1. The applicant fills in the Application for the Use of Green Food Signs in duplicate (including the attached materials) and submits it to the green food management department of the province (autonomous region, municipality directly under the Central Government and cities with separate plans).

2. The provincial green food management department entrusts an environmental protection monitoring institution that has passed the metrological certification at or above the provincial level to conduct environmental assessment on the origin of the product or raw materials.

3. The provincial green food management department conducts a preliminary examination of the application materials, and reports the materials that pass the preliminary examination to China Green Food Development Center.

4. China Green Food Development Center, together with authoritative environmental protection agencies, will review the above materials. Qualified, the food monitoring agency designated by China Green Food Development Center samples its declared products, and tests them according to the quality and hygiene standards of green food; Those who are unqualified will no longer accept their applications in that year.

5. China Green Food Development Center conducts a comprehensive review (including on-the-spot inspection) of products that have passed the quality and hygiene inspection, and signs a "green food mark use agreement" with qualified applicants: the Ministry of Agriculture issues a green food mark use certificate and number; Reported to the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce for the record and announced to the public at the same time.