Development and Reform Commission: Relevant departments will strictly check whether the number of moon cake packaging layers in the box is over 3 layers

China News Service, August 19th. According to the public account of the "National Development and Reform Commission", an article was published on the 19th to interpret the problem of over packaging of moon cakes.

Earlier, the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Commerce, and the General Administration of Market Supervision issued the "Announcement on Containing the" Sky "moon cakes and promoting the healthy development of the industry" (hereinafter referred to as the "Announcement") proposed that the production and sales boxes were loaded with moon cakes. Strictly abide by the mandatory standards for food packaging, and do not use valuable materials such as precious metals and mahogany to reduce the excessive use of packaging materials.

The article pointed out that the original meaning of moon cake packaging is to protect goods and convenient transportation, but in recent years, some operators have used consumers to compare the psychology and blindly pursue excessive luxury packaging. There are only a few small moon cakes, and some use mahogany and even gold and silver as packaging materials to raise the price of moon cakes and become one of the important sources of "sky -high" moon cakes. These actions not only increase the burden on consumers, but also cause waste of resources and environmental pollution, but also promote the extravagant social atmosphere.

According to the "Announcement" and GB23350-2021 "Restricted Product Excessive Packaging Requirement Food and Cosmetics" National Standard No. 1 modification order, the relevant departments will severely investigate and deal with the problem of excessive packaging of moon cakes, including whether the number of packaging layers exceeds 3 layers, packaging packages, packaging packaging Whether the proportion of cost in the sales price meets the regulations, whether the use of precious metals and mahogany materials, whether the moon cakes are mixed with other products, whether the necessary spatial coefficient of the product meets the regulations, and so on. Once illegal and illegal acts are found, they will be investigated and punished according to law. (Zhongxin Finance)

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