LOGO

GB28050 Interpretation—7 Situations of Exemption from Nutrition Label

 food nutrition label GB 7718 28050 China laws and regulations registration


Reference to the international nutrition label practice, GB 28050 National Food Safety Standard for Nutrition Label Rules of Pre-packaged Food stipulates some food fields which could be exempted from nutrition labelling, totally including 7 situations as follow:


1
Fresh food

Pre-packaged raw meat, raw fish, raw vegetables and fruits, etc which are uncooked and without adding other ingredients, such as packaged fresh/frozen shrimp, meat, fish or fish pieces, meat pieces, meat fillings, etc. In addition, the dried food products without adding other ingredients also belongs to this situation of fresh food, such as dried mushroom, fungus, dried fruits, dried vegetables and fresh eggs, etc. The pre-packaged frozen rice products and frozen conditioning food is not belong to this situation, such as frozen dumplings, steam buns and shrimp balls, etc.

2
Alcoholic drinks with no less than 0.5% acholol content

Mainly including  fermented wine, distilled wine and its preparation and  other wine (such as cooking wine)
 

3
The pre-packaged foods whose packing total surface is no more than 100 cm² or the maximum surface area is no more than 20 cm²

4
Foods on the spot

Mainly for the instant foods which are made and sold on the spot.

5
Packaged drinking water

Refers to natural mineral drinking water, pure drinking water and other drinking water.

6
The pre-packaged foods with no more than 10g or 10 ml of daily intake

Refers to the foods which are low intake and make a little contribution for the nutrients intake of human body or the foods with only one kind of seasoning,that includes the following: 1. Food seasoning, 2.Sweeteners; 3.Spices, 4.The foods with small edible proportion  (such as gum candy, cafe bean, ground cafe powder, etc.), 5.Ethers (yeast, edible starch, etc.). But it shall be labelling nutrition table for the foods which have single nutrient with high content and make a great influence on the nutrients daily intake such as beancurd, pickles, soy sauce, sauce (mayonnaise, meat sauce, chilli sauce, etc.) and compound seasoning and so on.

7
Others stipulated by laws and regulations in China

 


Need help or have a question?

Send mail