GB/T 40996-2021Basic information description of food contact materials and articles for purchase and sale (English PDF)

3.1 Food contact materials and articles

Under normal conditions of use, various materials and articles that have been or are expected to come into contact with food or food additives, or whose components may be transferred to food.

NOTE: Include packaging materials, containers, tools and equipment used for food during the production, processing, packaging, transportation, storage, sale and use of food, as well as inks, adhesives, lubricants that may come into direct or indirect contact with food. Detergents, sanitizers and public water distribution facilities are not included.

3.2 Data item

The smallest indivisible unit of data.

3.3 Data entity

A set of data items that describe the same characteristics of the data.

4.1 Description content

It shall include information on the organization of food contact materials and articles, general information and the content required for the construction of the information platform.

4.2 Description attributes

The following ten attributes shall be used when describing data entities and data items of food contact materials and articles:

a) Chinese name Chinese names of data entities and data items for food contact materials and articles shall be given.

b) English name English names of data entities and data items for food contact materials and articles shall be given.

c) Mark Food contact materials and articles shall be given unique marks for data entities and data items. The naming rules for marks are as follows:

1) Marks shall not include spaces, dashes, underscores, or delimiters;

2) Specific naming methods shall be used for the marks for data entities and data items, such as Lower Camel Case (LCC) spelling;

3) If the English name itself has an abbreviation, the abbreviated name can be used directly.

d) Explanation The meaning of the food contact material and article data entities and data items shall be explained.

e) Data type and format

h) Restrictions/conditions Indicate whether a data entity or data item is mandatory or optional. The specifiers are:

1) M: Mandatory, indicating that the data item is required;

2) C: Conditionally mandatory, indicating that the data item must be selected under certain conditions. It must be selected when the conditions defined in the restrictions/conditions are met. The specific conditions are explained in the remarks;

3) O: Optional, indicating that the data item is optional.

NOTE: "M" is the abbreviation of "Mandatory", which means mandatory. "C" is the abbreviation of "Conditional", which means conditional selection. "O" is the abbreviation of "Optional", which means optional.

i) Measurement unit Conventional definition and adoption of a specific quantity used to express the magnitude of the same quantity with which it is compared. For some quantities of the same dimension, even if they are not of the same kind, their units may have the same names and symbols. For different objects, the unit of measurement is also different. Specifically, it shall comply with the relevant provisions of GB/T 17295.

j) Remark Supplementary descriptions of data entities and data items for food contact materials and articles may be provided as needed.

4.3 Description method

The dictionary description method can be used to describe 10 properties: Chinese name, English name, mark, description, data type and format, value range, synonym, restrictions/conditions, measurement unit and remark for data entity and data item of each food contact material and article.

4.4 Basic information summary description

4.4.1 Data entity

4.4.1.1 Organization information

English name: Organization Information Mark: organizationInformation Description: Information about organizations involved in the production and operation of food contact materials and articles Data type and format: C..ul Restrictions/conditions: M

4.4.1.2 General information

English name: General Information Mark: generalInformation Description: Information common in the product information description of food contact materials and articles Data type and format: C..ul Restrictions/conditions: M

4.4.2 Organization information

4.4.2.1 Producer

English name: Producer Mark: producer Description: The legal and valid organization name of the producer of food contact materials and articles Data type and format: C..100 Restrictions/conditions: M

4.4.2.2 Business dealer

English name: Business Dealer Mark: businessDealer Description: Organization name of the agent, importer or distributor of imported food contact materials and articles Data type and format: C..100 Restrictions/conditions: C Remark: When describing imported food contact materials and articles, this data item is mandatory.

4.4.2.7 Fax

English name: Fax Mark: fax Description: Facsimile telephone number of the organization that produces or distributes food contact materials and articles Data type and format: C..20 Restrictions/conditions: C Remark: One must be selected from 4.4.2.6, 4.4.2.7 and 4.4.2.8.

4.4.2.8 E-mail

English name: E-mail Mark: e-mail Description: E-mail address of the organization producing or distributing food contact materials and articles Data type and format: C..100 Restrictions/conditions: C Synonyms: email, e-mail, mailbox Remark: One must be selected from 4.4.2.6, 4.4.2.7 and 4.4.2.8.

4.4.2.9 Country region

English name: Country Region Mark: countryRegion Description: Name of the country or region where the production organization of imported food contact materials and articles is located Data type and format: C..100 Restrictions/conditions: C Remark: When describing imported food contact materials and products, one must be selected from 4.4.2.9 and 4.4.2.10.

4.4.2.10 Country region code

English name: Country Region Code Mark: countryRegionCode Description: Name code of the country or region where the production organization of imported food contact materials and articles is located Data type and format: C..20 Restrictions/conditions: C Value range: Fill in according to the code in GB/T 2659 Remark: When describing imported food contact materials and articles, one must be selected from 4.4.2.8 and 4.4.2.9.

4.4.2.11 Unified social credit code

English name: Unified Social Credit Code Mark: unifiedSocialCreditCode Description: Identification code of the producer of food contact materials and articles Data type and format: C18 Restrictions/conditions: M Remark: It is not applicable to imported food contact materials and articles.

4.4.3 General information

4.4.3.1 Classification

English name: Classification Mark: classification Description: The category of food contact materials and articles […]

4.4.3.6 Trademark

English name: Trademark Mark: trademark Description: The registered trademark used Data type and format: BY Value range: Binary file Restrictions/conditions: O Synonyms: Trademark logo, registered trademark

4.4.3.7 Brand

English name: Brand Mark: brand Description: The brand owned by the product Data type and format: C..100 Restrictions/conditions: O

4.4.3.8 Unit price

English name: Unit Price Mark: unitPrice Description: Unit price of food contact materials and articles sold Data type and format: N..8,2 Value range: Positive real numbers Restrictions/conditions: M

4.4.3.9 Manufacture date

English name: Manufacture Date Mark: manufactureDate Description: Date when the food contact materials and articles form the final sales unit Data type and format: YYYYMMDD Value range: Adopt the date representation in GB/T 7408 Restrictions/conditions: M

4.4.3.10 Subpackage date

English name: Subpackage Date Mark: subpackageDate Description: Date of repacking of food contact materials and articles Data type and format: YYYYMMDD Value range: Adopt the date representation in GB/T 7408 Restrictions/conditions: O

4.4.3.11 Expiration Date

English name: Expiration Date Mark: expirationDate Description: The period for which food contact materials and articles maintain quality Data type and format: C..50 Restrictions/conditions: O

4.4.3.12 Production license number

English name: Production License Number Mark: productionLicenseNumber Description: Obtained production license number of food contact materials and articles Data type and format: C14 Restrictions/conditions: C Remark: It is not applicable to imported food contact materials and articles.

4.4.3.13 Product standard code

English name: Product Standard Code […]

4.4.3.18 Inspection

English name: Inspection Mark: inspection Description: Whether food contact materials and articles have been inspected Data type and format: B Value range: yes/no, on/off, true/false Restrictions/conditions: O

4.4.3.19 Inspection report

English name: Inspection Report Mark: inspectionReport Description: Certification documents for the inspection of food contact materials and articles Data type and format: BY Value range: Binary file Restrictions/conditions: O

4.4.3.20 Certification

English name: Certification Mark: certification Description: Whether food contact materials and articles have obtained relevant certification Data type and format: B Value range: yes/no, on/off, true/false […]