In the fruit and vegetable market, there are all kinds of food. In recent years, due to people's attention to health care, many citizens will choose to buy green food. We know that there are green food signs on green food, and we need to obtain green food signs, and we have stipulated the validity period of the right to use green food signs. Do you know how long the deadline is?
1. How long is the validity of the right to use the green food mark?
Products that have passed the green food certification can use the green food logo in a unified format, and the validity period is 3 years, counting from the date of obtaining the certificate through certification. After the expiration of the validity period, the production enterprise must re-apply for certification before continuing to use the mark and changing the number on the mark. It will take half a year from re-application to certification, during which the production enterprises will be allowed to continue to use the green food logo. If the re-application fails to pass the certification, the enterprise must immediately stop using the mark. In addition, during the three-year validity period, China Green Food Development Center will inspect the products every year according to the environmental, production and quality standards of green food. If it does not meet the requirements, the center will cancel the use mark of the product.
In recent years, China Green Food Development Center has investigated dozens of cases of illegal use or counterfeiting of "green food" signs every year, and a few enterprises have been disqualified from using the signs because they failed to pass the annual inspection.
Second, what is the green food sign?
Green food mark is a quality certification mark officially registered by the Green Food Development Center in the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.
It consists of three parts, namely, the sun above, the leaves below and the flower buds in the middle, symbolizing the natural ecology; The color is green, symbolizing life, agriculture and environmental protection; The figure is a right circle, indicating protection. AA-level green food signs and fonts are green on a white background, while A-level green food signs and fonts are green on a white background. The whole character depicts a harmonious vitality in the bright sunshine, telling people that green food is a safe and pollution-free food from a pure and good ecological environment, which can bring people great vitality.
Measures for the administration of green food labels
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The term "green food" as mentioned in these Measures refers to the safe and high-quality edible agricultural products and related products that are produced in accordance with the standards of green food in an excellent ecological environment, subject to full-process quality control, and have obtained the right to use the green food logo.
Article 3 Green food signs are registered as certification trademarks according to law and are protected by law.
Third, how to apply for a green food witness card?
Any unit or individual who wants to engage in the production of green food and obtain the green food label shall follow the following procedures.
All units and individuals with green food production conditions can be used as applicants for the right to use green food signs.
1. The applicant fills in the Application Form for the Use of Green Food Signs in duplicate (including the attached materials) and submits it to the green food management department of the local province (autonomous region, municipality directly under the Central Government and cities with separate plans).
2. The provincial green food management department entrusts an environmental monitoring agency that has passed the metrological certification at or above the provincial level to conduct environmental assessment on the origin of products or raw materials.
3, the provincial green food management department of the application materials for preliminary examination, and the preliminary examination of qualified materials submitted to the China Green Food Development Center.
4. China Green Food Development Center will review the above materials together with authoritative environmental protection agencies. Qualified, the food monitoring agency designated by China Green Food Development Center samples its declared products and tests them according to the quality and hygiene standards of green food; Those who are unqualified will no longer accept their applications in that year.
5. China Green Food Development Center conducts a comprehensive review (including on-the-spot investigation) of products that have passed the quality and hygiene inspection, and signs an Agreement on the Use of Green Food Marks with qualified applicants: the Ministry of Agriculture issues a certificate and number for the use of green food marks; Reported to the Trademark Office of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce for the record and announced to the public at the same time.
As can be seen from the above information, the validity period of the right to use the green food logo is three years. Because the purchase price of lawyer's food is relatively high, and customers will choose to buy it because they think it is less harmful to health, all kinds of manufacturers selling green food must have the right to use the green food logo, otherwise customers can complain.