Food labels are a food-safety compliance file — creative marketing on nutrition claims is a short path to SAMR trouble.
Prepackaged food labelling is governed by food-safety law and GB labelling standards covering names, ingredients, dates, origin and restricted claims. Importers carry duties for overseas food. CBEC pathways may alter some practicalities but not ‘anything goes’. This wiki is food labelling. General product labelling is the broader related pages. Cosmetics and devices are other sector stacks. Advertising Law still hits health claims in ads.
4 questions before you choose the route.
This page identifies the right question and evidence. It does not determine the legal outcome on a reader’s facts.
Prepackaged food in scope?
Category.
CatGB label version current?
Standard.
GBImporter particulars correct?
Who.
WhoCBEC vs general trade?
Channel.
ChannelWorking rule: Map the regulated role before marketing or launch in China.
The signal ledger.
These facts move the question beyond a label and into a product, money-flow and control analysis.
Bring a compact evidence docket—not a pitch deck.
Give a compliance team or counsel the operating facts that reveal the perimeter.
Questions people ask before they build.
Short answers for orientation. The right result can change with the service model and current rules.
Do restaurant menus need GB labels?
Different rules than prepackaged retail food. This page is prepackaged focus.
Where is general labelling?
Open /product-labelling-in-china.
Primary authorities
Reviewed sources support orientation, not a fact-specific assessment.