Zhongxin Finance, May 26 (Zuo Yuqing) Excessive packaging of commodities has deviated from the essential attributes of commodities, which not only causes waste of resources, but also affects good social customs.

On the afternoon of the 26th, the State Administration for Market Regulation held a press conference to introduce the relevant situation of the National Standard No. 1 Amendment List of "Restriction of Excessive Packaging Requirements for Food and Cosmetics" (GB 23350-2021).

The problem of excessive packaging of moon cakes and dumplings has been "named"

　　The packaging of moon cakes and rice dumplings has the functions of protecting commodities, facilitating storage and transportation, and guiding consumption.

However, excessive packaging not only wastes resources and energy, but also increases the burden on consumers, and the packaging waste generated is even more polluting to the environment, which needs to be regulated and guided.

　　Liu Hongsheng, director of the Standards and Technology Department of the State Administration for Market Regulation, said that the GB 23350-2021 standard, which was revised and released last year, specifies the technical requirements for the packaging void ratio, packaging layers, and packaging costs of food and cosmetics, covering cakes, wine, 31 types of food such as tea, beverages and health food.

Compared with other foods, the problem of excessive packaging of moon cakes and zongzi is still relatively prominent. There are problems such as too many packaging layers and too large packaging gaps. Some even have problems such as using precious materials and mixing high-value commodities. The packaging requirements for moon cakes and zongzi are further refined and stricter.

　　In order to make the packaging of moon cakes and rice dumplings "slim down" and "lightly loaded", the State Administration for Market Regulation (Standard Committee), together with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other departments, organized relevant standardization technical committees and technical institutions to formulate and issue the "Restriction of Excessive Packaging Requirements for Food Products". and Cosmetics" (GB 23350-2021) National Standard No. 1 Amendment Sheet, the implementation date is August 15, 2022.

The number of packaging layers for moon cakes and rice dumplings shall not exceed three layers at most

　　According to Liu Hongsheng, the specific contents of the amendment list include:

　　One is

to reduce

the number of packaging layers, from a maximum of four layers to a

maximum of three layers

for moon cakes and rice dumplings .

　　The second is to

compress the packaging gap

. The necessary space factor is the core index of the packaging gap, which reflects the compactness of the packaging. The smaller the value, the smaller the packaging gap.

This time, the necessary space factor of moon cakes has been reduced from 12 to 7, which is equivalent to a 42% reduction in packaging volume; the necessary space factor of rice dumplings has been reduced from 12 to 5, which

is equivalent to a 58% reduction in packaging volume

.

　　The third is to

reduce the cost of packaging. For mooncakes and dumplings with a sales price of more than 100 yuan, the proportion of packaging costs in the sales price will be reduced from 20% to 15%;

for mooncakes and dumplings with a sales price of less than 100 yuan, the proportion of packaging costs Keep 20% unchanged, of which the packaging cost generally refers to the packaging purchase price signed by the food company and the packaging company, and the sales price generally refers to the contracted sales price signed by the food company and the sales company; at the same time, it is required that the packaging materials shall not use precious metals and mahogany materials.

　　Fourth,

strict mixing requirements

stipulate that

moon cakes should not be mixed with other products, and rice dumplings should not be mixed with other products that exceed their prices.

The new standard will be

implemented from August 15,

2022

　　Why is the implementation date of the Standard Amendment Order determined to be August 15, 2022?

Liu Hongsheng said that two factors were mainly considered.

　　"On the one hand, we need to guide qualified enterprises to implement the new standards as soon as possible, so that the whole society can see the effect of simple packaging as soon as possible. Set aside a certain amount of time to avoid waste.”

　　This year's Mid-Autumn Festival falls on September 10, and moon cakes will be listed in August. For this reason, the mandatory implementation date of the revision order is determined as August 15, which can not only effectively regulate the Mid-Autumn Festival market this year, but also allow enterprises to effectively digest inventory and packaging. .

　　In addition, this year's Dragon Boat Festival is approaching, and rice dumplings have been put on the market one after another. Although it is too late for companies to adjust the packaging, we hope that companies can launch new products in accordance with the standards as soon as possible, and we also encourage consumers to choose simple and green packaging as much as possible.

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