GB/T 40001-2021General technical rules of evaluation for food packaging (English PDF)
食品包装评价技术通则
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Issued by
SAMR; SAC
Level / Type
National · Recommended
Issue date
April 30, 2021
Implementation date
November 1, 2021
Scope
GB/T 40001-2021 is the English-translated version of 食品包装评价技术通则.
GB/T 40001-2021 sets out the general rules for evaluating food packaging, that is, for reviewing the choice and design of food packaging materials and judging their effects and impacts.
It defines the terms used and five evaluation principles: compliance with laws and regulations, objectivity and fairness, quantitative scoring combined with expert judgment, comprehensive evaluation of safety, protection, conservation, environmental protection and convenience, and operability.
The requirements describe the evaluation procedure, carried out by a team of at least seven experts in food, packaging and environmental protection, normally in meetings and with site inspections when necessary, and the qualifications those experts must have.
A normative annex gives the technical elements of the evaluation and their weights. It was issued on 30 April 2021 and has applied since 1 November 2021.
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National Standard of the People's Republic of China
- ICS
- 67.250
- Classification
- X 02
Issued by: State Administration for Market Regulation; Standardization Administration of the PRC
Contents
- Foreword3
- 1 Scope4
- 2 Normative References4
- 3 Terms and Definitions4
- 4 Evaluation Rules5
- 5 Evaluation Requirements5
- Appendix A (Normative) Food Packaging Evaluation Technical Elements and Weight Table7
1 Scope
This Standard specifies the terms and definitions, principles and requirements of evaluation for food packaging. This Standard is applicable to the evaluation of food packaging.
2 Normative References
The following documents are essential to the application of this document. For the dated documents, only the versions with the dates indicated are applicable to this document; for the undated documents, only the latest version (including all the amendments) is applicable to this document.
GB/T 16716.1 Packaging and the Environment - Part 1: General Rules
GB 23350 Requirements of Restricting Excessive Package - Foods and Cosmetics
3 Terms and Definitions
For the purpose of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1 Contents
The food that is contained in the package.
3.2 Evaluation for food package
The process of reviewing and identifying the selection and design of food packaging materials in accordance with prescribed procedures and using effective methods, and judging their effects and impacts.
4 Evaluation Rules
4.1 Principles of compliance with laws and regulations
Evaluation shall be conducted in accordance with national laws and regulations.
4.2 Principle of objective and fairness
The objective facts of food packaging shall be evaluated.
4.3 Principles of quantitative and qualitative
Evaluation shall be conducted on the basis of quantitative scoring combined with expert judgment.
4.4 Principles of comprehensive evaluation
The safety, protection, conservation, environmental protection and convenience of food packaging shall be comprehensively evaluated.
4.5 Principle of operability
Evaluation indicators shall be easy to collect and evaluate.
5 Evaluation Requirements
5.1 Evaluation procedure
5.1.1 An evaluation team shall be formed to carry out evaluation activities; and the evaluation should be conducted in the form of meetings; and site inspections shall be carried out when necessary.
5.1.2 The evaluation team shall be composed of at least 7 experts, which should include technical and management experts in the fields of food, packaging, and environmental protection.
5.1.3 Evaluation experts shall be familiar with relevant national laws, regulations and industrial policies; and be able to make judgments and evaluations on the safety, protection, conservation, environmental protection and convenience of food packaging.
5.1.4 Evaluation experts shall have senior professional technical positions or titles; and have strong industry and industry development judgment. They shall have rich theoretical knowledge and practical experience in the professional field of food packaging; and be familiar with the state of technology development in this field at home and abroad. […]
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