1. The outer packaging must be printed with a Chinese label
The outer packaging of imported food must be printed with a formal Chinese label, and the specified nutritional ingredients must be detailed in Chinese. , which is an express provision of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of China.
This also means that imported food packaging bags are not only in foreign languages. For regularly imported milk powder, you can find obvious Chinese labels on their outer packaging.
2. Barcode: mark the registration place
EAN product barcode is favored by the public for its scientific and concise combination method, so it is currently the most widely used product barcode. It mainly consists of four parts, namely the prefix part, manufacturer code, product code and check code.
Among them, the prefix part indicates the country and region to which the milk powder brand belongs, and you can roughly see where the milk powder belongs. For example: if the milk powder is registered in Australia, its prefix code is 93; and the prefix code 94 indicates that the milk powder is registered in New Zealand. However, it should be reminded that the prefix code only indicates the registration place of the milk powder, not the place of production of the milk powder.
3. "QS" logo: identify "packaging"
Usually, the outer packaging bag of domestic milk powder or imported milk powder will have a clear blue QS printed on it. logo, but this type of logo will definitely not appear on the packaging bags of imported milk powder. Therefore, when consumers purchase milk powder, they need to carefully check whether there is such a logo printed on the outer packaging of the milk powder.
4. Identify the color: Real milk powder is naturally milky yellow.
Real milk powder is naturally milky yellow; fake milk powder is whiter in color. If you look closely, there are crystals and luster, or it may be bleached. Or have other unnatural colors.
5. Wash it with hot boiling water: real milk powder will form suspended matter and float up.
When washed with hot boiling water, real milk powder will form suspended matter and float up. It will stick to the spoon at the beginning of stirring. ; Adulterated milk powder dissolves quickly and has no flavor and color of natural milk.
Extended information:
Currently, imported milk powder is mainly divided into the following four types:
1. Original imported milk powder
This kind of milk powder comes from Production to packaging are all carried out overseas. Consumers must check the barcode carefully when purchasing such products. If the barcode begins with six or nine, it may not be imported milk powder. It is most likely a counterfeit and shoddy product. Do not buy it.
2. Domestic brands of imported milk powder
Domestic companies are the brand owners of this type of milk powder. Although the company is located in China, the selection of milk sources, production and packaging of milk powder These processes are all completed abroad.
3. Imported milk powder
There are both Chinese and foreign brands. Although all its milk sources come from abroad, production and packaging are completed domestically.
4. Imported brands of domestic milk powder
Although these products are foreign brands, the selection of raw materials, product production and packaging are all completed domestically.