Rice noodles are marked to hit the road in July, and the operators change to "cooking powder" to deal with it.

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The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced the draft labeling of rice noodles at the end of November last year. Only rice noodles with more than 50% rice content can be called rice noodles or mixed rice noodles. The new law went on the road on July 1 this year, but most of the operators have not yet changed their packaging. Some only write "mixed rice noodles" on the back, while some are renamed the traditional term "cooking noodles". The Ministry of Health and Fuzhou said that from the draft point of view, writing "cooking noodles" is not illegal. However, the Food Safety Law also states that "consumers must not be misled." Rice noodle manufacturers should clearly point out the differences between cooking noodles and rice noodles. The Ministry of Weifu will judge whether it is misleading by its overall packaging, and violators can be fined 20 to 4 million yuan.

Most of the operators have not changed their packaging.

In January last year, the upstream and downstream news bazaar revealed that more than 90% of the rice noodles on the market were mixed with corn starch, which contained less than half of the rice. under the supervision of legislators, the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced at the end of November last year the regulations on the labeling of packaged rice vermicelli products sold on the market. Only with 100% rice content can the name of the product be written. More than 50% of the rice noodles are called blended rice noodles, and the font of "blending" must be the same, if it is less than half. The word "rice noodle" cannot appear. In addition, the rice content should be marked, and the font should not be less than 4 centimeters.

The new draft was announced on July 30 last year that the implementation date was originally scheduled for 2015, but the food safety problem was serious last year, and at the request of legislators, the effective date was advanced to July 1 this year.

However, Yang Yizhen, head of the Food Section of the Ministry of Health and Fuzhou, said that July 1 refers to the manufacturing date, and if the manufacturer makes it before July 1 and does not change the label, he will not be punished. "in general, food products have a shelf life, so they should not be kept for too long. Food labels are only information disclosure, not safety issues, but should be fine."

There is only a month left before the new draft, but the upstream and downstream actually visited the stores, including the well-known Longkou rice noodles and Tiger brand rice noodles, and most of the operators have not changed the label. Longkou, farming brand, Yifeng and other operators write "blending rice noodles" on the name of the nutrition label on the back. Some operators only change the order of the main raw materials, putting corn starch in front of the rice, while others have not changed it at all.

Tiger brand is renamed cooking powder, which is made from additives plus other starch and rice.

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