Article 42 of the Food Safety Law stipulates that there should be a label on the packaging of prepackaged foods.

The label should indicate the following items: (1) Name, specification, net content and production date; (2) List of ingredients or ingredients; (3) The name, address and contact information of the producer; (4) Shelf life; (5) product standard code; (6) storage conditions; (seven) the common name of the food additives used in the national standards; (eight) the production license number; (9) Other items that must be marked according to laws, regulations or food safety standards

Main and supplementary foods for infants and other specific groups, The label should also indicate the main nutritional ingredients and their contents.

Food label refers to all labels, tags, words, figures and symbols attached to or on food packaging containers.

The basic function of food label is to clearly and accurately describe the contents such as the name, ingredient list, net content, producer name, batch number and production date of the food. Scientifically convey the quality characteristics, safety characteristics, eating and drinking instructions and other information of the food to consumers

prepackaged foods refers to the food directly provided to consumers by pre-quantitative packaging, or by filling and pouring into containers

non-quantitative packaging foods such as fruits, vegetables, aquatic products, livestock meat, poultry meat, eggs, small candy, chocolate, instant fast food boxes and so on, which are transported and packaged in order to prevent pollution during transportation or sold by shops. The raw materials and auxiliary materials used in food and catering industry that are not directly sold to consumers do not belong to prepackaged foods even if they are packaged

According to the requirements of the Food Safety Law, the packaging of prepackaged foods must be labeled with specific items, which is a mandatory norm, protecting consumers' right to know and choose

to produce and operate unlabeled prepackaged foods, or to produce food whose labels and instructions do not conform to the provisions of this law. The competent authorities can impose a fine of up to five times the value of the goods and revoke the license

In recent years, when some food producers label food additives, they simply label them as "stabilizers, colorants and sweeteners", but the specific varieties are not clear. In fact, many food additives used belong to compound food additives

If the specific names are not specified, Food operators may use a large number of compound food additives under the guise of "stabilizer, colorant and sweetener", which is harmful to consumers' health

At the same time, some food producers use chemical formula names when labeling food additives. For ordinary consumers, these chemical formula names may be unheard of, but if they are told the common names in national standards, they will generally know

Therefore, the Food Safety Law stipulates that, Prepackaged foods should indicate the common name of the food additives used in the national standards

The main and auxiliary foods specially designed for infants and other specific groups are different from other foods in that they are designed to meet the needs of infants and other specific groups, and their nutritional components and contents are significantly different

If the food label says that it has some nutritional components but actually does not, the nominal nutritional components reach a certain level but are actually lower than the nominal content. It will definitely affect the growth of infants and the health of other specific groups of people, and even endanger their lives

Therefore, the Food Safety Law stipulates that the relevant competent authorities may impose a fine of up to 11 times the value of the food and revoke the license for producing and selling the main and auxiliary foods specially designed for infants and other specific groups whose nutritional components do not meet the food safety standards.