State Administration for Market Regulation: Encourage food companies to optimize the production date and shelf life labeling of prepackaged foods

　　China News Service, March 26. According to the website of the State Administration for Market Regulation, in response to consumers’ reports that the production date and shelf life of prepackaged foods (including food additives) are “difficult to find, see clearly, and difficult to calculate”, recently, The State Administration for Market Regulation issued the "Announcement on Encouraging Food Companies to Optimize the Production Date and Shelf Life Labeling of Prepackaged Foods" (hereinafter referred to as the "Announcement") to encourage food companies to actively take targeted improvement measures to facilitate consumers' clear identification.

　　In order to facilitate consumers to find the production date and shelf life of food, the "Announcement" encourages food companies to prominently mark the main display area of ​​the minimum sales package of pre-packaged food; if the minimum sales package has multiple layers, mark it on the outermost packaging; adopt " If the production date and shelf life are marked in the form of "see a certain location on the packaging", the location should be clear and obvious, the description should be accurate, and it should be easy to find.

　　In order to make it easier for consumers to read the production date and shelf life of food, the "Announcement" encourages food companies to use words, numbers, and symbols with a minimum height of not less than 3 mm and a ratio of height to width not greater than 3:1; black characters on a white background, etc. Forms with a clear contrast between the background color and the date color should be clearly marked; improve coding, printing and other technologies and equipment to ensure that the marked content is lasting and clear.

　　In order to facilitate consumers to calculate the shelf life of food, the "Announcement" encourages food companies to clearly mark the shelf life expiration date in the order of year, month and day; if there are multiple single pieces of pre-packaged food in the same pre-package, the earliest expiration date on the outer package The shelf life expiration date of each single piece of prepackaged food is marked on the outer packaging, or the shelf life expiration date of each single piece of prepackaged food is marked on the outer packaging; The shelf life is marked with the shelf life expiration date.