Only the national standard of Pu 'er tea was officially implemented on June 5438+February 1 day, 2008.
The definition of Pu 'er tea in the national standard is that Pu 'er tea must be made from Yunnan large-leaf sun-dried green tea within the scope of geographical indication protection and made by specific processing technology within the scope of geographical indication protection. According to the regulations of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the protection scope of geographical indication products of Pu 'er tea is: Kunming, Chuxiong, Yuxi, Honghe, Wenshan, Pu 'er, Xishuangbanna, Dali, Baoshan, Dehong, Lincang, etc. 1 1 639 towns and villages where the cities belong.
The national standard of Pu 'er tea was jointly issued by Yunnan Provincial Government Information Office, Yunnan Provincial Department of Agriculture and Yunnan Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision. Wu Xiduan, Secretary-General of China Tea Circulation Association, told the reporter that tea produced in areas outside the protection scope of the above geographical indications cannot be called Pu 'er tea, nor can tea made from tea purchased by Yunnan tea enterprises outside the protection scope of the above geographical indications be called Pu 'er tea.
Wu Xiduan explained that two years ago, because Pu 'er tea was very popular with merchants, many tea enterprises from Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Myanmar and Vietnam came to invest in processing Pu 'er tea, which caused market confusion. Although in 2008, with the gradual cooling of Pu 'er tea market, most of these enterprises withdrew from the processing of Pu 'er tea, but in order to further standardize the market and avoid this situation from happening again, it is necessary to introduce the national standard of Pu 'er tea.
It is understood that by the end of September 2008, 852 tea production and processing enterprises in Yunnan Province had obtained food production licenses. At present, only these enterprises can produce Pu 'er tea, and high-quality Pu 'er tea can be labeled as a geographical indication product Pu 'er tea.