The green food mark is the first certification mark registered by the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce in China on October 7, 1996. Its approved use of a wide range of goods, in the 1-class fertilizer, registered graphic trademarks; Four trademarks of words, graphics, English and combination * * * have been registered on the two kinds of food colorants; Four trademarks have been registered on three kinds of spices and five kinds of baby food, and all kinds have been registered in 29 kinds of meat, cooked fruits, vegetables, jelly and jam, 31 kinds of sugar, coffee, bread, cakes, honey and sugar flavoring, 31 kinds of fruits, vegetables, seeds and feed, 32 kinds of beer and drinks and 33 kinds of alcoholic drinks. According to incomplete statistics, up to now, 33 certification trademarks of "green food" have been approved and registered on more than 1,111 kinds of foods in eight categories.

generally speaking, one category that can apply for using the green food logo is food, such as grain and oil, aquatic products, fruits, beverages, tea, eggs and milk products of livestock and poultry, etc. Including:

(1) most products in categories 5.29.31 and 31.32.33 classified by national trademark can apply for certification

(2) newly developed products registered with the word "food" or "health" can apply for certification

(3) products that are both medicines and foods announced by the Ministry of Health can apply for certification

. Any products produced (raised) and processed by genetically modified raw materials will not be accepted.

the other is the production of feed, which mainly refers to the material inputs in the process of producing green food, such as pesticides, fertilizers, veterinary drugs, aquaculture drugs, food additives and so on.

food production enterprises and production areas with certain production scale, production facilities and technical guarantee measures can also declare green food bases.

Procedures for applying for certification of green food marks

1. Enterprises applying for certification shall obtain and download the Green Food Application Form from the Green Food Office of the city, county (city, district) (hereinafter referred to as the Green Office) or the Provincial Green Food Office.

2. The Green Office of the city and county (city, district) guides the enterprises to do a good job in the preparatory work for applying for certification, conducts on-site inspection and guidance on the enterprises applying for certification, clarifies the application procedures and material preparation requirements, and writes an inspection report and submits it to the Green Office of the province. The provincial green office will send personnel to participate as appropriate.

3. The enterprise shall prepare the application materials as required, conduct self-examination and rough filling according to the Green Food Site Inspection Project and Evaluation Report, and rectify and improve the application materials for certification; City, county (city, district) green office to review the materials, and sign the opinions and report to the provincial green office.

iv. after receiving the inspection report, audit form and enterprise application materials from cities and counties (cities, districts), the provincial green office will review and finalize the report. The enterprise completed five sets of application materials for certification (1 sets of photocopies kept by the enterprise, 1 sets of photocopies for each of the municipal and county green offices, 1 sets of photocopies for the provincial green office, and 1 sets of originals for the China Green Food Development Center) and floppy disks for written materials, and submitted to the provincial green office.

5. After receiving the application materials, the Provincial Green Office will register and number them, complete the examination within 5 working days, issue the Notice of Opinions on Document Examination (Annex 6) and copy it to the Certification Office of the Center, explain the materials that need to be supplemented, and define the on-site inspection and environmental quality status investigation plan. The enterprise shall submit supplementary materials within 11 working days.

VI. After the on-site inspection plan is confirmed by the enterprise, the Provincial Green Office will send two or more inspectors to complete the on-site inspection and the investigation of environmental quality status within five working days, and submit the On-site Inspection Project and Evaluation Report of Green Food and the Investigation Report of Environmental Quality Status of Green Food to the Provincial Green Office within five working days after completion.

VII. Inspectors shall arrange product sampling and environmental monitoring at the same time during the on-site inspection. The product testing report, environmental quality monitoring and evaluation report shall be directly sent to China Green Food Development Center by the product testing and environmental monitoring unit and copied to the Provincial Green Office. Enterprises that can provide effective product testing reports issued by designated monitoring institutions within one year are exempted from product certification testing; Applicants who can provide effective environmental quality certificates may be exempted from environmental monitoring in whole or in part.

8. the provincial green office will submit the certification application materials (including the application form for the use of green food marks, the questionnaire on enterprises and production and related materials), the on-site inspection items and evaluation report of green food, the investigation report on the present situation of environmental quality of green food and the certification form of green food of the provincial green office to the central certification office; Enterprises applying for certification will submit the questionnaire on the basic situation of applying for green food certification to the central certification office.

IX. The Center shall make the audit conclusions of the materials applied for certification: "qualified", "incomplete materials or need supplementary explanation", "in doubt, on-site inspection is needed" and "unqualified", notify the applicant in writing and copy them to the Provincial Green Office. According to the requirements of the center, the Provincial Green Office guides enterprises to supplement the application materials for certification.

X. For the applicant enterprise whose final certification conclusion is "qualified", the Center shall notify the applicant enterprise in writing to sign the License Contract for the Use of Green Food Marks and Trademarks with the Center within 61 working days, and copy it to the Provincial Green Office.

Xi. Enterprises applying for certification receive green food certificates.