Product label of biological products

The Bio-Priority Program of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched a bio-based product labeling program, which provides voluntary product certification and Bio-Priority (SM) certification to provide certification for products made from renewable resources.

According to this plan, the certification of biological priority products has established a certain amount of biological basic content. According to the priority plan of bio-based products procurement, about 5 100 products have obtained the procurement qualification of federal agencies. The labeling program will help promote the commercial and consumer market sales of bio-based products, and at the same time, it will also help federal buyers to confirm such products in the procurement process.

"Today's consumers are more and more interested in choosing educational products for their families," said Katharine Merry Gen, US Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. "This label will help consumers identify biological products more easily when making decisions. These products have great potential to create green jobs for rural communities, increase the value of agricultural products, reduce the impact on the environment, and reduce our dependence on imported oil. "

According to the estimation of USDA, there are about 20,000 bio-based products in the United States, and more than 65,438+000,000 jobs depend on bio-based industries.

The introduction of biological priority label has been recognized by some companies, such as DuPont in Wilmington, Delaware and DuPont? Sorona & ampreg bio-based polymer, Sma rtstrand of Mohawk Industries, Georgia? Carpet. Craig F. Binetti, president of DuPont Applied Bioscience Company, said: "We are actively working to develop more high-performance bio-based materials, and we believe that this labeling scheme will accelerate the development of bio-based products in the whole industry and create new employment opportunities."