Article 42 of the "Food Safety Law" stipulates that there should be a label on the package of pre-packaged food

The label should indicate the following matters: (1) Name, specifications, net content , Date of production; (2) List of ingredients or ingredients; (3) Name, address, and contact information of the producer; (4) Shelf life; (5) Product standard code; (6) Storage conditions; (7) Food used The common name of the additive in the national standard; (8) Production license number; (9) Other matters that must be indicated by laws, regulations or food safety standards

Specially intended for infants and other specific groups of people For supplementary foods, their labels should also indicate the main nutrients and their contents

Food labels refer to all labels, tags, text, graphics, and symbols on or attached to food packaging containers.

The basic function of food labels is to scientifically communicate to consumers by clearly and accurately describing the name, ingredient list, net content, producer name, batch number, production date, etc. of the labeled food. Information on the food’s quality characteristics, safety characteristics, and eating and drinking instructions

Prepackaged food refers to food that has been pre-packaged in quantitative quantities, or loaded or filled into containers, and provided directly to consumers

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Transportation packaging to prevent contamination during transportation or simple packaging of fruits, vegetables, aquatic products, livestock meat, poultry meat, eggs, small pieces of candy, chocolate, ready-to-eat snack boxes and other non-quantitative packaged foods that are weighed and sold in stores , are not prepackaged foods; foods that are not sold directly to consumers and raw materials and excipients used in the catering industry, even if they are packaged, are not prepackaged foods

According to the requirements of the Food Safety Law, Prepackaged food packages must have labels, and specific matters should be marked on the labels. This is a mandatory norm that protects consumers’ right to know and choose.

Producing and operating unlabeled prepackaged foods, For foods whose labels or instructions do not comply with the provisions of this law, the relevant competent authorities may impose a fine of up to five times the value of the goods and revoke the license.

In recent years, some food producers have labeled food When adding additives, they are simply marked with words such as "stabilizer, colorant, sweetener", etc., but the specific varieties are not clear. In fact, many food additives used are compound food additives

If not Indicate the specific names. Food producers may use a large number of compound food additives under the guise of "stabilizers, colorants, and sweeteners", endangering consumers' health

At the same time, some food producers , use chemical formula names when labeling food additives. For ordinary consumers, these chemical formula names may be unheard of, but if they are informed of the common names in national standards, they will generally know them

Therefore, the Food Safety Law 》stipulates that prepackaged foods should indicate the common names of the food additives used in national standards

The difference between main and supplementary foods specially designed for infants and other specific groups and other foods is that they are designed to meet the needs of infants and young children. The nutritional content and content of infants and young children and other specific groups of people are significantly different

If the food label claims to have certain nutrients but actually does not, the nominal nutritional content reaches a certain level but the actual content is not. If the content is lower than the nominal content, it will definitely affect the growth of infants and young children and the health of other specific groups of people, and may even endanger life

For this reason, the "Food Safety Law" stipulates that the nutritional content of production and operation does not meet the requirements of For staple and supplementary foods that meet safety standards for infants and other specific groups of people, the relevant competent authorities may impose a fine of up to 10 times the value of the goods and revoke the license