Common mistakes in the labeling of prepackaged foods
01 Indicate the content that has the effect of health care, prevention and treatment of diseases
This is a common case of violation of 3.6 of the basic provisions, in order to attract the attention of consumers, the pursuit of advertising effect, the use of some explicit or implied text content to introduce the product or some ingredients in the product has the effect of health care, prevention and treatment of diseases.
For example, "Tianshan Snow Lotus Drink" is introduced to have "nourishing qi, nourishing face and nourishing blood". "Salt baked chicken feet" introduced that "eating more can not only soften blood vessels, but also has cosmetic effects, chicken feet contain four kinds of protein components, can effectively inhibit high blood pressure." ”
02 The product name does not match the ingredient list
This is a common type of food name labeling irregularities, which often occur when the food name is modified with one food and another, and the food used as a modifier has not been used in the process of product processing, misleading consumers.
For example: "cream melon seeds" ingredients do not have cream, should be named "cream flavored melon seeds"; the use of non-cocoa vegetable oil products in the ingredients is still named "chocolate" is not standardized, should be named "cocoa butter chocolate", and cocoa butter and chocolate should use the same font size.
03 The product name does not reflect the true attributes of the product
The standard clearly states that "a special name that reflects the true attributes of the food is clearly marked". For example, there is a product named "boiling point", its true attribute is a compound seasoning, in the naming must be "compound seasoning" marked; GB10789-2007 Beverage General Rules stipulate that the juice content ≥ 10% can be named juice drink, but there are still some products where the juice content does not meet the requirements still named "fruit juice drink" is also a product that does not reflect the true attributes of the product.
04 The title of the ingredient list is not standardized
The ingredient list should take "ingredients" or "ingredient list" as the guiding words, such as the use of "main ingredients", "ingredients", "main ingredients", "accessories", etc. are not standardized, but in addition to fermented products such as wine, soy sauce, vinegar, etc., it can replace "ingredients" and "ingredients" with "raw materials" or "raw materials and accessories".
05 The original ingredient of the composite ingredient is not marked
The standard provides that if an ingredient is a composite ingredient consisting of two or more other ingredients (excluding compound food additives), the name of the compound ingredient should be marked in the ingredient table, followed by the original ingredient of the compound ingredient in parentheses in decreasing order of addition. When a composite ingredient meets two conditions, that is, there is a national standard, industry standard or local standard, and its addition is less than 25% of the total amount of food, it is not necessary to label the original ingredient of the composite ingredient.
For example, if there is no corresponding national standard, industry standard or local standard for hamburger seasoning powder, meat flavor powder, etc., it should be correctly marked as hamburger seasoning powder (wheat flour, table salt... ), meat powder (pork bones, soy sauce, starch, vegetable oil... ）
06 The labeling of food additives is not standardized
The specific name of the food additive or the functional category name of the food additive is not indicated in accordance with the requirements of the standard and the specific name or international code (INS number) of the food additive is indicated at the same time, and only the functional name is indicated, such as emulsifier, antioxidant, etc.; at the same time, some food additives are not written in an irregular manner, and there are typos, such as a-amylase, monoglyceride, which should be correctly marked as α-amylase, monostearate glyceride.
07 Net content and specifications are not standardized
The standard stipulates that the net content should be marked by the net content, number and legal unit of measurement, that is, the title of the net content must be "net content", such as the use of net weight, gross weight, etc. are classified as the net content title labeling is not standardized. Some irregularities also include the net content is not used in the legal measurement unit, such as "net content 2500g", "0.250kg", "2 kg", "4700ml" are not standardized, the correct labeling should be 2.5kg (mass ≥ 1000g, the unit of measurement that should be used is kg or kg), 250g (mass < 1000g, the unit of measurement that should be used is grams or g), 2kg, 4.7L (volume ≥ 1000ml, the unit that should be used is liter or L ,l）。 It is also common that the net content character height does not meet the corresponding requirements.
