Green food and green packaging

Green food refers to pollution-free, safe, high-quality, nutritious food that has been certified by a specialized agency to permit the use of green food labels. Green packaging refers to packaging that is harmless to the ecological environment and human health, free of environmental pollution, capable of recycling, recycling and recycling, and that can promote sustainable development. Entering the 21st century, green foods will dominate the world market, and green foods must have green packaging and will become the trend of the situation. Actively researching and developing "green packaging" is the inevitable choice for the packaging industry to face WTO accession in the new century.

Protecting the quality of green foods and maintaining the freshness of green foods are the basic functions of green packaging. At present, the common green packaging is: Green aseptic packaging, which is the preferred target for green food packaging, can be applied to packaging juice, milk, mineral water, etc., Britain, Germany, France, etc. have already used 1/3 of the beverage; Fresh-keeping packaging bags, used for packaging green foods of fruits and vegetables, can be stored for 60-80 days under a certain temperature, and the fresh-keeping packaging bags can be reused for easy recycling; paper-based packaging can be popularized on green food packaging. Quantitative direct packaging of food, popular with users; biodegradable plastic packaging, for tableware, trays, but also an ideal green food packaging, can completely replace disposable foam plastic tray (box), solve white pollution, protect the ecological environment Edible packaging is a good way to solve the contradiction between food packaging waste and environmental protection. It is also a packaging film that does not affect the flavor of green food.

Green food must have green packaging, which has become the fashion of green food packaging in the new century and has become the mainstream of packaging. The government environmental protection department clearly stipulates that the green food packaging should have the “four in one” sign: the green food sign, the text of the green food word, the code and the laser anti-counterfeiting label, and the certification unit. At the same time, it is advisable that natural foods do not equal to green foods. When shopping, it is necessary to pay attention to identifying the “green cards” of packages.

(From "China Food Quality News")