The new regulations require that the moon cake packaging does not exceed three floors. Is the Jiangcheng gift box "slimming" successful?

Jimu News reporter Shi Qian

Photography reporter Li Hui

One month before the Mid -Autumn Festival, many consumers have found that the moon cakes in Wuhan's major merchants have been fully launched. According to the "Restricted Product Excessive Packaging Requirement Food and Cosmetics" (GB 23350-2021) issued by the General Administration of Market Supervision in May this year, starting from August 15, the number of packaging layers of moon cakes and rice dumplings will not exceed the maximum number Three floors, the volume of packaging needs to be reduced by 42%. So, is the moon cake gift box "weight loss" on the Wuhan market?

On August 10, Jimu Journalists visited and found that bulk moon cakes are generally minimalist packaging, and many brands even have only one layer of packaging. However, the packets of gift boxes still exceed three layers, and there is also a phenomenon of excessive volume of the outer box. People in the industry pointed out that the overwing of moon cakes is conducive to building a conservation society and allowing moon cakes to return to the essence of food.

Almost all of the bulk moon cakes are minimal packaging

The new national standard stipulates that the number of packaging layers of moon cakes and rice dumplings has no more than four layers from a maximum of no more than three layers. In many merchants who visited, the reporter found that the bulk moon cakes were almost in line with regulations, and the packaging was simple.

In a large business super in Xu Dong Avenue, all kinds of bulk moon cakes are placed on a more conspicuous aisle. The reporter carefully observed the moon cakes of various brands and found that almost all of the bulk moon cakes were minimalist packaging. Cantonese moon cakes are generally a plastic box containing a moon cake with a plastic packaging bag outside. The packaging of Soviet moon cakes is more streamlined, and most of them have only one layer of paper packaging.

The reporter also saw that a plastic barrel was equipped with four or five moon cakes. There was no separate plastic packaging bag per moon cake. The packaging was minimalist.

At the grilled moon cake area in Hema Xiansheng Yuejiazui, Ms. Xie bought two freshly grilled fresh meat moon cakes. The clerk took out the moon cake with a clip and put it in a carton, and there was no other packaging. "Two fresh meat moon cakes are 12.8 yuan, and the simple packaging like this is good." Ms. Xie said that the moon cakes they eat, if the packaging is too complicated, may be more than 12.8 yuan, it is not cost -effective to buy.

The reporter saw at the Chinese businessmen Xu Dong Plaza Plaza that at present, there are only bulk moon cakes in the supermarket, which are minimalist packaging of one layer of minimalism. The general manager Li Yuantao introduced that the gift box moon cakes were put on the shelves around 15 days, and the price was about 100 yuan. "This year's gift box moon cake packaging is relatively simple, and the manufacturer does not have too many luxury packaging styles. a little."

The size of some gift boxes is cumbersome

Judging from the reporter's visit, some brand gift boxes moon cakes have not exceeded three layers of packaging, but there are still a few gift boxes with four layers of packaging. In addition to the packaging cannot exceed three floors, the new regulations also require compressed packaging gaps to reduce the volume of the packaging of the moon cake by 42%. However, as far as the reporter observes, there are also a few gift boxes in the Jiangcheng market.

In a chain baking brand store, there is a 499 yuan moon cake gift box. The reporter saw that this gift box was divided into three layers. Opening the packaging was like opening a door. It was divided into carton on the left and right sides with a large volume. There are separate plastic packaging bags in each moon cake, each moon cake and a separate small carton, there are more complicated gift boxes outside, and there is a handbag on the outside of the gift box. This means that this moon cake gift box packaging has four layers.

The new national standard also stipulates that moon cakes should not be mixed with other products. However, the reporter saw a moon cake gift box selling for 168 yuan in a business in Xu Dong Street. This gift box is divided into two floors, the upper layer is four moon cakes, and the lower layer is butterfly crisp, egg yolk crisp, biscuits and other snacks. In a chain snack brand store, in a gift box priced at 178 yuan, in addition to moon cakes, Jinjunmei tea is also carried out.

During the visit, the reporter also saw a lot of moon cake gift boxes that meet the requirements. There is an iron box on the outside of the brand's moon cake gift box. There is a separate plastic bag per moon cake in each moon cake, some plus a handbag, and some do not lift the bag. These gift boxes are equivalent to two or three -layer packaging.

The reporter noticed that compared with other moon cake gift boxes, the Hong Kong brand gift box is smaller, and only about two -thirds of other brands. The iron box is used. The moon cake inside is a simple plastic bag. The packaging is a gift box. Simple.

It is gratifying that the new regulations require packaging materials to not use precious metals and mahogany materials. In the supermarkets visited by the reporter, no moon cake gift boxes made of precious metals or mahogany materials were not seen.

The new national standard should be reached in the fact that there are prizes and penalties?

"Earlier, the excessive packaging moon cake gift boxes have actually changed, and limiting over packaging is beneficial to the society." Wang Peng, a researcher at the Beijing Academy of Social Sciences and researcher at the Intelligent Social Governance Research Center of Renmin University of China, said that before, the moon cake gift boxes have The valuable tea and even luxury goods are easy to breed corruption and cause public opinion.

Wang Peng said that in the past, many moon cake gift boxes were too large. After consumers were consumed, a large number of cartons, foam and plastic were discarded. While wasting resources, it also caused pollution to the environment. The purpose of society. Therefore, it is a good thing to limit the excessive packaging of moon cakes to help achieve the "double carbon" goal.

Wang Peng pointed out that after the introduction of the new national standard, the key is to implement them. Relevant departments should strengthen daily inspections and related random inspections, and have a prize and penalties for enterprises. A positive notification or reward should be made for enterprises or brands that are well executed. It should be reminded and criticized for enterprises or brands that are not in place. Those who refuse to correct should be punished accordingly. Wang Peng believes that eliminating over packaging of moon cakes should not only rely on industry self -discipline, but also to mobilize consumer power. Relevant departments should unblock relevant complaint channels. Consumers have found related clues in daily consumption, which can reflect the path and truly safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.

Mooncake non -blind box should return to the essence of food

How can consumers judge whether the moon cake gift box is "excessively packaged" before buying? Wei Hong, deputy director of the Standard and Technical Department of the State Administration of Market Supervision, introduced at a previous press conference that consumers can simply judge through "one -seeing, second question, three calculations".

"At first glance" depends on whether the outer packaging of the product is luxurious packaging and whether the packaging material is expensive material; Whether the packaging of processing products exceeds three layers, whether the packaging of other foods and cosmetics exceeds four layers; the "three calculations" are to measure or estimate the volume of the outer packaging, and compare it with the allowable maximum outer packaging volume to depend on whether it depends on whether Excess. In the above three aspects, as long as one is not passing, it can be preliminarily determined that it does not meet the standard requirements.

Liu Guoliang, president of the Wuhan Catering Industry Association, said that whether it is moon cakes or dumplings, green and simple packaging is the general trend. Moon cakes should be returned to the essence of food, rather than letting consumers dismantle moon cake gift boxes like a blind box. Earlier, the moon cake gift box was overwrapped, which also allowed some bad merchants to use organic and fake marketing for moon cake gift boxes, which was not fair to integrity companies. Today, the excessive packaging of moon cakes is conducive to the development of integrity enterprises from a young age. From the big place, it is conducive to the construction of a conservation society and the return of moon cakes and traditional festivals.

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