Green food new regulations introduced half of the products off the shelf

On October 1, the Ministry of Agriculture's newly revised "Green Food Label Management Measures" was formally implemented, which drastically increased the sampling rate and penalties, and was called "the strictest in history." One month after the new regulations were landed, we could clearly feel that most of the “green food” that had been overwhelming had been taken off the shelves.

Supermarket: “Green Food” has dropped by 70% in a new world supermarket in the city center. Fruits and vegetables, soy products, and non-staple foods... Previously on the containers of such products, we could often see a lot of “green food”. Yesterday, They are already missing.

The signboards originally written "green food" in the container were replaced by labels such as "excellent vegetables" and "natural food."

On the side of the fruit counter, there wasn’t even one title of "green food" among more than a dozen kinds of fruit.

Once I loved to use "green food" as a nephew, how can we avoid it now?

“The country has new regulations, and it is not something that can easily deduct a 'green food' hat.” Supermarket sales staff told reporters that in the past there were indeed many agricultural and sideline products under the guise of “green food”, but since the new “ After the introduction of the “Green Food Label Management Measures”, many suppliers changed their packaging invariably and quietly erased the word “green”.

While the manufacturers automatically “pick off caps,” supermarkets have begun to clean up existing “green foods”. “The name that does not meet the national standards will be retired and the name will be corrected.” The sales staff said that the green food is higher than the pollution-free food standard, and most supermarkets now sell pollution-free foods. For products that do not meet the green food standards, Supermarkets do not allow the use of "green food" labels, resulting in a sudden decrease in green food. "At present, only about 30% of the previous one is left," the salesman said.

The reporter then visited large supermarkets such as Wumart, Carrefour, Wal-Mart, Maple, and Supermarket, and the investigations were similar to those of New World Supermarket. Although green food can still be found in many types of food such as grain, oil, eggs, vegetables, fruits, etc., the proportion is very small. Of the ten brands of eggs that Wal-Mart put on its shelves, there are only two types of green food labels.

New regulations: Serious violations of permanent delisting so that once the overwhelming "green food" suddenly failed new regulations, how powerful? The reporter interviewed the City Bureau of Agriculture Policy and Regulation experts.

Experts said that the newly revised "Green Food Label Management Measures" has stricter regulations than the old ones, such as drastically increasing the sampling rate.

"In addition to the regular annual inspection of the green use logo, the new method clearly clarifies the sampling rate of the product by more than 30%. This sampling ratio is the highest among all foods." Experts said that if the inspection found unqualified, its product information Will be made public in the media.

What is more severe is that the new measures also provide explicit provisions on food safety and corporate integrity. For example, the production unit that applied for the use of the green food mark had no record of quality safety accidents and bad faith in the first three years.

During the period of using the green food mark, if the right to use the mark is cancelled due to unqualified inspection and supervision, the application will no longer be accepted within three years, and the application will not be accepted permanently if the circumstances are serious.

The newly revised “Green Food Label Management Regulations” has more stringent requirements for the determination of “green food”. The food mark is uniformly certified and managed by the China Green Food Development Center and requires the agricultural administrative authorities at or above the county level to legally treat green food and green food. Signs are supervised and managed. And the title of green food is not valid for life, and the certification is only valid for 3 years.

Experts: Supervision does not relax food safety. "The new regulations raise the threshold of green foods and eliminate many previously non-compliant products. This is a good thing for consumers, but at the same time, many people are starting to worry about green food. Too few to eat later?” Experts from the Municipal Bureau of Agriculture explained that in fact this need not be a concern.

Experts told reporters that at present, the types of green foods on the market have fallen sharply, and apart from the reasons for taking crude and survival of the fittest, there is another reason: the new approach will for the first time abolish the tenure system for the certification of green foods, effective from the date the food is certified. The deadline is only 3 years. Once the deadline expires, it must be re-certified. Replace the number after the re-certification passes. Otherwise, cancel the green food title.

For this provision, many manufacturers are a bit unprepared, because it will inevitably require a period of approval to re-identify. In this blank period, according to regulations, the product can not use the words "green food". Now it is in this blank period.

“Last year, for example, China has more than 16,000 products that have obtained the green food mark. After the strict screening of the new regulations, it is enough to meet the needs of the public and the quality will be better and better,” said experts from the Municipal Bureau of Agriculture.