The Red Star Capital Bureau noticed that recently, the China Condiment Association announced the draft for the group standard "Laotan Pickled Cabbage".
On October 23, Zhu Danpeng, vice president of Guangdong Food Safety Promotion Association, believed that the introduction of the Laotan sauerkraut group standard was "very meaningful" and provided very good support for the development of the entire sauerkraut industry.
Lai Yang, chief expert of the Beijing International Business Center Research Base, told the Red Star Capital Bureau that to regain consumer trust, it is more important for companies to strictly abide by national food safety production regulations than group standards.
Define old altar sauerkraut
Pickled vegetables are made of fresh mustard as the main raw material, salted or not, with or without salt, white wine and other auxiliary materials, placed in a clean pottery jar, and fermented for more than 10 days.
Experts talk about "standards"
sound one
Compared with formulating product standards, it is more important that enterprises must strictly abide by the national food safety production regulations so that Laotan sauerkraut can regain the trust of consumers.
voice two
With the further strengthening of industry standardization, the entire Laotan sauerkraut industry will usher in a reshuffle. The standard provides very good support for the development of the entire industry and is of great significance.
"Laotan Pickled Cabbage" group standard draft released
On October 19, the China Seasoning Association announced the draft of the group standard "Laotan Pickled Cabbage" on its official website.
The definition of Laotan sauerkraut in the draft for comments is: fresh mustard greens as the main raw material, salted or not, with or without salt, liquor and other auxiliary materials, placed in a clean pottery jar, and fermented for more than 10 days. Pickled vegetables.
According to the official website of the association, the China Condiment Association is composed of the production and operation of soy sauce, vinegar, sauces, pickles, fermented bean curd, cooking wine and various seasonings, as well as related enterprises and institutions. It is a national, non-profit organization. industry organization.
Regarding the bound scope of the group standard, Lai Yang, chief expert of the Beijing International Business Center Research Base, analyzed to the Hongxing Capital Bureau that this standard is a "group standard", and the binding force is limited to members of the group.
According to the content released on the official website of the association in 2014, Beijing Ershang Food Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Hengshun Vinegar Co., Ltd., Foshan Haitian Seasoning Food Co., Ltd., Chongqing Fuling Mustard Group Co., Ltd., Sichuan Liji Pickles Condiment Co., Ltd. Company, Unilever (China) and other well-known enterprises are members of the association.
Regarding the formulation of the "Laotan Pickled Cabbage" group standards and the specific scope of application, the Red Star Capital Bureau called and sent a letter to the China Condiment Association, but has not received a response as of the time of writing.
After the CCTV 315 Gala this year exposed "sauerkraut", Master Kong and Uni-President immediately removed the sauerkraut beef noodles, and later returned to the shelves with a quality inspection book.
The Red Star Capital Bureau noticed that companies such as Master Kong and Uni-President were not on the list of members of the association.
Although Ningbo Uni-President Food Co., Ltd. is included in the list, the company told the Red Star Capital Bureau that it and Uni-President are two independent entities and have nothing to do with it.
standards allow consumers
Restoring trust?
According to the research report "2022-2027 Global and Chinese Pickled Cabbage Industry Market Research and Development Trend Analysis Report", the current domestic demand for pickled cabbage is 90 million tons to 150 million tons per year, which is in the incremental stage.
In 2020, the market size of sauerkraut is about 8.33 billion yuan.
If you count the additional industries in the upstream and downstream, the space is even wider. The sauerkraut fish industry alone will increase to 70.5 billion yuan in 2024.
If China Condiment Association promulgates the group standard of "Laotan Pickled Cabbage", will it help consumers regain their trust in Laotan Pickled Cabbage and promote the development of the pickled cabbage industry?
Lai Yang believes that the production method of "Tukeng Pickled Cabbage", which had problems before, did not even meet the basic conditions of national food hygiene management, and related products could not be sold as commodities.
Compared with formulating product standards, it is more important that enterprises must strictly abide by the national food safety production regulations so that Laotan sauerkraut can regain the trust of consumers.
Zhu Danpeng, vice president of Guangdong Food Safety Promotion Association, told the Red Star Capital Bureau that the introduction of the "Laotan Sauerkraut" group standard indicates that the Chinese sauerkraut industry has entered a standardization, specialization, branding, capitalization and scale. The dividend period of healthy development.
In the future, as the standardization of the entire industry is further strengthened, the entire Laotan sauerkraut industry will usher in a reshuffle. The standard provides very good support for the development of the entire industry and is of great significance.
Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News reporter Yu Yao Zhang Luxi
(Chengdu Commercial Daily)