organic food
Answer: "Organic products" refers to products that are produced, processed and sold in accordance with China's national standards for organic products, are certified as organic products, and are certified as organic products for human consumption and animal consumption. Organic products include food and non-food such as cotton, hemp, bamboo, clothing, cosmetics and feed.
Organic products must meet four requirements at the same time:
First, raw materials must come from organic agricultural production systems that have been established or are being established, or from wild natural products collected by organic means.
Secondly, the products must strictly follow the requirements of processing, packaging, storage and transportation of organic products in the whole production process.
Thirdly, in the process of production and circulation of organic products, producers have a perfect tracking and examination system and complete production and sales records.
Fourthly, it must be certified and examined by an independent certification body for organic products.
2. Is "organic code" the only code?
Answer: In order to ensure the traceability of organic products, the State Certification and Accreditation Regulatory Commission requires certification bodies to give each certification mark a unique code according to the unified coding requirements before issuing certification marks to enterprises that have obtained certification of organic products or allowing organic production enterprises to print certification marks of organic products on their labels. The code consists of 17 digits. Among them, the certification authority code is 3 bits, the certification mark issuance year code is 2 bits, the certification mark issuance random code is 12 bits, and the requirement is to add "organic code" before 17 digits.
The organic codes of each organic sign need to be submitted to the "China Food and Agricultural Products Certification Information System" (web site food. cnca. cn). Information about the organic product name, certificate number and licensed enterprise corresponding to the organic sign can be found on the website.
3. Are organic products allowed to use GM technology?
Answer: Organic Products (gb/t19630) clearly stipulates that genetically engineered organisms/genetically modified organisms and their derivatives, including plants, animals, microorganisms, seeds, pollens, sperm, eggs, other reproductive materials and fertilizers, soil amendments, plant protection products, plant growth regulators, feed and animals, should not be introduced into or used in organic production systems. Production regulators, veterinary drugs, fishery drugs and other agricultural inputs.
4. Are "natural food" and "original ecological food" organic food?
A: No. People living in remote areas often say that our food is collected from deep mountains, wild, natural and organic. However, in terms of organic conditions, this product can not be counted as an organic product because it has not been certified by a legitimate certification authority for organic products.
5. What are the differences between organic food, green food and pollution-free agricultural products?
Answer: Organic food, green food and pollution-free food are all certified products produced according to specific standards.
Organic food is a kind of organic products. At present, China's organic food mainly includes grain, vegetables, fruits, dairy products, livestock and poultry products, aquatic products and seasonings. Organic products also include "non-food" such as cotton, hemp, bamboo, clothing, cosmetics and feed (organic standards include animal feed).
Green food refers to the safe and high-quality edible agricultural products and related products produced from the excellent ecological environment, according to the standard of green food, implementing the whole process quality control and obtaining the right to use the green food label. The certification of green food is based on the green food industry standard of the Ministry of Agriculture.
Pollution-free agricultural products refer to unprocessed or preliminary processed agricultural products whose origin environment, production process and product quality meet the requirements of relevant national standards and norms, which are certified and qualified to obtain certificates and allow the use of pollution-free agricultural products.
