An Examination of Misleading Labeling in Prepackaged Foods and Regulatory Countermeasures

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10.2991/978-2-38476-611-6_99How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Prepackaged Food; Food Labeling; Labeling Fraud; Legal Regulation; Postharvest Preservation

Abstract

Prepackaged food labeling serves as a critical conduit between production information and consumer decision-making. However, the rampant occurrence of labeling fraud severely infringes consumer rights and jeopardizes public health. Despite China’s establishment of a Food Safety Law-centric regulatory framework, persistent implementation gaps continue to undermine its efficacy. To address these systemic failures, this study advocates for legislative clarification of labeling fraud’s constitutive alongside optimized elements for punitive damages. Concurrently, it proposes establishing producers and operators as primary responsible parties with rationally reallocated evidentiary burdens, thereby mitigating consumers’ proof obstacles. Finally, a cross-agency coordinated regulatory mechanism must be institutionalized to synchronize enforcement. Collectively, these interventions strengthen the theoretical and operational foundations of China’s prepackaged food labeling regulation, ultimately advancing high-quality development in the food industry.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Jingru Xu
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/07
TI  - An Examination of Misleading Labeling in Prepackaged Foods and Regulatory Countermeasures
BT  - Proceedings of the 2026 12th International Conference on Digital Humanities and Frontiers in Social Sciences (DHFSS 2026)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 919
EP  - 927
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-611-6_99
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-611-6_99
ID  - Xu2026
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