Food packaging certification is very important! To avoid buying mined food, what do you know about the "10 food stamps and certifications"?

After several food safety incidents in recent years, food hygiene safety has gradually been valued by everyone. Many people have begun to develop the habit of carefully reading out-of-packaging when buying food. On these food packaging, you often see some colorful stamps and English numbers certifications. What do they represent? Today, Evelyn, a brand nutritionist for "PrimePlus Health Designer", will bring you 10 common food stamps and certifications you know!

10 common food stamps and certifications

1. Taiwan Excellent Food TQF stamp suitable food: various types of processed food

The predecessor of the

TQF (Taiwan Quality Food) chapter was the well-known "Food GMP Chapter", which is the smile chapter. As Taiwan pays more attention to food safety, in 2015, the GMP chapter was upgraded to the TQF chapter, making information more open and transparent, and implementing source management, and competing to become a more indicative chapter.

2. Taiwan's excellent agricultural products CAS stamp

Suitable food: domestic agricultural, aquatic, livestock and forest products and their primary processed products

The

CAS (Certified Agricultural Standards) mark is the representative mark of the highest quality of domestic agricultural products and processed products. It is established by the Agricultural Committee to uphold the concept of "quality agriculture", "safe agriculture" and "precision agriculture", and seek to trace the standards of origin, quality and hygiene, and thus improve the competitiveness of domestic agricultural products. Until now, it has generally won the trust and recognition of the people.

3. Taiwan organic agricultural product label

Suitable food: agricultural products or primary agricultural processed products

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refers to the entire production, processing, distribution and circulation of agricultural products that meet the "organic" verification standards. The production process does not use chemical fertilizers, agricultural medicines and food additives, and the production flow direction is fully recorded to obtain this mark and be sold under the name "organic". People can use this stamp to identify organic agricultural products.

4. Production and Shop Products Title

Suitable Food: Agricultural, Aquatic, Animal and Forest Products and Primary Processing Products

The system of sales practice has three characteristics: "Exclusive traceability of information", "Taiwan Good Agricultural Regulations (TGAP)", and "Third-party verification system". As long as the product with the sales practice mark is posted, it can trace the production location and source information through the trace code on the packaging or QR Code. It also means that in addition to complying with the TGAP standard, the product has also obtained fair third-party organization verification qualifications, so it is a very safe and of excellent quality product.

5. Fresh milk stamp

Suitable food: domestically produced 100% pure fresh milk

Fresh milk mark is based on the amount of qualified raw milk purchased by dairy processing factories from cheese farms every month and the amount of fresh milk produced by them. The control and verification operations are very cautious, which prompts manufacturers to be honest in producing milk from China to make milk, so they can be regarded as the identity of "domestic fresh milk". Choose to buy fresh milk products with fresh milk stamps to ensure that it is 100% domestically produced fresh milk, which is also more secure!

6. SNQ National Quality Mark

Applicable products: Biotechnology, medical and health equipment, cosmetics, nutritional and health products, medicines, Chinese herbal medicines, medical hospitals, nursing care services, etc., currently 16 categories are counted

The

SNQ (Symbol of National Quality) adheres to the concept of "quality and safety are more important than anything else!", and combines national authority experts in the fields of biotechnology, nutrition and medical care, conducts professional book reviews and on-site inspections, examines medical and health services and products on the market, and strictly focus on consumers' health.

7. Healthy Foods Chapter

Applicable Foods: Functional Foods, Health Foods, Functional Drinks, etc.

The healthy food stamp is what we often call the "little green man's stamp". Only foods with this stamp can be called "healthy food". It represents a health care effect that has a scientifically certified health care effect and can also promote 13 health care effects currently announced by the Ministry of Welfare: adjusting blood lipid function, Immune regulation function, improvement of gastrointestinal function, bone health care function, dental health care, blood sugar regulation, liver protection (chemical liver injury), anti-fatigue function, aging function, assist in blood pressure function, promote iron absorption function, assist in adjusting allergic body quality function, and not easily form fat function.

Healthy food is approved food, but it does not mean that it will become healthy after eating it! They are health foods that help adjust the body. The most important thing is still healthy diet and living habits. If there is any physical discomfort, you should seek help from professional doctors..

8. HACCP certification

Applicable objects: various types of food manufacturing plants, processing plants, catering industries, etc.

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point System (HACCP) is one of the globally common food safety management systems. The concept is to pre-analyze various food hazard risks that may arise during product production, and to formulate control measures to prevent higher hazard risks. In addition to paying attention to the quality of back-end finished products, we pay more attention to the establishment of a "front-end" security system. Therefore, a catering industry or processing factory certified by HACCP can effectively greatly reduce the occurrence of food safety problems.

9. ISO22000 certification

Applicable objects: All manufacturers of the entire food supplier chain can apply for

ISO22000 is also a globally universal food safety management system standard. It includes the content of HACCP mentioned earlier, so the scope of the food supply chain is more extensive and ensures the safety of the food supply chain. From primary manufacturer suppliers, retailers, service circles, and even food equipment, ingredients, packaging, etc., are suitable for ISO 22000.

10. Monde Selection International Quality Review

Suitable Foods: Wine, Soft Drinks, Food, Smoking, Health Food and Cosmetics

Monde Selection International Quality Review is considered to be one of the oldest quality research institutions in the world. It evaluates and analyzes the quality of a wide range of products on the market in various countries. Each product is independently evaluated rather than compared. It is tested and evaluated by 80 international experts. Therefore, the products that won this award are considered to be of quality to be removed from many products, which is also an index award with sufficient reference value for consumers.

After reading today's introduction, do you have a preliminary understanding of these chapters and certifications? When you choose food and food, you must carefully read whether there are complete marks on the packaging. If these marks and certifications are included on the product, you will be more secure and you will be more at ease when you eat it!