is a drink. For example, some fruity drinks have a small font size, but the labels have a striking fresh orange or apple pattern, which gives consumers an illusion that they think It is a fruit juice beverage produced from fruits, but in fact it is just a fruity drink with flavors added.
4. Some food manufacturers do not understand that the standard code on food labels is the basis for food quality, nor do they understand the dynamics of national standards and industry standards revisions, and continue to mark and use standards that have been invalidated, such as: strong fragrance. The current standard of liquor is the national standard, but some enterprises are still marking the local standards that have been invalidated. There are two possibilities for this. One is that they really do not understand the dynamic information of the current standard, and the other is that they deliberately avoid the current country. standard.
5. Our country has explicitly stipulated that "potassium bromate" is not allowed to be used in flour processing, and it is prohibited to add sorbic acid to plant protein beverages, but some companies do not understand the relevant national laws and regulations related to this. Information is still being used and marked. The above are only some of the main problems in the food label market.
Food names are the main contents of labels. Since food labels can protect consumers' right to know and protect consumers' health and safety. Therefore, food labels have been stipulated by governments as essential content that must be attached to food packaging. As a result, food labeling has become a technical trade measure often used in international trade. Although food trade accounts for only about 12% of the total global trade volume, food trade disputes do account for 3 points of the total number of trade disputes among WTO members. One, and the issues related to food labeling account for a large proportion.
Since China joined the WTO, my country's import and export trade volume has increased significantly. However, in the inspection of food import and export, relevant departments in my country often find inferior or counterfeit foods that attempt to enter the Chinese market. At the same time, they often encounter some exports in my country. Foods are subject to returns because their labels do not meet the requirements of the importing country.
At present, law enforcement departments at all levels in my country have begun to supervise and inspect food labels from different angles in accordance with corresponding laws and regulations. The food market quota system is being implemented, and food labels are also listed as implementation rules for various food production licenses by people. This shows the important role and position of food labels in food quality and safety.
