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Food Labeling Regulations

Original Language Title: 食品标识管理规定

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(August 27, 2007 national quality supervision test quarantine General makes 102th, announced since September 1, 2008 up purposes) first chapter General first article to strengthening on food identifies of supervision management, specification food identifies of mark, prevent quality fraud, protection enterprise and consumers lawful rights and interests of, according to People's Republic of China products quality method, and People's Republic of China food health method, and State on strengthening food, products security supervision management of special provides and
    People's Republic of China regulations on the administration of production license for industrial products, such as laws and regulations, this provision is enacted.
    Article People's Republic of China territory of production (including packaging), sales of food labels and management, these provisions shall apply.
    Article on food labeling in these rules refers to paste on the food or their packaging, printing, marking, to represent the food name, quality grade, volume, consumption or use of goods, the producer or seller information, such as text, symbols, numbers, patterns, and other descriptions in General.
    Fourth the State General Administration of quality supervision, inspection and quarantine (hereinafter referred to as AQSIQ) in its mandate, is responsible for the Organization of national supervision and management of food labeling.
    Local quality and technical supervision departments above the county level in the context of its terms of reference shall be responsible for the supervision and administration of food labelling within the administrative area.
    Fifth chapter on food labeling, tagging content in food or the package identified should be attached on, but according to the provisions of laws and administrative regulations without attached identification except for the food.
    Food label shall be true and accurate, easily understood, scientific legitimacy.
    Article sixth logo should be marked food names. Food name should showed that food of real property, and meet following requirements: (a) national standards, and industry standard on food name has provides of, should used national standards, and industry standard provides of name; (ii) national standards, and industry standard on food name no provides of, should using not caused consumers misunderstanding and confusion of common name or name; (three) mark "new create name", and "strange name", and "said name", and "grades name", and "area slang name" or "trademark name" , Easy makes people misunderstanding food property of name Shi, should in by shows name of near parts using same font size mark this article (a), and (ii) items provides of a name or classification (class is) name; (four) by two species or two species above food through physical mixed and into and appearance uniform consistent to mutual separation of food, its name should reflect the food of mixed property and classification (class is) name; (five) to moving, and plant food for raw materials, used specific of processing process making, to imitation other biological of individual, and
    Organs, tissues and other characteristics of the food, you should name prefixed with "artificial," "imitation," or "plain", the words "and labeling the food classification of real property (generic) name.
    Article seventh logo should mark the origin of a food.
    Food origin shall, according to the Administrative Division callout to the municipal area. Article eighth logo should mark the producer's name and address.
    Producer name and address should be legally registered, can assume control of product quality responsibility to the producer's name and address. Has following case one of of, according to following provides corresponding be mark: (a) Law independent bear legal responsibility of company or its subsidiary, should mark their of name and address; (ii) law cannot independent bear legal responsibility of company branch or company of production base, should mark company and branch or production base of name, and address, or only mark company of name, and address; (three) by delegate production processing food and not is responsible for foreign sales of, should mark delegate enterprise of name and address
    And for the administration of production license for food, has its processed food production entrust Enterprise license, shall mark the entrusted companies name, address, and company name of the delegate or callout delegate only the name and address of the enterprise; (iv) aliquot of food shall be marked with name and address, and indicate the separate words.
    Nineth food logo should clearly mark the production date and shelf life of food. Food shelf-life and storage conditions should be marked specific storage conditions of food.
    Ethanol content of more than 10% (10%) drink wine, vinegar, salt, sugar, solid class, may be exempt from marking period.
    Date marking shall conform to the national standard, or "year, month, day". Article tenth NET content of prepackaged foods logo should be marked.
    Foods containing solid and liquid substances, with the exception of net content marked, should also be marked drain (solids) content. NET content should show same names ranked in food packaging and food sections.
    NET content labeling should be in accordance with the provisions of the supervision and administration of quantitatively packed commodities measured approach.
    11th food identifies the list of ingredients for food shall be marked.
    Ingredients in the ingredient list should be in accordance with the amount of production and processing of food in descending order to label specific tagging method in accordance with the national standard of regulation. Used directly in food sweeteners, preservatives, colouring agents, it should be in the ingredients list of food additives under the label name using other food additives, you can mark specific designation, type or code.
    Use of food additives and the use shall, in accordance with the national standard of regulation.
    12th food label shall mark the enterprise implementation of national standards, industry standards and local standards, or with the enterprise standard of the record number.
    13th food standards explicitly require labeling of food quality, processing, should be marked accordingly.
    Article 14th administration of production license for food, food labeling, and QS production license number should be marked food logo.
    Commission production and processing of production license management food and has its processed food production entrust Enterprise license, you can delegate to a callout enterprise or the enterprise's production license number.
    15th mixed non-food products could easily lead to eating, improper use, likely to cause personal injury shall be marked on the label warning marks or warning specifications in Chinese.
    16th article food has following case one of of, should in its identifies Shang mark Chinese Description: (a) medical clinical proved on special groups easy caused against of; (ii) after ionization radiation or ionization energy processing had of; (three) belongs to GM food or containing statutory GM raw materials of; (four) according to legal, and regulations and national standard, provides, should mark other Chinese description of.
    Article 17th mark in its name or description "nutrient" and "strengthen" the words shall be in accordance with the relevant provisions of the national standard, labeling the food nutrients and calories, and in accordance with the national standard of quantitative marking. 18th article food identifies shall not mark following content: (a) express or hinted has prevention, and treatment disease role of; (ii) non-health food express or hinted has health role of; (three) to cheat or misleading of way description or introduced food of; (four) additional of products description cannot confirmed its according to of; (five) text or pattern not respect national custom, with discrimination sex description of; (six) using flag, and emblem or Yuan, for mark of; (seven) other legal, and
    Regulations and standards to ban marking content.
    19th the following are prohibited on food labeling violations: (a) counterfeiting or false marking production date and shelf life; (b) falsification of food origin, falsification or fraudulent use of other producer's name and address, (iii) forgery, fraudulent use, altering the production licenses and the number and (iv) other behaviors prohibited by laws and regulations.
    Dimensioning of the chapter on food labeling 20th food label shall not be separated from the food or their packaging.
    Article 21st logo should be marked directly in the smallest sales unit of food or their packaging.
    22nd in a sales unit of packaging containing different species, separate packaging of food, each individually packaged food labeling should be in accordance with the provisions of the callout.
    Through a sales unit of packaging, cannot clearly identify the individually packaged food all or part of the compulsory labeling content shall be separately marked on the outer packaging of the sales unit and packaging easy to open recognition except for clearly identifying each individually packaged food all or part of the compulsory labeling content, can not repeat on the outer package marking the content.
    23rd food label should be clearly visible, identifies the background and the background shall be in contrasting colors, make it easier for consumers to identify, read.
    Article 24th on food labeling, the text should be used as the specification language, but except for registered trademarks.
    Food labeling can use pinyin or minority languages, can also be used in a foreign language, but the relationship with the Chinese, in foreign languages shall not be greater than the corresponding Chinese, except for registered trademarks.
    25th food or their packaging when the maximum surface area greater than 20 square centimeters, food labeling compulsory tagging content in text, symbols, numbers, the height shall be not less than 1.8 mm. Food or their packaging when the maximum surface area of less than 10 square centimeters, its identity can only label food name, manufacturers name and address, net weight and the date of production and shelf life.
    However, the laws and administrative regulations shall be marked, in accordance with its provisions.
    26th fourth chapter legal liability for breach of paragraph one of this article fifth, is not identified on the food or their packaging, a rectification, impose a penalty of 10,000 yuan. 27th article in violation of the provisions of article sixth to eighth, 11th to 13th, according to stipulations tagging should be tagging the content, a rectification; fails to change, fined 500 Yuan and 10,000 yuan fine.