08 Quantitative labeling of ingredients
In the standards, 4.1.4.1 and 4.1.4.2 stipulate: "If the addition or containment of one or more valuable and characteristic ingredients or ingredients is particularly emphasized in the food label, the amount of addition of the emphasized ingredient or ingredient or the content in the finished product shall be marked"; if the content of the added or containing one or more ingredients or ingredients or ingredients or ingredients is low or none on the food label, the content of the emphasized ingredient or ingredient in the finished product shall be marked.
For example: "This product is specially added with deep sea fish oil", "Belgian chocolate is used in this product", "no sucrose" and so on.
09 Product implementation standards do not conform to products
This is a type of case with more complaints in the past year. For example, the glazed cake products implement GB/T20977 "General Rules for Pastries", but their scope of application clearly stipulates that they are not applicable to mounted cakes and mooncakes; dried bamboo shoots and roasted soybeans implement GB/T22106 "Non-fermented soy products", but this product has no pulping process.
10 The product quality level is not standardized
Although such cases are rare, they reflect the arbitrariness of management of production enterprises. For example, "banana slice" products, there is no quality grade in the implementation standard, but marked as "first-class product"; goji berry products, standard GB/T18672 are divided into special, special, A, B, etc., marked as "first-class" and "A-class" and other forms are not standardized.
11 Storage conditions and shelf life labels are not standardized
Such cases were triggered by the "Fuxi Incident", and the standard drafter confirmed that any similar content marked with "frozen for 12 months and refrigerated for 3 months" was found to be in the form of labeling that did not meet the requirements of the standard (controversial).
Netizen discussion
Eight-year-old Li Na
Red wine needs to be labeled sulfur dioxide, can you not write the sulfur dioxide content if the ingredient is written on sodium metabisulfite?
The king is thinner
Personally, I think that the sulfur dioxide you are talking about is released after the addition of sodium metabisulfite, not directly added, so the ingredient list can write sodium metabisulfite
crayy
The premise of the sulfur dioxide content needs to be labeled is to emphasize that the content of sulfur dioxide or related substances is low or none... Questions and answers are written
41. Labeling of sulfur dioxide in wine
According to the General Principles for the Labeling of Prepackaged Food (GB7718-2011) and Fermented Wine and Its Formulated Wine (GB2758-2012) and their implementation time, wines using the food additive sulfur dioxide are allowed to be labeled as sulfur dioxide or trace amounts of sulfur dioxide in the label before August 1, 2013; wines produced and imported after August 1, 2013 using the food additive sulfur dioxide shall be labeled as sulfur dioxide, or marked as trace amounts of sulfur dioxide and content.
8311711
Article 11 Officially says no? What is the basis for the prohibition? Some products on the market are still marked like this. It seems that the shelf life of Want want's "frozen idiot" normal temperature and frozen under different conditions is different.
laji161
There is no pigment in the ingredient list on the label, if you want to write no added pigment on the label, do you need to send the product for testing to detect the pigment content? Or identify the amount of pigment added; 0 g/kg can be.
The logo "no coloring" should refer to the fact that it is not added during the production process, but can you ensure that the ingredients are not brought in, I personally think there is still a certain risk
Therefore, to avoid risks or to send for inspection.
Personally, I think that no pigment in the ingredient list indicates that no pigment is added, and you emphasize that "no coloring" is a bit of a snake, and there is a risk of being complained about, so it is not necessary
Bright moon on the sea
Agree with you that if you write "no coloring", you need to have sufficient evidence to prove this, paying special attention to the pigments brought in, so it is best not to write.
crazy228
I think there are two more common mistakes to be aware of:
1. According to the requirements of 28050, when hydrogenated and/or partially hydrogenated greases are used in food ingredients or used in the production process, the trans fat (acid) content should be indicated.
2. Ginseng (artificial culture) is not marked as unsuitable for people and edible limits
According to the requirements of the announcement on the approval of ginseng (artificial cultivation) as a new resource food (Ministry of Health Announcement No. 17 [2012]), other situations that need to be explained
(1) Health safety indicators shall comply with the requirements of relevant standards in China.
