Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 26 (Reporter Zhao Wenjun) In response to consumers’ reports such as pre -packaged food production date and shelf life “too small, light color, deep hidden” and other issues, the General Administration of Market Supervision released the “About Encouraging Food Enterprise Optimization on the 26thThe announcement of the pre -packaged food production date and the shelf life labeling “promotes food companies to actively take targeted improvement measures to facilitate consumers to clearly identify.
At present, pre -packaged foods sold in the market have irregular problems in the production date and shelf life of packaging.Some production date labeling positions are randomly labeled, playing “hiding cats” with consumers; some production date is too small and irregularly fonts, making it difficult for people to identify;Printing ash and purple packaging are printed with black characters to test consumers ‘”eye power”; some shelf life needs to calculate the date of expiration and test consumers’ “brain power”.
In terms of convenience consumer search, it is announced that the main display layout of the main display of food companies in the minimum sales packaging of pre -packaged foods is significantly labeled; the minimum sales packaging has multiple layers, marking on its outermost packaging;If the form of production and shelf life is marked, the location should be clear, accurate, and easy to find.
In terms of convenience of consumers, it is announced to encourage food companies to use text, numbers, and symbols with a ratio of not less than 3 mm and the ratio of height and width of not more than 3: 1;The obvious form is clearly marked; improved coding, printing and other technologies and equipment to ensure that the content of the labeling content is lasting and clear.
In order to facilitate consumers to calculate the shelf life of food, it is announced that food companies have clearly marked the shelf life expiration date in the order of year, month, and day.
Source: Xinhuanet
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