预包装食品标签通用标准征求意见稿-franceagrimer.doc

The National Standard of the People’s Republic of China GB 7718—2011 National Food Safety StandardGeneral Standard for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods Issued on 2011-04-20 Enforced on 2012-04-20 Issued by the Ministry of Health of the People’s Republic of China Foreword This standard replaces GB 7718-2004 “General Standard for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods”. In comparison with GB 7718-2004, the major changes of this standard are as follows: - The scope of application has been modified; - The definitions of prepackaged foods and date of manufacture have been modified, definition of specification has been added, and definition of use-by date has been deleted; - The declaration of food additives has been modified; - The declaration of specification has been added; - The declaration of the name, address and contact of the manufacturer and the distributor has been modified; - The largest surface area of a package or container has been modified in the case that “the minimum size of words, symbols and numerals in the mandatory labeling information shall not be less than 1.8mm in height”; - The recommended labeling requirement has been added in the case that the food may contain allergenic substances; - The method of calculation for the largest surface area of a package or container in Appendix A has been modified; - Appendix B and Appendix C have been added.  National Food Safety StandardGeneral Standard for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods 1 Scope This standard applies to the labeling of prepackaged foods to be offered to consumers either directly or indirectly. This standard does not apply to the labeling of food packaging which provides care to prepackaged foods during storage and transport and the identifier of bulk foods and made-on-site foods. 2 Terms and Definitions 2.1 prepackaged foods Prepackaged foods means foods prepackaged or made up in advance with a measured quantity in packaging materials and containers, including foods prepackaged and made up