What Are the Top Ten Green Foods? A Detailed Guide to the Certification Application Process
Nowadays people's living conditions are getting better and better, and when it comes to eating, they no longer pursue merely having enough to eat, but pay more attention to health. Therefore, terms like "green food" have gradually come into people's view. I believe that when shopping in supermarkets, you have all seen labels related to green food. So how much do you know about green food? Let's learn about it together below.
What are the top ten green foods?
Green food has no specific categories. Foods that are planted and raised under pollution-free conditions, fertilized with organic fertilizer, without highly toxic or high-residue pesticides, and processed and produced under standard environments, production technologies and hygiene standards, and that are recognized by an authoritative body and use a special label, can all be called green food.
By product level, green food can include primary products, initially processed products and deeply processed products; by product category, green food can include agricultural and forestry products and their processed products, livestock and poultry products, aquatic products, beverages and other products.
How do you apply for green food certification?
1. The applicant shall, at least three months before the product is harvested, slaughtered or caught, submit an application to the provincial-level green food office in the locality, complete the online application and submit the relevant materials.
2. The provincial-level office shall, within twenty working days from the date of receiving the product inspection report and the production area environmental monitoring report, put forward a preliminary review opinion. If the preliminary review is passed, the preliminary review opinion and relevant materials shall be submitted to the China Green Food Development Center.
3. The applicant entrusts a designated green food testing institution to test and evaluate the production area environment and the product. If the applicant can provide an "Environmental Quality Monitoring Report" issued within the past year by a green food testing institution or a national-level or ministerial-level testing institution, and it meets the green food production area environmental testing items and quality requirements, the environmental testing may be waived.
4. After the provincial-level office completes the preliminary review, it shall report the materials that passed the preliminary review to the China Green Food Development Center, and at the same time complete the online submission.
5. The China Green Food Development Center shall complete a written review of the materials submitted by the provincial-level office and organize an expert review meeting.
6. The director of the China Green Food Development Center shall make the certification decision based on the experts' review opinions, and the label management department of the China Green Food Development Center shall complete the certification issuance work.
Is the right to use the green food label permanent?
Green food certification is valid for three years. After the three-year period expires, renewal may be applied for, and the green food label may continue to be used only after passing the certification review. During the validity period, for products that fail random inspections or violate label usage rules, their right to use the label shall be revoked, and a public announcement shall be made.
Overall, the types of agricultural products included in green food are very comprehensive. At present, various provinces and cities in China also have quite well-known green food enterprise brands, and consumers can choose the best ones to buy. As for producers who want to apply for the green food label, they need to pay attention to the timing of submitting application materials.
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