New organic food labels ensure authenticity

Organic food circulating in the market has been packed with a new unified label in China, and can now be tracked by a unique identification number, thanks to a new regulation that took effect on March 1.

The regulation, rolled out by the Certification and Accreditation Administration of China, stipulates that labels on even the smallest packages of all organic products should include an organic certification sign, organic code, and name or sign of the certification authority as of July 1, 2012.

Customers can get any organic product verified on Food.cnca.cn, the official online system for organic products, by the code considered also as the ID of organic products.

Organic vegetables for sale at a supermarket in Haikou, South China’s Hainan province, July 1, 2012. [Photo/CFP]