Q36. How to understand "If a foreign language label is used at the same time, its content should correspond to Chinese" in clause 3.2 of this standard? Is it exactly the same? If the original foreign language nutrition label contains content that does not meet the requirements of this standard, can it cover the original foreign language content and affix a Chinese nutrition label that meets the requirements of this standard?

A: For products produced and sold in China, when the nutrition label adopts the Chinese and foreign language to identify the nutrition facts, the Chinese and foreign language content should be correspondingly labeled with reference to the format of the example B.2.3 in Appendix B of the standard. For imported food, when the product label and nutrition label adopt the original foreign label, the label of such product (including nutrition label) can be in the form of labeling to meet the requirements of Chinese regulations and standards. Therefore, for the nutrition label part, you can adopt the form of Chinese nutrition label affixed in accordance with the requirements of this standard, and cover the whole nutrition label of the original foreign language label.

Q37. The nutrients of different products signed in the nutrition labels in the same package are inconsistent. Can a combined format be used?

A: You can refer to Clause 45 of the Standard Q&A (Revised Edition).

Q38. There are no ω-3 unsaturated fatty acids and α-linolenic acid in Table 1 of this standard. How can they be indicated in the nutritional fact?

A: This standard stipulates that the nutrient fact should be expressed in the form of a "box table". The contents that can be indicated in the nutrient fact include the nutrient components listed in Table 1 of this standard, GB 14880—2012 "Food Safety National Standards the Use of Standard for Food Nutrition Fortifiers" and the announcement of the National Health and Family Planning Commission to allow fortification of other nutrients except Table 1. Those that do not belong to the above content should not be indicated in the nutrition fact.

Q39. Please clarify whether "nutrition fortifiers are used" in GB 28050-2011 "National Food Safety Standards for Nutritional Labeling of Prepackaged Foods". Does it refer to the nutrition fortifiers that are added directly and play a role in the final product? If it is a nutritional fortifier which is brought in by compound ingredients added in the product and does not play a role as a nutritional fortifier in the final product, can it not be declared in the nutrition fact?

A: Clause 4.3 of GB 28050-2011 stipulates that “in addition to the requirements of 4.1 for prepackaged foods that use nutritional fortifiers, the nutrition fact should also indicate the content of the nutritional components in the fortified food and its percentage of NRV". This clause only applies to fortified foods.

Q40. If there is only "4+1 and sugar" or "4+1 and trans fat" in the nutritional composition table, is it required to make eye-catching label in accordance with Article 4.1?

A: Need to make eye-catching label in accordance with Clause 4.1 of this standard.

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