QS certifies the tea industry nerves.

From January 1, 13 categories of goods, including tea and wine, must be licensed to produce and put up the QS food safety certification mark. At this point, QS certification has covered all food categories, with 28 categories, and foods not certified by QS are not available for sale. Industry personage says, because tea has its industry particularity, for the area that produces tea and manufacturer, the QS new regulation of this tea, can cause a big shuffle of the industry.

"Junk tea" is expected to be delisted completely.

It is understood that since January 1, 2005, tea products have been implemented in the food quality and safety market access system, with a two-year buffer period, and enterprises can be certified in this period. The reporter learns from the general administration of quality supervision, inspection and quarantine, begin from 2005, all localities departments of quality inspection on local production enterprise has started to QS for examination and approval, the authentication work has ended December 31, 2006 certification, reach the national standard will not be able to get into the market. Since January 1, 2007, the quality inspection department has stepped up the inspection of uncertified enterprises.

The head of the aqsiq said that it is not the tea that is not labeled with QS, which is harmful. It will take some time to fully implement the QS certification and regulate the market effectively. However, the QS tea is definitely more promising, which is also the direction of the development of tea industry.

Reporters visited a number of large supermarkets and tea shops in Beijing, and found that most of the tea leaves were labeled with QS. "We are through strict examination and approval of replenish onr's stock, the counter sales of tea are all famous brand products," such a carrefour supermarket staff told reporters that "no QS logo is not on the market sales of tea."

In the Beijing tea market, the reporter saw a lot of publicity materials about the new regulations of the tea QS. The reporter noted that some QS signs are printed on the package, others on the packaging. One stall owner told the reporter that some manufacturers had just applied for the QS certification, so there were no boxes on the previous boxes, but they could only be affixed first, so that they would not be used for the new packaging. He also said it is now permissible.

"A QS certification standard tea grading and packing marks, put an end to fresh tea, tea, orange, illegal operation, such as low as high grade tea tea, citizens according to package can easily identify the tea quality." Beijing quality supervision bureau staff said. A consumer also believes that if the market access to these "junk tea" is eliminated from the source, the problem of "garbage tea" in small restaurants will be solved.

Small and medium-sized tea enterprises are baffled by QS certification.

For the QS new rules, many big tea merchants welcomed. The director of zhejiang tea import and export co., LTD. Believes that the system will be of great help to the whole industry in the direction of health development. "The tea we produce has passed the QS certification and we will use this opportunity to expand the market," the official said.

Relative to the early action for many large-scale enterprises, some of the smaller companies in the face of the implementation of the QS certification is helpless, because of the QS certification for the production, processing, etc. The demand is higher, these enterprises to reach the relevant standard is still some distance.

So far, many small businesses, small workshops and small farmers have chosen "silence", according to the head of the aqsiq. As an example, there are more than 7,000 tea producing enterprises in zhejiang province, but only over 100 tea enterprises have obtained QS certification.

Some experts predict that the new QS regulations could lead to a big shake-out in the tea industry. The head of the hubei provincial bureau of quality supervision also said that according to the regulations, enterprises that fail to pass QS certification will not be able to produce and operate tea, which means that most of the tea industry enterprises in hubei will be closed.

The reporter understands that the entry threshold of tea is low, except for a few small tea factory of some size, most of them are farmer retail investors in self-production. These small enterprises have not yet separated from the rural small-scale production mode, from their own strength and technical force, there is a big gap between the market access required by the state.

At the same time, most tea shops in our country are directly sold through the purchase of raw tea, without their own processing place. The business license of these tea shops is limited to sales and must be changed before applying for QS certification. According to industry analysis, so many tea shops have not obtained QS certificates, and it is not possible to shut down all of them at once. Many small and medium-sized tea shops are facing the QS limit with the mentality of "the law is not to blame".

In addition, in accordance with the requirements of QS certification, the tea warehouse area must meet the requirements of the business operator, finished products and semi-finished products must be partition storage, management, the tea packing also has specific requirements, for many merchants, difficult to achieve for a while, this could lead to a large number of farmers failed retail investors cannot continue to operate.

Do not deal with the tea enterprises.

A tea industry veteran who believes, QS certification shall be implemented for tea products, tea industry in China is one of the business qualification of ascension, for tea operator, this is a brand new market access threshold.

According to the introduction, from January 1, China will officially enter the investigation period of QS, China's many small tea shops will face three choices: one is to withdraw; The second is to switch to pure bulk tea; Third, the choice of brand tea enterprises "to hang up". It can be said that the third road will be the best choice for most small tea shops. But it is worth noting that this option would also mean higher costs and lower profits for the tea shop.

Some experts have also raised their doubts about the new rules on the certification of tea leaves. For example, pu 'er tea of special category, its production process is special, the fermentation process is long, according to relevant regulation, tea needs to mark production date and expiration date, but how does pu 'er tea be valid?

Industry insiders say that although there have been two years of buffer periods, the implementation of the tea QS certification is still too hasty. Compared with other industries such as candy, tea industry has its particularity, and the operation of handicraft and small shop is more. However, in accordance with the regulations, the production enterprises and enterprises must obtain QS certification, which involves multiple links. Now, there are tens of thousands of tea shops everywhere, and the tea in bulk is also collected from thousands of households. It is impossible and unrealistic to ask each family to pass the QS certification.

"Tea is different from ordinary food and can't be treated like ordinary food." Industry insiders say that if a knife cuts, this is a major blow to the tea industry. Therefore, it is a new task and challenge for the tea farmers to comply with QS certification requirements. He wants to give small businesses and small businesses more time to relax and allow them time to adjust themselves.