Although the Dragon Boat Festival is still a few months away, the quality of zongzi products this year has received special attention from relevant departments. A few days ago, the Department of Standards and Technology of the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Department of Consumer Goods Industry of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology entrusted the China Bakery and Sugar Products Industry Association (hereinafter referred to as "China Bakery Sugar Association") to organize the "Restriction of Excessive Packaging Requirements for Food and Cosmetics" (GB 23350-2021) Amendment No. 1 (hereinafter referred to as "No. 1 Amendment") is a symposium for key enterprises in the rice dumpling industry.
Amendment No. 1 was issued on May 24, 2022, and will be implemented on August 15, 2022. It mainly focuses on mooncakes and zongzi, two products with serious overpackaging, and specifically requires that the packaging cost should not exceed 20% of the total cost. Precious metals and mahogany should not be used as packaging materials , and should not be mixed with other products exceeding their price. The purpose of this symposium is to better guide the backbone enterprises in the zongzi industry to meet the standards and understand the implementation of the enterprise standards and the problems in the implementation process.
The relevant person in charge of the Standards and Technology Department of the State Administration for Market Regulation pointed out that excessive packaging not only wastes resources, pollutes the environment, and increases greenhouse gas emissions, but also leads to inflated commodity prices, harms the interests of consumers, and also contributes to a bad social atmosphere. In recent years, the State Administration for Market Regulation, together with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and other departments, has continuously improved the standard system for restricting excessive packaging of commodities, strengthened the linkage between standards and policies, supervision, and law enforcement, and achieved initial results. However, restricting excessive packaging of commodities is a This is a systematic project and long-term work that needs to maintain concentration and work for a long time. Relevant enterprises must pay attention to it, raise awareness, actively implement the standard and meet the standard, and provide ordinary people with moderate packaging, higher quality and better taste during the Dragon Boat Festival this year. Zongzi products, constantly improving people's sense of gain and happiness.
Zhang Jiukui, chairman of the China Baking Sugar Association, emphasized that enterprises should improve their political positions, deeply understand the importance of low-carbon and green operation to the sustainable development of the industry, and improve the control of the long-term development of the industry. It is hoped that the whole industry will actively respond to the call and deeply understand that only only by realizing low-carbon and green operation can sustainable and high-quality development be achieved. Enterprises in the industry must carefully study the new standards and relevant laws and regulations, accurately grasp and strictly implement them, advocate low-carbon, green and sustainable concepts, consciously resist excessive packaging, and jointly create a good atmosphere of moderate packaging, reasonable pricing, and honest management.
Beijing Daoxiang Village, Zhejiang Wufangzhai, Beijing Sudao, Beijing Holiland, Beijing Weiduomei, Hangzhou Zhiweiguan, Sichuan Milaotou, Shanghai Laiyifen, Beijing Starbucks Coffee, Sanquan Foods, Synear Foods and other 15 key enterprises in the rice dumpling industry participated Meeting.
