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[ppzhan abstract] On August 15 local time, Australia's High Court dismissed appeals from several major tobacco companies, ruling that the "plain tobacco packaging law" introduced by the Australian government is not unconstitutional. This move has produced a "domino" effect among other countries around the world. Soon afterward, Argentina's Chamber of Deputies began discussing tobacco-control legislation that follows Australia's example, and a similar bill is highly likely to be passed by the Chamber of Deputies. Compared with the legislation implemented by Australia

[ppzhan abstract] From January 1, 2013, China's national standard for food nutrition labeling, the General Rules for Nutrition Labeling of Prepackaged Foods, was officially implemented. In order to help food companies understand the General Rules as soon as possible and standardize food labeling in accordance with the relevant provisions, the National Institute for Nutrition and Food Safety of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention under the Ministry of Health will, as its next step, take three years to engage in in-depth interaction with the food industry and push for the implementation of standards related to food nutrition labeling. The state's January 1, 2013

One day after Australia's High Court ruled to uphold the government's plain tobacco packaging law, the EU announced it is also considering introducing stricter anti-smoking regulations, including a ban on the appearance of trademarks on cigarette packaging. Australia's High Court recently ruled against several major tobacco companies that had jointly opposed the new anti-smoking law. The ruling means that, starting in December this year, all cigarettes sold in Australia must use unattractive olive-green packaging, with no trademarks, and must also be printed with warnings about smoking

Recently, media reports have claimed that excessive fluorescent substances in paper containers for instant noodles, milk tea and similar products will harm health. The relevant information on the applicable standards for food packaging paper is set out below: China's Hygienic Standard for Base Paper for Food Packaging (GB11680-89) explicitly specifies the hygienic limits for lead, arsenic, fluorescent substances, the decolorization test, coliform bacteria and pathogenic bacteria in base paper that comes into direct contact with food, and the supporting testing method standard, the Hygienic Standard for Food Packaging Base Paper

According to reports, the National Food Safety Standard — General Rules for Nutrition Labeling of Prepackaged Foods — officially takes effect on January 1 next year. The General Rules require that, apart from those separately stipulated as "exempt," all prepackaged foods must mandatorily carry nutrition labels indicating the content of four core nutrients, namely protein, fat, carbohydrates and sodium, and foods with non-compliant nutrition labels may not be sold. Nutrition labels guide consumers to pay attention to nutritional components and are a means of preventing chronic

[ppzhan abstract] Eleven years ago, in 2001, the ISO organization introduced the PDF/X-1a standard, and from that point on, print automation entered a new stage of development. In fact, people have long been seeking a standard that can make the handoff between jobs easier and smoother, and allow quality control to run through every step from the client side to the completion of all post-press processing. The introduction of the PDF/X standard is precisely the fruit of the joint efforts of all industries related to printing

Article 1 In order to standardize the work of commodity barcode printing qualification accreditation, ensure the printing quality of commodity barcodes, accelerate the promotion and application of commodity barcodes and promote the development of commercial automation, these Measures are formulated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State. Article 2 Commodity barcode printing qualification accreditation refers to the China Article Numbering Center and its branches, on the basis of applications from printing enterprises and in accordance with the national standards for commodity barcodes and the relevant provisions, evaluating the commodity barcode printing quality assurance capability of printing enterprises, and for those who pass the assessment

In recent years, "green" has become an issue of growing concern for printing companies, and the 12th Five-Year Plan has pushed green printing to a new height. As people gradually turn their attention to environmental and social issues, enterprises must give more consideration to logistics cost factors related to climate change, air pollution, and energy conservation and emissions reduction, so as to balance corporate, environmental and social goals. And enterprises that meet green printing standards should enjoy more preferential national policies, including fund

To the press and publication bureaus, education departments (education commissions) and environmental protection departments (bureaus) of all provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), all primary and secondary school textbook publishing and printing enterprises, and all relevant quality inspection institutions: The implementation of green printing for primary and secondary school textbooks is an important measure for China to protect the physical health of young people and children, transform the development mode of the printing industry, and advance the building of an ecological civilization and an environment-friendly society. The Opinions of the State Council on Strengthening Key Work in Environmental Protection (Guo Fa [2011] No. 35) proposed to encourage

Article 1 In order to strengthen the administration of printed advertisements, protect the lawful rights and interests of consumers and business operators, and maintain a market order of fair competition, these Measures are formulated in accordance with the Advertising Law of the People's Republic of China, the Regulations on the Administration of Advertising and relevant state provisions. Article 2 Printed advertisements administered under these Measures refer to general-form printed advertisements in which advertisers, on their own or by entrusting advertising operators, use leaflets, posters, brochures and other forms to publish material introducing the goods or services they promote