1. Application for certification

1.1

The applicant receives the Application for the Use of Green Food Labels, the Questionnaire on Enterprises and Production and related materials from China Green Food Development Center (hereinafter referred to as the Center) and the green food offices of provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) where it is located, or downloads them from the website of the Center.

1.2 The applicant shall fill in and submit the Application for the Use of Green Food Signs, the Questionnaire on Enterprises and Production and the following materials to the Green Office of the province where he is located:

(1) Statement on ensuring the implementation of green food standards and norms

(2) Production operation procedures (planting procedures, breeding procedures and processing procedures)

(3) The company's comments on "base+farmers" Management system)

(4) product execution standard

(5) product registered trademark text (photocopy)

(6) enterprise business license (photocopy)

(7) enterprise quality management manual

(8) other materials required (if it has passed the system certification, a copy of certificate is attached)

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2.2 if the application materials for certification are incomplete, the applicant is required to submit supplementary materials within 11 working days after receiving the notice of opinions on document review.

2.3 if the application materials are unqualified, notify the applicant that the application will not be accepted in this growth cycle.

2.4 if the application materials are qualified, article 3 shall apply.

3. On-site inspection and product sampling

3.1 The Provincial Green Office shall specify the on-site inspection plan in the Notice of Opinions on Document Review, and appoint two or more inspectors to conduct on-site inspection after the plan is confirmed by the applicant.

3.2 the inspector shall inspect the relevant items item by item according to the green food inspector's work manual (for trial implementation) and the technical specification for investigation of environmental quality in green food producing areas (for trial implementation). Each inspector shall fill in the on-site checklist and inspection opinions separately. On-site inspection and environmental quality status investigation shall be completed within 5 working days, and the on-site inspection and evaluation report, environmental quality status investigation report and relevant investigation data shall be submitted to the Provincial Green Office within 5 working days after completion.

3.3 if the on-site inspection is qualified, product sampling can be arranged. Where the applicant provides the product quality inspection report issued by the designated product monitoring agency for green food in the past year, and it is confirmed by the inspector that it meets the inspection items and quality requirements of green food products, product sampling inspection is exempted.

3.4 arrange product sampling for products that pass the on-site inspection and need to be sampled and tested:

3.4.1 If the products that are suitable for smoking can be drawn at that time, the inspector will sample the products according to the Technical Specification for Sampling Green Food Products, fill in the Sampling Sheet for Green Food Products, and send a copy of the sampling sheet to the central certification office. Special products (such as animal products, etc.) shall be stipulated separately.

3.4.2 if there are no products suitable for smoking at that time, the inspector and the applicant will determine the sampling plan on the spot, and at the same time send a copy of the sampling plan to the central certification office.

3.4.3 the applicant will send the samples, product implementation standards, green food product sampling form and inspection fee to the designated product monitoring institution of green food.

3.5 if the on-site inspection is unqualified, no product sampling will be arranged.

4. environmental monitoring

4.1 the investigation on the present situation of environmental quality in the producing area of green food shall be completed simultaneously by the inspector during the on-site inspection.

4.2 after investigation, it is confirmed that the environmental quality of the producing area conforms to the conditions of exemption from measurement stipulated in the Technical Specification for Investigation of Environmental Quality Status of Green Food Producing Areas, and environmental monitoring is not required.

4.3 according to the relevant provisions of the "technical specification for investigation of environmental quality in green food producing areas", if it is confirmed that environmental monitoring is necessary after investigation, the provincial green office shall notify the designated environmental monitoring institutions of green food in writing to carry out environmental monitoring within 2 working days after receiving the investigation report, and at the same time send a copy of the notice to the central certification office.

4.4 after receiving the notice, the designated environmental monitoring institution shall issue an environmental monitoring report within 41 working days, and submit it directly to the central certification office together with the completed Green Food Environmental Monitoring Form, and send a copy to the Provincial Green Office.

5. Product testing

After receiving the samples, product implementation standards, Green Food Product Sampling Sheet and testing fee, the designated green food product monitoring institution will complete the testing work within 21 working days, issue a product testing report, and submit it to the Central Certification Office together with the completed Green Food Product Testing Form, and send a copy to the Provincial Green Office.

6. Certification audit

6.1 After receiving the inspector's on-site inspection and evaluation report and the environmental quality status survey report, the Provincial Green Office will sign the review opinions within 3 working days, and submit the certification application materials, the inspector's on-site inspection and evaluation report, the environmental quality status survey report and the Provincial Green Office's Green Food Certification Form to the Central Certification Office.

6.2 after receiving the materials submitted by the provincial green office, environmental monitoring report, product testing report and the questionnaire on the basic situation of applying for green food certification directly sent by the applicant, the central certification office will register and number it, issue an acceptance notice within 2 working days after confirming the receipt of the last material, notify the applicant in writing and send a copy to the provincial green office.

6.3 the certification department of the center shall organize examiners and relevant experts to review the above materials, and make an audit conclusion within 21 working days.

6.4 if the audit conclusion is "in doubt, on-site inspection is needed", the central certification office will complete the on-site inspection plan within 2 working days, notify the applicant in writing and send a copy to the provincial green office. After being confirmed by the applicant, the inspector will be sent to conduct on-site inspection again within 5 working days.

6.5 if the audit conclusion is "the materials are incomplete or need to be supplemented", the central certification office will send the green food certification audit notice to the applicant and send a copy to the provincial green office. The applicant shall submit the supplementary materials to the central certification office within 21 working days, and send a copy to the provincial green office. 6.6 If the audit conclusion is "qualified" or "unqualified", the central certification office will submit the certification materials and certification audit opinions to the Green Food Review Committee.

7. Certification Review

7.1 The Green Food Review Committee will conduct a comprehensive review within 11 working days after receiving the certification materials and the audit opinions of the Certification Department, and make a final certification conclusion.

7.2 The final conclusion of certification is divided into two situations:

(1) Certification is qualified

(2) Certification is unqualified

7.3 The conclusion is "Certification is qualified", and Article 8 shall be implemented.

7.4 if the conclusion is "unqualified certification", the secretariat of the evaluation committee will send the Notice of Certification Conclusion to the applicant and send a copy to the Provincial Green Office within 2 working days after making the final conclusion. This production cycle will no longer accept its application.

8. Certification

8.1 Center will send the relevant documents of accreditation to the "certified qualified" applicant within 5 working days, and send a copy to the Provincial Green Office. The applicant shall sign the License Contract for the Use of Green Food Marks and Trademarks with the Center within 61 working days.

8.2 certificate issued by the director of the center.