Green food refers to safe, high-quality edible agricultural products and related products produced in an excellent ecological environment, produced in accordance with green food standards, and practicing quality control throughout the entire process, as well as obtaining the right to use the green food label.

According to the Measures for the Administration of the Green Food Label promulgated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in 2012, green food refers to safe, high-quality edible agricultural products and related products produced in an excellent ecological environment, produced in accordance with the green food standard, and practicing the whole process of quality control and obtaining the right to use the green food label.

Therefore, green food is not only "natural and pollution-free", its production environment must also be clean, the production process can not add toxic and harmful substances, and can not produce harmful substances, and its packaging must be non-toxic, harmless, recyclable or easily degradable.

Green Food Coverage:

The scope of green food is not only fruits and vegetables, basically edible food can apply for green food certification. Such as planting industry production of grain, vegetables, fruits, etc., livestock production of meat, eggs, milk, etc., aquaculture production of fish, shrimp, crabs, shellfish, etc., food processing industry production of oil, beverages, canned goods and other products.

Only products that have been recognized by the provincial (regional and municipal) green food management agencies and licensed to use the green food logo are green food. For example, whether or not to use farm organic fertilizers and plant products without chemical fertilizers can not be used as a standard for green food, only after a special agency to identify, can be identified as green food.