A: The definition of mooncake is listed in the national standard GB/T 12140-2007 "Terminology of Confectionery", and both GB2760 and the review rules for food production license issued by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine include mooncake in the category of confectionery. In addition the mooncake standard GB/T 19855-2015 stipulates that the food safety standards for mooncakes are in accordance with GB 7099, and the current version is GB 7099-2015 National Standard for Food Safety Pastries and Bread. From the definitions of mooncake and pastry, you can judge that mooncake belongs to pastry.
2. What are the types of mooncakes?
A: You can refer to GB/T 19855-2015 for the classification of mooncakes. mooncakes are divided into many categories such as Cantonese mooncakes, Soviet mooncakes, and Ha-style mooncakes.
3. What are the standards related to mooncake products and raw materials?
A: Mooncake product standards are GB/T 19855-2015 "mooncake", GB 7099-2015 "National Standard for Food Safety Cakes, Bread", etc., raw and auxiliary materials standards GB/T 317-2006 "sugar", GB/T 1532-2008 "peanuts", etc., FoodPartner.com combed through the GB / T 19855-2015 Standard normative citation documents, see Table 1. which lists most of the common moon cake raw and auxiliary materials standards, special attention should be paid to these standards marked in red, is the moon cake standard GB/T 19855-2015 since the implementation of the new version of the December 1, 2015 revised after the implementation of the new version, or was announced to be repealed. Enterprises should follow the new standards when conducting acceptance of raw and auxiliary materials. If the enterprise adopts the food safety enterprise standard, the same need to pay attention to the update of the relevant standards and regulations. 003-2015 Local Standard for Food Safety Yunnan-style Moon Cake
3) DBS52/ 004-2014 Local Standard for Food Safety Fruit-flavored Moon Cake
4. According to which category is the production license of moon cake?
Answer: According to the "Reply Letter on the Classification of Production License for Mooncake Products" disclosed by the General Administration of Food and Drugs upon application, mooncake products should be classified into the corresponding production license categories according to the specific product characteristics and production processes, and the breakdown of varieties in the classification catalog. The classification catalog referred to herein is the Announcement of the State Food and Drug Administration on the Publication of the Classification Catalog of Food Production Permits (No. 23 of 2016). Unlike the AQSIQ's bylaws on classification units, the new catalog does not specify the classification units for mooncakes.
At present, most of the review rules for food production licenses are still implemented in accordance with the requirements of the AQSIQ, and the review rules for mooncakes are based on the "Notice of the State General Administration of Quality Supervision on the Issuance of Review Rules for the License to Produce 7 Types of Food Products, including Confectionery" (AQSIQ Food Supervision 〔2006〕 No. 365), in combination with the licensing review methods and the general rules for the review of the AFDA, and in accordance with the operation of the new licensing classification directory.
5, on the labeling of moon cake products need to pay attention to what regulatory requirements?
A: moon cakes labeling reference "Ministry of Health Supervision on the moon cake labeling issues of the reply" (Health Supervision of food letter [2012] No. 298), the reply is clear: According to the "General Rules for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods" (GB7718-2011) provides for a sales unit of the package contains different varieties, a number of independent packages can be sold separately food, each piece of independent packaging Food labeling should be labeled separately. A sales unit of packaging containing different varieties, multiple independent packaging but not separate sales of food, can be in accordance with the "General Principles for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods" (GB7718-2011) labeling on the unit of sale packaging, where the independent packaging can not be labeled with the mandatory labeling content of the provisions of the standard.
Nutrition labeling of moon cakes is marked in accordance with GB 28050-2011 General Principles for Nutrition Labeling of Prepackaged Foods, a national standard for food safety, and the revised version of the GB 28050-2011 standard Q&A.
