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Chapter 3 Labeling and Marks
Article 10
The language used for labeling imported organic agricultural products and organic agricultural processed products shall be standard Chinese, which may be supplemented by foreign languages or commonly used symbols.
Article 11
The container or packaging of imported organic agricultural products and organic agricultural processed products shall include the following statements on the labels at the time of sale:
1. Product name;
2. Names of ingredients;
3. Name, telephone number and address of the importer;
4. Place (country) of origin, except for those of which the labeling of production factories’ addresses could signify the place (country) of origin;
5. Name of the certification body;
6. The number of the organic labeling approval document; and
7. Other statements that are required to be labeled in accordance with other labeling regulations or as announced by the central competent authority.
The names of ingredients are not required to be labeled when they are completely identical to those mentioned in Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of the preceding paragraph.
The product name mentioned in Subparagraph 1, Paragraph 1 shall contain the word "organic."
Article 12
The labeling of the name of raw materials mentioned in Subparagraph 2, Paragraph 1 of the preceding Article, except water and salt, may use the word "organic" or other symbolic notation to indicate organic raw material items.
Article 13
The labeling of origin of place (country) mentioned in Subparagraph 4, Paragraph 1 of Article 11 shall comply with the following requirements:
1. The place (country) of origin shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Governing the Determination of Country of Origin of an Import Good; and
2. The markings shall be located in a visible place of the packaging or container.
Article 14
The labeling of the name of the certification body mentioned in Subparagraph 5, Paragraph 1 of Article 11 shall be marked in a visible place of the packaging or container. Where the certification body mark is labeled, labeling of the name of the certification body is not required.
Article 15
When an agricultural product operator wishes to sell bulk organic agricultural products and organic agricultural processed products, at the regular business places, a sign near the place of display and sale to state the product name and the place (country) of origin, and a photocopy of the organic agricultural product certificate as specified in Subparagraph 6, Paragraph 1, Article 11 shall be displayed.
The requirements of Paragraph 3 of Article 11 and Paragraph 1 of Article 13 shall apply to the labeling of product name and place (country) of origin mentioned in the preceding Paragraph.
The height and width of the characters for marking the place (country) of origin mentioned in Paragraph 1 shall not be less than 3 cm.