    28th article in violation of the provisions of article Nineth, 15th, not complying with the provisions marking production date and shelf life, warning marks or warning specifications in Chinese in accordance with the People's Republic of China product quality law punishment 54th article.
    29th article in violation of the provisions of article tenth, marking NET content not according to stipulations, in accordance with the provisions of the measures for the supervision and administration of quantitatively packed commodities measured for punishment.
    Article 30th food production license, without production license number and symbol of its identity, in accordance with the People's Republic of China regulations on the administration of production license for industrial products article 47th for punishment.
    Counterfeit, fraudulent use, production license number and logo, in accordance with the People's Republic of China regulations on the administration of production license for industrial products article 51st for punishment.
    31st in violation of the provisions of article 17th, not according to regulations on labeling food nutrients, calories and quantitative marking, a rectification; fails to change, fined a maximum of 5000 Yuan.
    32nd in violation of the provisions of article 18th, food labels of sexual content, a rectification; fails to change, fined 10,000 yuan fine; violations of related laws and regulations, as stipulated in the relevant laws and regulations.
    Article 33rd forged or false marking production date, shelf life of foods, rectification, impose a penalty of 500 Yuan and 10,000 yuan in serious cases, consequences, and punished in accordance with relevant laws and administrative rules and regulations.
    Article 34th forged food origin, falsification or fraudulent use of the names and addresses of other producers, in accordance with the People's Republic of China product quality law 53rd provides for punishment.
    35th in violation of the provisions of article 20th, food labeling and food or the packages separate, rectification, fined a maximum of 5000 Yuan.
    36th article in violation of the provisions of article 21st, 22nd, 24th, 25th in the second paragraph, a rectification; fails to change, fined 10,000 yuan fine.
    37th article violates this article 22nd of the first paragraph, in accordance with the relevant provisions of this chapter.
    Article 38th engaged in the supervision and administration of food labeling staff, dereliction of duty, abuse of authority or cover up indulgence in illegal acts, shall be given administrative sanctions constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.
    39th administrative penalties stipulated in these provisions by local quality and technical supervision departments above the county level according to law, in the terms of reference.
    Otherwise provided in laws and administrative regulations on administrative penalties, in accordance with its provisions.
    Fifth chapter by-laws 40th article import and export management of food labeling, the entry-exit inspection and quarantine administration in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State administration of quality supervision.
    41st article this regulation by AQSIQ to interpret. 42nd article of the regulations come into force on September 1, 2008.
                                                                                  National technology supervision Bureau announced the investigation of food labeling violations regulations repealed simultaneously.