"General Technical Requirements for Anti-counterfeiting Markings" Issued

On October 8, the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, accepted a class action lawsuit against Walmart Inc., case No. 2026CH09745. Plaintiff Elijah Baptist alleges that Walmart's private-label Great Value frozen shrimp counts the weight of the ice glaze toward the net weight stated on the package, and that after consumers thaw and drain the product, the actual shrimp they receive is

Recently, the birch sap industrial park project in Huadian City, Jilin Province, officially went into operation, with an investment of RMB 110 million. It is learned that the project was invested in and constructed by Jilin Chucai Agricultural Products Development Co., Ltd. According to reports, the project covers an area of 26,000 square meters, with two newly built standardized workshops and one supporting intelligent production line with an annual capacity of 20,000 tons, covering a complete set of processes including water treatment, raw material pre-treatment, aseptic auxiliary systems, blow-fill-cap filling and finished product packaging, realizing the entire process from raw juice extraction to finished product

In 2026, the Shanghai Municipal Administration for Market Regulation conducted a supervisory spot check on the net content of count-based prepackaged goods in the city. A total of 30 batches of products were sampled, and after inspection, 1 batch was found non-compliant. The supervisory spot check was based on JJF 1070-2023 "Rules for Metrological Inspection of Net Content of Prepackaged Goods" and other standards, and the following items were inspected: net content labeling and net content. The specific spot check results are as follows: 2026 Shanghai count-based prepackaged

Food takeaway plastic bags are a high-frequency food-contact product used by catering businesses. Choosing the wrong bag, a temperature mismatch, or substandard materials can cause plasticizers and harmful substances to migrate into food at high temperatures, creating food safety risks. To further standardize the use of food packaging bags in the catering sector and its management, and consolidate operators' primary responsibility, the following guidance on the use of food-grade plastic bags is hereby provided: The following plastic bags are prohibited from being used to hold food 01 Strictly