The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine recently issued the Measures for the Administration of Organic Product Certification, aiming to strengthen the administration of organic product certification, safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, producers and sellers, and further improve the quality of organic products.
The Measures specify that the Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China shall be responsible for the unified management, supervision and comprehensive coordination of organic product certification nationwide. The State shall implement a unified organic product certification system, with a unified certification catalogue, unified standards and certification implementation rules, and a unified certification mark.
With respect to certification implementation, the Measures specify that processed products with an organic ingredient content (referring to weight or liquid volume, excluding water and salt) equal to or higher than 95% may only be labeled with the word “organic” on the product or its packaging and labels, and bear the organic product certification mark, after obtaining organic product certification. Certification bodies shall not conduct organic certification for processed products with an organic ingredient content lower than 95%.
With respect to certification certificates and certification marks, the Measures specify various circumstances under which certification bodies shall revoke certification certificates within 7 days, including: prohibited substances under the national standards for organic products are used in the production or processing of the certified products, or the products are contaminated by prohibited substances; the certification client of the certified products falsely reports or conceals information required for certification; the certification client of the certified products uses the certification mark beyond the permitted scope; and so on.
The Measures also specify that for products that have not obtained organic product certification, or where certified products have undergone further processing, sub-packaging or splitting outside the production and processing premises specified in the certification certificate, no unit or individual may label on the product, the smallest sales package or its labels any textual descriptions or patterns containing words such as “organic” or “ORGANIC” that may mislead the public into believing that the product is an organic product.
With respect to supervision and administration, the Measures provide that certification clients of certified products, as well as units and individuals selling organic products, shall establish a sound product quality and safety traceability system and a records and archives system for production, processing and sales during the processes of production, processing, packaging, storage, transportation and sales. If a certification client of certified products provides false information, illegally uses prohibited substances, uses the organic certification mark beyond the permitted scope, or causes a major product quality and safety accident, the certification body shall not accept organic product certification applications from the enterprise and its production bases and processing premises within 5 years.
In addition, the Measures specify penalties for violations. For forging, altering, fraudulently using, illegally trading in, transferring or tampering with certification certificates, the local certification supervision department shall order correction and impose a fine of 30,000 yuan.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11442/
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