(2) Pregnant women, lactating women and children under the age of 14 should not be consumed, and the label and instructions should be marked with unsuitable people and consumption limits.
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The product name
4.1.2 Terms
The true properties are not displayed
4.1.2.1 A special name reflecting the true attributes of the food shall be clearly marked in a conspicuous position on the food label.
4.1.2.2.1 When "new name", "peculiar name", "transliterated name", "brand name", "regional slang name" or "trade name" contain words or terms (words) that are likely to mislead the attributes of the food, the special name of the food with the same font size indicating the true attributes of the food shall be used in the vicinity of the same display page of the indicated name.
4.1.2.2.2 When the special name of the true attributes of the food is easy to misunderstand the attributes of the food due to the difference in font size or font color, the same font size and the same font color should also be used to indicate the special name of the true attributes of the food.
1. The product name is followed by an explanation of its true attributes or the addition of a product category
2. Same font size and same font color
Product Name:Little Naughty (Ordinary Type Tough Biscuit)
Product Name: Little Naughty
Product category: Tong-type tough biscuits
Ingredients clause 4.1.3
The sort is incorrect
4.1.3.1.2 All kinds of ingredients shall be arranged one by one in the order of decreasing amounts added when manufacturing or processing food; ingredients with an amount of not more than 2% may not be arranged in decreasing order.
The content is calculated according to the recipe and then sorted
The name is not standardized
4.1.2.1.1 When one or more names of a food product have been specified in national, industry or local standards, one or more of them, or an equivalent name, shall be selected.
4.1.2.1.2 When there is no name specified by national, industry or local standards, a common name or popular name that is not misunderstood or confused by consumers shall be used.
1. Use the name provided by the supplier to check whether the standard can be found (sometimes the supplier's name is not standardized, and it is not easy to use it).
Cabbage with brussels sprouts, vinegar with brewed vinegar, vinegar powder with prepared vinegar
Compound ingredients are not expanded
4.1.3.1.3 If an ingredient is a composite ingredient consisting of two or more other ingredients (excluding composite food additives), the name of the composite ingredient shall be indicated in the ingredient table, followed by the original ingredient of the composite ingredient in parentheses in descending order of addition. When a composite ingredient has a national standard, industry standard or local standard, and its addition is less than 25% of the total amount of food, there is no need to label the original ingredient of the composite ingredient.
1. Check the implementation standards of the compound ingredient suppliers (which can be found on the label), and then confirm (such as whether the standards are accurate and appropriate)
2. The name of the composite ingredient: the name of the enterprise standard filing, for example, the name of a certain composite ingredient is modified to composite ingredient I when it is filed, and it can be marked as a composite ingredient I when the logo is made, and then expanded
1. Clam essence [monosodium glutamate, edible salt, white sugar, clam meat, scallop powder (scallops, maltodextrin, monosodium glutamate), rice, acid hydrolyzed plant protein seasoning (including soybeans)]
2. Compound ingredientS I (star anise, cumin, peppercorns、。。。。 ）
Irradiation logo
4.1.11.1 Irradiated food
4.1.11.1.1 Food treated with ionizing radiation lines or ionizing energy shall be marked "irradiated food" near the name of the food.
4.1.11.1.2 Any ingredient treated with ionizing radiation lines or ionizing energy shall be indicated in the ingredient table.
Irradiated ingredients must be marked
1. Product Name: XXX (Irradiated Food)
2. Ingredients: XXX (irradiation)
Specially mentioned ingredients are not quantitatively identified
4.1.4.1 If there is particular emphasis on the food label or food label that adds or contains one or more valuable and characteristic ingredients or ingredients, the amount of the stressed ingredient or ingredient added or the content in the finished product shall be indicated.
4.1.4.2 If the label of the food specially emphasizes the content of one or more ingredients or ingredients at a low or none, the content of the emphasized ingredient or ingredient in the finished product shall be indicated.
4.1.4.3 An ingredient or ingredient mentioned in the name of a food product that is not specifically emphasized on the label does not require an indication of the amount added to the ingredient or ingredient or the content in the finished product.
