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During the National Day holiday, grilled sausage is a snack you can pick up anywhere at a scenic area. But although they are all called grilled sausage, the products used at the stalls are not the same: one is a frozen sausage that must be stored frozen and heated according to requirements, and the other is a sausage that can already be eaten directly and is then pan-fried or grilled for seasoning, with some starch sausages falling into the latter category. Both reach consumers hot, but the processing that comes before cannot be lumped together. Take frozen sausages first. In the production workshop, the meat is trimmed and minced, then combined with

During the National Day holiday, some people head for scenic spots, while others decide to postpone their trips for a few days and stay home to rest. But when mealtime comes, they still don't want to wash vegetables, cut meat, or stand by the stove busy cooking. Besides ordering takeout, going to Hema or Sam's Club to pick up a few dishes, or placing an order on Dingdong Maicai or Xiaoxiang Supermarket and then preparing them according to the instructions, has also become an option for eating at home. However, convenience foods should not all be counted as prepared dishes. According to the notice issued by six government departments in 2024, prepared dishes are pre-packaged dishes that are pre-processed industrially and can be eaten only after being heated or cooked, and staples such as quick-frozen dumplings do not fall within this scope. Ready-to-eat cooked foods that can be eaten straight from the bag after purchase should not be confused with them either.

Recently, the Hongsheng Group (Wahaha) Heyuan Base project, with a total investment of more than RMB 1 billion, held its groundbreaking ceremony at the 2026 Autumn Economic and Trade and Investment Promotion Event in Heyuan City. It is reported that the project will build a modern production base integrating beverage manufacturing and intelligent packaging, and is scheduled to be completed and put into operation around June 2027, with annual sales revenue expected to reach approximately RMB 2 billion once fully operational. According to reports, the project is being invested in and constructed by a subsidiary of Hongsheng Beverage Group Co., Ltd. —

To further enhance communication and exchange between upstream and downstream players in the domestic and international daily chemical industry and promote high-quality industry development, the China Cleaning Industry Association has scheduled the "2026 (18th) China International Exhibition of Daily Chemical Product Ingredients, Equipment and Packaging" for November 11-13, 2026 in Chongqing. This edition is hosted by the China Cleaning Industry Association and organized by Reed Sinopharm Exhibitions Co., Ltd., with the Shanghai Daily Chemical Industry Association, Jiangsu Daily Chemical Industry Association, Zhejiang...

Priced at 298 yuan but sold for 39.99 yuan! Livestream “aid-farming walnut oil” is actually fake oil CCTV exposed that livestreams, under the guise of “public-welfare aid to farmers”, sold “Yikoufu” walnut oil. The product claimed its only ingredient was walnuts, and a 5-jin pack with a suggested retail price of 298 yuan was sold for only 39.99 yuan, with tens of thousands of orders sold. A special sampling inspection of livestream e-commerce by the State Administration for Market Regulation found that the “Yikoufu” walnut oil on sale in the livestream involved had a measured palmitic acid content of 10.8%, exceeding the reference range of 2.

The National Food Safety Standard General Rules for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods (GB 7718-2025) will come into force on March 16, 2027, and the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Food Labeling (Order No. 100 of the State Administration for Market Regulation) will be implemented simultaneously. The name of a food is the first piece of information by which consumers identify a food, and it is also the primary item in label compliance review. In accordance with the requirements of the new standards and regulations, Foodmate has sorted out the labeling requirements for food names on prepackaged food labels,

Recently, Guiyang Municipality officially issued the Implementation Opinions of Guiyang Municipality on Supporting the High-Quality Development of the Craft Beer Industry (Zhu Fu Ban Fa [2026] No. 5), and released a supporting official policy interpretation, rolling out support measures across multiple dimensions including industrial agglomeration, technological innovation and other factor support. The policy covers the entire industrial chain of craft beer production, not only helping the local craft beer industry develop in a standardized and clustered manner, but also bringing broad market opportunities and policy dividends to upstream and downstream supporting food machinery and equipment enterprises,

New Beijing Takeout Packaging Rules: China's first local standard for green packaging by food delivery merchants, the Guidelines for the Use of Green Packaging by Food Delivery Merchants (DB11/T 2510-2026), has been officially implemented since September 1, 2026. The standard classifies menu items into two categories, simple packaging and sealed packaging, and specifies concrete requirements such as paper bags for buns and pastries and sealed meal boxes with locking clasps for soup noodles, aiming to reduce excessive packaging. New National Standard for Express Packaging: the Restrictions on Express

Order No. 24 is fully titled the Provisions for Pharmaceutical Package Inserts and Labels; it mainly regulates the content of labels and package inserts on pharmaceutical packaging rather than the packaging materials themselves. Its core provisions are as follows: What packaging must contain - Labels and inserts: pharmaceutical packaging must be printed with or affixed with labels as required, and the smallest sales package must be accompanied by a package insert. Inclusion of materials prohibited: no text, audio-visual or other materials introducing or promoting the product or the company may be enclosed in the packaging

Early new consumer brands relied on visual impact to create "unboxing delight" -- a gorgeous box, the ritual of tearing away layer after layer, a carefully designed internal structure -- these were once the core weapons for brands to build a first impression with consumers. But consumers in 2026 are rewriting the rules through their actions. What they value is no longer the wow of the moment it is opened, but what the packaging can still do after it is used up. Part 01 The era of "unbox and discard" is over. In the past ten...