GB 7718-2025 New Regulations + CYCJET Coding: A Comprehensive Guide to the New Rules for Food Labeling

With the official release of the new version of the "National Food Safety Standard - General Rules for Labelling of Prepackaged Foods" (GB7718-2025), food packaging label management has undergone its most significant upgrade in recent years. The new standard further standardizes the requirements for date labeling on food products and places higher demands on the packaging labeling equipment of food production enterprises.

For the vast majority of food production enterprises, this is not only a regulatory update, but also an upgrade in product traceability, label compliance, and production efficiency.

What are the key changes in GB7718-2025?

The new version of GB7718-2025 will officially come into effect on March 16, 2027, with a two-year transition period. The new regulations impose clearer requirements on food date labeling.

According to relevant standards and supporting management measures, pre-packaged food labels need to more clearly and prominently display key information such as the production date and expiration date, addressing long-standing consumer complaints about issues such as "not being able to find the date" and "not being able to see the date clearly."

The new version of GB7718-2025 will officially come into effect on March 16, 2027, with a two-year transition period. The new regulations impose clearer requirements on food date labeling.

According to relevant standards and supporting management measures, pre-packaged food labels need to more clearly and prominently display key information such as the production date and expiration date, addressing long-standing consumer complaints about issues such as "not being able to find the date" and "not being able to see the date clearly."

Why are more and more food companies upgrading their coding equipment?

The food industry's requirements for date labeling are upgrading from simply "printable" to "clear printing, long-term legibility, and stable traceability."

Traditional labeling methods generally suffer from the following problems: illegible text affecting readability; prone to missed or incorrect printing on high-speed production lines; poor adaptability to packaging materials; prone to erasure and code fading; unable to meet the needs of QR codes and one-item-one-code traceability; and high maintenance costs.

Especially in industries such as snack foods, condiments, dairy products, frozen foods, and baked goods, production dates, batch numbers, and traceability codes have become standard features on food packaging.

Therefore, more and more food companies are adopting industrial inkjet printers and laser marking equipment to achieve automated and digital labeling upgrades.

CYCJET inkjet printer series: Compliance marking experts for high-speed production lines

CYCJET has launched an industrial-grade inkjet printer solution for high-speed production line applications in the food industry.

Core Advantages

High-speed printing: Capable of stably printing production dates, batch numbers, shift numbers, serial numbers, QR codes, barcodes, and other information, meeting the continuous production needs of food companies.

Suitable for various packaging materials: Plastic bags; composite film packaging; aluminum foil bags; beverage bottles; cans; cardboard boxes; label surfaces.

Strong ink adhesion: Clear markings are achieved on common food packaging materials such as PE, PP, PET, and BOPP.

Supports one-item-one-code traceability: Connects to MES, ERP, and other production management systems to achieve full product lifecycle tracking.

For food companies, CYCJET's inkjet printer series not only meets the date marking requirements of GB7718-2025 but also helps companies establish a more comprehensive quality traceability system.

CYCJET Laser Printer Series: A New Choice for Permanent Marking

For high-end food packaging, pharmaceutical packaging, and companies with extremely high requirements for label clarity, CYCJET UV laser marking machines offer a more advanced solution.

Compared to traditional inkjet printing, the CYCJET laser printer series uses a non-contact marking method, eliminating the need for ink and solvent consumables.

Why are more and more food companies choosing laser coding?

Permanent and indelible marking: Laser coding is applied directly to the packaging surface, effectively preventing the risk of tampering.

Ultra-high-definition printing effect: Capable of printing micro-text, high-definition QR codes, DM codes, logos, and anti-counterfeiting codes, maintaining extremely high readability even on small food packages.

Environmentally friendly and consumable-free: No ink, thinner, or solvents are required, reducing subsequent operating costs.

Suitable for flexible packaging materials: Particularly suitable for snack packaging bags, milk powder packaging, tea packaging, condiment packaging, pharmaceutical packaging, and daily chemical flexible packaging.

With the current trend of digital traceability and green production in the food industry, laser marking is becoming a new choice for more and more food companies.

Under the new regulations, upgrading food labeling is imperative.

The implementation of GB7718-2025 signifies a new era of more standardized and transparent food labeling management.

For food manufacturers, proactively upgrading their coding equipment not only ensures product compliance with new regulations but also leverages digital marking technology to enhance brand image, quality management capabilities, and market competitiveness.

As a professional industrial marking equipment manufacturer, CYCJET has long been deeply involved in the food packaging marking field, providing food companies with complete solutions ranging from production date coding, QR code traceability, one-item-one-code, to automated production line integration.

Whether it's inkjet printers used on high-speed production lines or laser printer for high-end packaging applications, CYCJET helps companies easily meet the new challenges brought by GB7718-2025, achieving compliant, efficient, and intelligent production.

About CYCJET:

CYCJET is the brand name of Yuchang Industrial Company Limited. As a manufacturer, CYCJET have more than 20 years of experience for R& D different types of handheld inkjet printing solution, Laser printing solution, and portable marking solution, High Resolution Printing solution in Shanghai China.

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