According to the national standard "Food and Cosmetics Required for Restricting Overpackaging of Commodities" 1 revised by the General Administration of Market Supervision in Article 4.4 of Revision No.,moon cakes shall not be mixed with other products. All products except food deoxidizer and ice pack used to protect moon cakes, such as red wine, tea, knives and forks, belong to other products and should not be mixed with moon cakes, so it is illegal to put knives and forks in moon cakes.

However, this year is the first Mid-Autumn Festival of the new national standard, and it is still in the transition period. In order to help customers adapt and transition as soon as possible, offline restaurants, cake shops and moon cake distribution points still have an appropriate amount of environmentally-friendly knives and forks, and customers can still buy moon cakes with knives and forks.

Matters needing attention in buying moon cakes

1. Buy from regular channels

Don't be greedy and cheap to buy inferior moon cakes. You should buy moon cakes from regular channels such as brand direct stores, official flagship stores and large supermarkets.

2. Pay attention to the production date

Pay attention to the production date and shelf life of moon cakes before buying, and choose fresh moon cakes within the shelf life. If the time is too long, the peroxide value or acid value may increase due to a large amount of oil in moon cakes, resulting in spicy taste.

Step 3 verify authenticity

In order to ensure the quality of moon cakes, it is recommended to buy moon cakes produced by regular manufacturers, and the packaging has the production license number. When buying moon cakes, if there is an anti-counterfeiting code on the outer packaging box, you can scan the anti-counterfeiting QR code on the moon cake box with your mobile phone to verify whether the moon cakes are the products of manufacturers with production licenses.

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