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FoodMate News: In recent years, food trade between Mainland China and Hong Kong has become increasingly frequent, and the regulatory differences in prepackaged food labeling between the two places have drawn close attention from import and export enterprises. According to the sampling inspection data of the Centre for Food Safety in Hong Kong from January to July 2026, the number of samples tested for nutrition labeling was 230, of which 24 were unqualified, with a failure rate of 10%, and unqualified nutrition composition tables are one of the main reasons. The Mainland’s National Food Safety

Foodmate News, October 10 — The Shaanxi Provincial Market Supervision and Administration Bureau issued Notice No. 17 of 2026 on food safety sampling inspections, in which 19 batches of samples across 10 major categories were found to be non-compliant, including pastries, condiments, alcoholic beverages, roasted foods and nut products, grain processed products, meat products, tea and related products, soy products, instant foods, and fruit products. The problems involved use of food additives beyond the permitted scope, microbial contamination, quality indicators failing to meet standards, pesticide residues exceeding limit values, and fungal toxin contamination.

Tetra Pak has been awarded the EcoVadis Platinum sustainability rating for the second consecutive year, retaining the highest rating in the world's most widely used corporate sustainability assessment. Tetra Pak's overall score rose from 85 points in 2025 to 87 points (out of 100), keeping it in the top 1%1 of the more than 150,000 companies assessed by EcoVadis worldwide. This recognition reflects Tetra Pak's efforts to continuously improve the sustainability performance of its own operations and value chain and to help

On September 29, Zheng Gang, Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the Zhejiang Provincial Packaging Federation, and his delegation visited Wenzhou Hualian Machinery Group for an on-site inspection. The delegation went deep into the advanced production lines of packaging equipment manufacturing to learn about the production line operation processes as well as the market positioning and market share of the products; at the same time, they addressed the enterprises' needs for tackling key difficulties, jointly discussed countermeasures for sustainable development, and precisely supported the high-quality development of leading enterprises in the province's packaging equipment sector. Hualian Machinery Group was founded in 1989 and focuses on high-quality packaging machinery

On October 13, the 2026 Shenzhen Food and Processing Packaging Exhibition grandly opened at the Shenzhen International Convention and Exhibition Center, running from October 13 to 15. That morning, our Association President Bao Helin and Secretary-General Zou Xinrui were invited to attend the opening ceremony. At this exhibition, our Association organized Kuka Robotics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Fu'erling Automation System Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Rongyu Intelligent Machinery Co., Ltd., Guangdong Shuangxing New Material Group Co., Ltd., Anhui Re

Product outer packaging is mainly governed by the Product Quality Law, the Food Safety Law and the mandatory national standards on excessive packaging; food, cosmetics and other products must also comply with specific labeling provisions. What must be clearly stated on the outer packaging ‌Basic information must be labeled‌: product name, name and address of the producer, production date, shelf life, product standard code, etc.; products with a limited period of use shall prominently indicate the expiry date. ‌Food labels must be standardized‌: prepackaged food shall, on the outer packaging of the smallest sales

Recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) formulated the "Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China (Draft Amendment for Public Comment)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Draft for Comment") and released it for public comment. The current Food Safety Law has 10 chapters, 14 sections and 154 articles, while the Draft for Comment has 10 chapters, 16 sections and 191 articles, of which 61 are basically retained, 37 are newly added and 93 are revised. Foodmate has sorted out the key revision changes most closely related to companies, to help companies assess them in advance

Recently, #BringBackWhiteSugar# surged to the top of social media. It started when consumers discovered that in the ingredient lists of a large number of beverages, condiments and other foods, white granulated sugar had been replaced with high-fructose corn syrup, and some experts said high-fructose corn syrup is unhealthy. As a result, the comment sections were almost unanimously of the view that food companies have no conscience. Because I deal with ingredient lists every day, I want to help everyone dig into one question: how common is this kind of sugar swap in beverages sold on the market? So, based on Foodmate's "Food

According to the National Standards Information Public Service Platform, "Plastic Laminated Film and Pouches for Liquid Food Packaging" GB/T 19741-2026 was issued on September 28, 2026, and will take effect on April 1, 2027. The national standard "Plastic Laminated Film and Pouches for Liquid Food Packaging" is administered by TC397 (National Technical Committee for Standardization of Food Contact Materials and Articles), and executed by TC397SC6 (National Technical Committee for Standardization of Food Contact Materials

According to the National Standards Information Public Service Platform, "General Technical Requirements for QR Codes on Digital Labels of Prepackaged Foods" GB/T 48291-2026 was issued on September 28, 2026, and will be implemented on April 1, 2027. The national standard "General Technical Requirements for QR Codes on Digital Labels of Prepackaged Foods" is administered by TC287(National Technical Committee 287 on Coding of Articles), with the Standardization Administration of China as the competent authority. Main drafting units