Such as special addition of XXX
There is a situation where you add an ingredient but can't detect it alone, and it's best not to claim it
Such as: XXX content XX
Multiple pieces of prepackaged food in the same box
The outer packaging is not marked as a small piece
3.11 If the outer packaging is easy to open and identify, or all the mandatory labeling content or part of the mandatory labeling content on the inner packaging (container) can be clearly identified through the outer packaging, the corresponding contents may not be repeatedly marked on the outer packaging; otherwise, all mandatory labeling contents shall be marked on the outer packaging as required.
Does not comply with 3.11 that outer box is all marked once inside the prepackaged food
Such as: product A information
Product B information
Net content/specifications 4.1.5 clause
Same as the name, ignore font height
4.1.5.4 The minimum height of the net content character shall comply with the provisions of Table 3. 4.1.5.5 The net content shall be indicated on the same display page as the name of the food in the packaging or container.
4.1.5.7 When the same prepackag contains multiple single pieces of prepackaged food, the large package shall indicate the net content at the same time as the specifications.
4.1.5.8 The labeling of specifications shall consist of the net content and number of pieces of prepackaged food in a single piece, or only the number of pieces, or the word "specification" may not be marked. The specification of a single prepackaged food is the net content (see Appendix C for the labeling form).
1. The overall packaging should preferably have only one net content/specification identification (except for the same layout), pay attention to the height of the font.
1 large box 2 small boxes, 2 bags per box, 10g per bag of the same kind of pre-packaged bagged products
Large box logo:
Size: 10g×4 or 10g×2×2
Or 400 g (10 g×4) or 400 g (10 g×2×2) or 400 g (10 g×2 +10 g×2)
Producer, Address Clause 4.1.6
The factory address is incorrectly written when it does not match the business license address
4.1.6.1 The name, address and contact details of the producer shall be indicated. The name and address of the producer shall be the name and address of the producer who is registered in accordance with the law and can assume the responsibility for product safety and quality.
4.1.6.1.3 Where the processing of prepackaged food is entrusted by other units, the name and address of the entrusting unit and the entrusted unit shall be marked; or only the name and address and place of origin of the entrusting unit shall be indicated, and the place of origin shall be marked in accordance with the administrative division to the prefectural and municipal areas.
1. It should be consistent with the business license
2. Or only indicate the name and address of the entrusting unit and the place of origin, which is the address of the production site of the entrusted manufacturer
Principal: A
Address: A address
Principal: B
Principal address: B address
or
Origin: Address B
Allergen Information Clause 4.4.3
There are no labels
7718 Q&A: Allergenic substances can choose to be directly marked in the ingredient list with an easily recognizable ingredient name, such as: milk, egg powder, soybean phospholipids, etc.; you can also choose to prompt in the vicinity of the ingredient list, such as: "contains...", etc.; for ingredients that do not contain a certain allergenic substance, but the same workshop or the same production line also produces other foods containing the allergenic substance, so that the allergenic substance may be brought into the food, you can use "may contain ...", " May contain trace amounts...", "This production facility also processes containing... ", "This line also processes containing... food" and other ways to mark the allergenic substance information.
The ingredient list is directly marked with an easily recognizable ingredient name, so it is not necessary to claim the allergen separately
At present, 7718 is not mandatory to label allergen information, it is best to label, and the province will re-design the packaging after mandatory
Nutrition Facts Table 4.1.11
Not verified
GB28050
Volume accounting, NRV accounting, zero bound value, unit, revision interval
Note that the sum of the ingredients is greater than 100 per 100g of nutrient list...
Barcodes
Note that the specifications correspond to the barcode
It is consistent with the standards, specifications, etc. at the time of application
QR code
Must be swept away
Logo design draft reconciliation record
Precautions
Content should be written
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Whether to display the true properties
ingredient
Consistent with the filing standard ingredient list
Net content/specifications
It is the same as the name and the identification method
Product standard number
The same as when the bar code is filed
Directions
Authentic and effective
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Location and printing method
Shelf life
Consistent standards
Storage method
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