Prepackaged foods refers to food prepackaged or made of packaging materials and containers; Include a predetermined amount of packaging and a predetermined amount of food made in package materials and containers and having uniform quality or volume label within a certain limit.

It means that it has a definite value after the packaging is completed, and this definite value should be "a unified mass or volume label within a certain limit." The General Rules for Labeling in prepackaged foods (GB7718-2011) further clarified the scope of application of prepackaged foods. "This standard applies to prepackaged foods labels directly provided to consumers and prepackaged foods labels indirectly provided to consumers".

"It does not apply to food storage and transportation packaging labels, bulk food and ready-made food labels that provide protection for prepackaged foods during storage and transportation".

About the situation of "prepackaged foods provided directly to consumers": First, prepackaged foods provided by producers directly or through food operators (including catering services) to consumers; The second is prepackaged foods, which is provided to consumers and other food producers.