Yes, tea products need QS certification.
According to the provisions of the Food Safety Law, all food production and processing enterprises must obtain a food production license (QS certification) before they can engage in food production and sales. As a kind of food, tea must also abide by this regulation.
The administrative department of tea implements QS certification for tea to ensure the quality and safety of tea products and protect the health of consumers. Tea products certified by QS show that they meet food safety standards and can enhance consumers' trust and recognition of products. . QS certification, the abbreviation of "quality and safety", is a market access system for food quality and safety implemented in China, which mainly includes three contents:
First of all, enterprises must produce products that meet the quality and safety requirements under specified conditions. This includes strict requirements for production environment, strict screening of raw materials and strict control of production technology. Specific to tea, enterprises should choose tea raw materials that meet the national quality standards and produce them in well-ventilated workshops with insect and mouse prevention facilities to ensure the hygiene and safety of products. In addition, the production process should also meet the relevant national requirements, and food additives that do not meet human health standards should not be used.
Secondly, products must pass the inspection of statutory inspection institutions, mainly to ensure that the quality and safety performance of products meet the prescribed standards. Enterprises need to send their products to designated legal inspection institutions for inspection, and only after passing the inspection can they obtain QS certification.
Finally, products must be labeled with QS logo, which is the most intuitive performance of QS certification. Enterprises can put QS logo on the packaging of products that have obtained QS certification to show that the products have passed the national quality and safety certification, and consumers can buy with confidence.
The QS certification process of tea also needs to follow the above three steps. In addition, it is worth noting that different kinds of tea, such as green tea, black tea, oolong tea and so on. , which needs to be separately certified by QS. At the same time, the tea production license is valid for 3 years, and enterprises need to renew it before the license expires.
To sum up:
Tea products need to obtain food production license (QS certification) to enter the market. Tea enterprises should abide by relevant laws, regulations and standards to ensure the quality and safety of tea products and protect the health of consumers.
Legal basis:
Article 29 of the Food Safety Law stipulates: "The state implements a licensing system for food production and operation. Engaged in food production, food circulation and catering services, food production licenses, food circulation licenses and catering service licenses shall be obtained according to law. "
Article 34 of the Food Safety Law stipulates: "It is forbidden to produce and operate the following foods, food additives and food-related products: ... (11) prepackaged foods without labels."