Look at Chinese labels and health certificates to identify imported milk powder

Milk powder bar code chaos--The person in charge of the Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Bureau stated that imported foods that are not affixed with qualified Chinese labels are unqualified. â–  Regular imported milk powder must be affixed with qualified Chinese labels and contain a variety of information. Zhang Xiaodan Photographed by New Express reporter Zhang Xiaodan Huang Qiong trainee reporter Feng Yandan correspondent Wu Yilin Zhan Yixing milk powder name 'Yang' or surname 'in'? The bar code prefix does not count! Yesterday, the New Express reported that "Barcodes can identify milk production origin? After that, many mothers exclaimed: 'God! Always look at the bar code to buy milk powder, is there no way to determine the origin of milk powder it? 'In this regard, the person in charge of the Guangdong Provincial Inspection and Quarantine Bureau and the International Food Packaging Association said that they can also look for Chinese labels and 'health certificates'.

The department responded to two strokes to identify imported milk powder. A look at the Chinese label. At present, in Guangzhou's large-scale snack shops or supermarkets, the so-called 'imported food' packed with foreign languages ​​can be seen everywhere. For this, the person in charge of the Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Bureau clearly stated: These imported foods that are not affixed with qualified Chinese labels are all unqualified. '

According to China's "Food Safety Law" and "Administrative Measures on the Import and Export of Food Labels", imported prepackaged foods should have Chinese labels and Chinese instructions. The content of the label must not only be the same as the content of the foreign language, but must also include the following items: food name, ingredient composition, net content and solid content, country of origin, production date, shelf life, storage guide, manufacturing, packaging, The name and address of the distribution or distribution unit, the name and address of the general distributor in China, and other information. This information must be Chinese black font. Quarantine personnel reminded that in addition to the above information, imported prepackaged special dietary foods should also be marked with energy and nutrients.

'If there is no Chinese label and there is no relevant legal label information, the more you name the imported name, the more likely it is to be false. Dong Jinshi, executive vice president and secretary general of the International Food Packaging Association said.

Second, look at the health certificate It is understood that all inspection and quarantine qualified imported food, inspection and quarantine agencies will issue a "health certificate", which contains a detailed description of the batch of products, consumers can then identify the food is qualified, whether imported food Wait.

'For imported milk powder, not every can of milk powder has a health certificate, but businesses should express the corresponding batch of the "health certificate," large supermarkets can at least provide a copy of the corresponding certificate. 'The person in charge of the Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Bureau said. Relevant persons of the city’s Consumer Council also reminded consumers to ask the merchant to produce a copy or original of the certificate when confirming the purchase certificate.

Guangzhou market has a Chinese label to see the 'health certificate' is not easy according to the relevant departments and experts, the new Express reporter visited the market in Guangzhou found that the vast majority of milk powder emphasizes 'import': original imports, 100% imported, imported milk Source ... and these milk powder packaging are Chinese or affixed with a Chinese label, and marked with a black font type of imported milk powder to mark the various types of information, but almost no sales outlets can produce a 'health certificate', even if the reporter asked It can't be provided.

In Gangdinghaohe supermarket, the reporter pointed to a nominal 'original imported' milk powder and asked the promoter whether there was a 'security certificate'. The promoter said, 'There must be ah, but most people cannot see it. Layer application can get it'. In addition, at the Taikoo Hui Ole supermarket known as 'Imported Foods', a reporter asked a number of promoters to answer in unison whether it was clear whether there was a 'security certificate', but it was repeatedly emphasized that 'the big supermarket will not sell counterfeit goods.' If it is marked as imported, it must be imported.