6. What are the main indicators for the supervision and sampling of mooncake products?
Answer: According to the "Notice of the General Administration of Food and Drug Administration on the Issuance of Food Safety Sampling Plans and Requirements in 2017" issued by the General Administration of Food and Drug Administration, mooncakes are classified as higher-risk products, and the sampling items of mooncakes are: lead (in Pb), acid price (in fat), peroxide value (in fat), benzoic acid and its sodium salt (in benzoic acid), sorbic acid and its potassium salt (in sorbic acid), sodium saccharin (in saccharin), sweetener, acesulfame, aluminum residue (dry sample, Al), propionic acid and its sodium salt, calcium salt (as propionic acid), dehydroacetic acid, natamycin, sucralose, neotame, aspartame, tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) (in terms of the content of fat), the sum of the respective amount of the preservatives used in the mixture of the ratio of the maximum amount of their use, the total number of bacterial colonies, coliforms, salmonella Staphylococcus aureus, mold, dimethyl fumarate.
7, moon cake products sampling test method used?
A: The relevant testing standards for sampling of mooncake products are shown in the "General Office of the General Administration of Food and Drug Administration on the issuance of the National Food Safety Supervision and Sampling Implementation Rules (2017 Edition) Notice" (Food and Drug Administration Office of Food and Drug Administration No. 3 〔2017〕 19) in the rules of the twenty-fourth part.
8. What standards do materials in contact with mooncakes need to meet?
A: At present, the standard system of food contact materials has been basically perfect, and moon cakes in contact with plastic should be in line with GB 4806.7-2016 "National Standard for Food Safety Food Contact Plastic Materials and Products", and moon cakes in contact with metal materials should be in line with GB 4806.9-2016 "National Standard for Food Safety Food Contact Metallic Materials and Products", and moon cakes in contact with The paper and cardboard materials and products in contact with mooncakes shall comply with GB 4806.8-2016 National Standard for Food Safety Paper and Cardboard Materials and Products for Food Contact.
9. What standards and regulations are in place to regulate and manage the over-packaging of mooncakes?
A: The main standards on over-packaging GB 23350-2009 "Restriction of excessive packaging requirements for commodities Food and Cosmetics", GB/T 31268-2014 "Restriction of excessive packaging of commodities General". Relevant regulatory documents include:
- Notice on Further Regulating Mooncake Packaging to Conserve Resources and Protect the Environment (NDRC [2008] No. 2125)
- Announcement of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Commerce, the General Administration for Industry and Commerce, and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine on the Regulation of Mooncake Prices, Quality, Packaging, and Tied Selling and Other Behaviors (Announcement No. 33 of 2005)
- Notice of the General Office of the State Council on the Control of Excessive Packaging of Commodities (State Office of the People's Republic of China [2009] No. 5)
Additionally, it is also important to note the specialized regulations of certain local provinces and municipalities, such as the Interim Measures for Restricting Excessive Packaging of Commodities Management in Guangzhou Municipality (Order of the People's Government of Guangzhou Municipality, No. 101), a regulation issued by the Municipal Government of Guangzhou.
10, in addition to the above standards and regulations, mooncake companies should pay attention to what information?
A: In addition to the contents mentioned in the previous nine questions, it is recommended that mooncake enterprises pay more attention to the national food safety supervision and sampling information and court judgment case information, and timely self-check whether there is a corresponding problem to reduce and avoid losses.
Food sampling, food partner network from the food sampling information query and analysis system was informed that: regulators sampling products failed mainly in the labeling, food additives, microbiological indicators control, and some of the control of physical and chemical and quality indicators. It is recommended that all mooncake manufacturers pay attention to the 2017 food sampling program of the General Administration mentioned above, and focus on the control of the indicators listed therein to ensure that the products shipped for sale comply with China's standards and regulations.
As for court decisions, FoodPartner.com checked dozens of court decisions on mooncakes. Among them, the moon cake production and management enterprises are required to compensate mainly about the additives common name labeling is not standardized, advertising claims do not comply with the advertising law, adding health food with raw materials, marking the invalid standard number, labeling special emphasis on a certain ingredient does not identify the content of the problem. That is, the labeling compliance issues, which requires companies not only to pay attention to product quality and safety, but also to pay attention to the product labeling regulations, when necessary, to seek professional labeling audit organization for compliance control (Food Partner Network in this area has now accumulated a more mature compliance audit experience), in order to further reduce and lower the non-quality and safety risks caused by some unnecessary losses.