Modern Express News" Hurry up! Don't calculate the shelf life specific to the number of numbers yourself! Recently, the State Administration of Market Regulation issued a document encouraging dairy production enterprises to clearly mark the expiration date of the shelf life, which was well received by netizens. Many people said that this "new feature" is very much needed.
△ There is already milk directly marked with the expiration time
Modern Express reporters visited several offline supermarkets and found that some dairy products have been sprayed on the bottle mouth with the expiration time, when to produce, when to list, when to expire, at a glance.
State Administration for Market Regulation:
Encourage enterprises to clearly indicate the expiration date of the shelf life
On October 28, the website of the State Administration for Market Regulation published the Announcement of the State Administration for Market Regulation on Encouraging Enterprises to Label the Consumption Period of Dairy Products.
According to the Announcement, according to the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, food labels produced and traded shall be marked with production dates and shelf life. In order to facilitate consumers to identify the consumption period of dairy products and avoid food waste, the State Administration of Market Supervision encourages food production enterprises to produce pasteurized milk and fermented milk that need to be refrigerated and preserved, and on the basis of indicating the production date, clearly indicate the expiration date of the shelf life, such as "shelf life to XXXX year XX month XX day" "Please eat (drink) before XXXX year XX month XX day" and so on. The text description content can be printed in a conspicuous position on the packaging label, and the specific date can be clearly printed during the production process or printed in a conspicuous position on the packaging. The words, symbols, numbers, etc. of the labeled content shall comply with the provisions of the General Rules for the Labeling of Prepackaged Food of the National Standard for Food Safety (GB7718).
The "pasteurized milk and fermented milk that need to be refrigerated and preserved" mentioned in it is the most fresh milk and yogurt that we usually drink, which generally need to be refrigerated at 2-6 °C, and the shelf life is relatively short. Some are 5 days, some are 7 days, and the long one is only about 15 days.
It can be noted that the wording in the "Announcement" uses "encourage enterprises" to mark the expiration date, and the Modern Express reporter also consulted the Nanjing Market Supervision Bureau, and the staff said that the "Announcement" is not an enforced policy.
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Some brands have directly marked the expiration time
After the release of the "Announcement", it triggered a heated discussion among netizens. "Great, every time you have to find the shelf life, then the production date, and then you have to calculate it yourself." "Yes, some of them are deliberately written small and hidden, with light colors, looking everywhere, and having to calculate for themselves." " Hope that enterprises can move forward as soon as possible ..."
△ Some milk is now on the packaging, the production date and the shelf life in two positions
On November 2, a Modern Express reporter visited a convenience store in Xinjiekou, Nanjing, and found that the 4 product types of refrigerated fresh milk marked as "pasteurized milk" that were sold in the store were all sprayed with production dates at the mouth of the bottle, and the shelf life was marked on the side or back of the bottle label, which was 12 days or 15 days, together with the nutrition ingredient list, production enterprises and other information. There are also some refrigerated fermented milk for sale in the store, and the reporter counted that there are 8 yogurts produced by different brands, all of which only have production dates and shelf life, and are distributed in two positions on the outer packaging. Like the "one hour after meal" yogurt of the Kas brand, the bottle is sprayed with the production date, and the bottle must be turned in a circle to see that the shelf life is 25 days.
The shelf life of fresh milk is shorter, and it is more convenient to calculate 5 days and 7 days, and I can use a week or half of a month to remember. Like this yogurt, the shelf life is 25 days, the time is long, it is not a whole month, and you have to take a turn. Customer Ms. Li complained to reporters.
"Sometimes I buy a 4-box yogurt in a townhouse and don't eat it immediately that day, so it's easy to forget it in the fridge." Mr. Wang said that some yogurts only write a shelf life of more than 20 days, always let him feel that there is still a long time to expire, put in the refrigerator is easy to forget, the next time I think of want to drink, it has expired.
△ This yogurt is marked with an expiration time
Subsequently, the reporter visited large supermarkets such as BHG and Suguo, and found that brands such as Weigang and Guangming had marked the expiration time on the packaging of some refrigerated fresh milk and yogurt. For example, a pasteurized milk in Weigang has a production date of October 31, 2021 sprayed at the opening, next to the listing date of November 1 to 6, 2021. This is pretty good, at a glance. Like its shelf life of 7 days, I used to hesitate when I calculated it myself, whether 7 days is until the 6th or the 7th, it directly tells me that I am the 6th. Consumer Ms. Liu said.
Expert: Consumers can buy with more peace of mind
In this regard, Xie Juan, director of the Quality Management Department of Weigang Dairy, introduced to the Modern Express reporter that a year or two ago, Weigang has begun to spray the expiration time on the "rooftop products", and according to the "National Standard for Food Safety, General Rules for Prepackaged Food Labeling" (GB7718) and other relevant regulations, the original labeling method, that is, the way of marking the production date and shelf life, is also in line with the requirements, and now some enterprises are also responding to the encouragement announcement of the State Administration of Market Supervision autonomously. The pasteurized milk and fermented milk mentioned in the Announcement, these short-term insurance period products, the expiration time marked will be more convenient for consumers to identify.
Song Liang, head of the economic expert group of the China Agricultural Reclamation Dairy Alliance and a dairy analyst, said in an interview that the announcement mentioned "pasteurized milk and fermented milk that needs to be refrigerated and preserved", including low-temperature pasteurized milk, low-temperature yogurt, and yogurt grain products. The shelf life of low-temperature pasteurized milk is about 3 days to 7 days, and the shelf life of some ultra-pasteurized milk and fermented milk will be longer. "When consumers buy, they are more at ease and avoid some products that have not yet reached the shelf life and cannot be sold." Song Liang said that dairy companies are encouraged to clearly mark the expiration date so that consumers can soberly understand the safe consumption time of dairy products.
In addition, many consumers have noticed that the packaging of branded fresh milk has begun to indicate the production date and marketing date. Song Liang explained that this aspect shows that the connection between the logistics system and the production and circulation system is closer, from production to listing is actually very fast, and the purpose of marking it is to let consumers understand this more clearly. He added, "However, consumers still calculate the shelf life based on the date of manufacture." "
Song Liang said that for dairy industry practitioners, this is a beginning, how to minimize the waste of raw materials and accessories in the future under the premise of ensuring food safety, better save food and save resources, but also need to be objective and fair, can be landed a series of normative documents guidance.
The Consumer Protection Commission of Jiangsu Province said that the introduction of this announcement is conducive to further clarifying the consumer's right to know and making the operator's notification obligation more detailed and specific. At the same time, the Consumer Protection Commission of Jiangsu Province recommends that consumers must pay attention to the production date, shelf life and product status of food when purchasing food to prevent health problems. In addition, consumers are reminded that if it is found that a merchant sells food that does not meet food safety standards, consumers can claim punitive damages in accordance with the Food Safety Law to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests. (Modern Express +/ZAKER Nanjing reporter Wang Yi, Cai Mengying, Du Xueying, text / Photo)
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