The height requirements for net content characters vary depending on the different ranges of net content. The specific requirements are as follows:
When the net content is less than or equal to 50 grams, the minimum height of the characters should not be less than 2mm.
When the net content is between 50 grams and 200 grams, the minimum height of the characters should not be less than 3mm.
When the net content is between 200 grams and 1 kilogram, the minimum height of the characters should not be less than 4mm.
When the net content is greater than 1 kilogram, the minimum height of the characters should not be less than 6mm.
GB 7718-2011 "International Food Safety Standard - General Rules for Pre packaged Food Labeling" 4.1.5.2 stipulates that:
The net liquid content in the packaging (container) should be indicated in the following form based on the legal unit of measurement:
a) Liquid food, measured in volume liters (L) (1), milliliters (mL) (ml), or by mass grams (g), kilograms (kg);
b) Solid or liquid cosmetics, measured in grams (g) and kilograms (kg);
c) Semisolid or viscous cosmetics, measured in grams (g), kilograms (kg), or liters (リ), milliliters (mL) (mI) by volume.
The net content position requires that the net content should be labeled on the same page as the cosmetic name, so that consumers can easily see the label of net content while seeing the cosmetic name.
GB7718-2011 "International Standard for Safety of Cosmetics" General rules for pre packaged cosmetics labeling 4.1.5.5 Net content should be indicated on the same display panel as the cosmetic name on the packaging or container.
| Catalog List | Label net content (Q) | Minimum height of characters (Q) |
| 1 | Q<50g、Q<50ml | 2 millimeters (ml) |
| 2 | 50g<Q<200g、50ml<Q<200ml | 3 millimeters (ml) |
| 3 | 200g<Q≤1000g、200ml<Q<1000ml | 4 millimeters (ml) |
| 4 | Q>1000g、Q>1000ml | 6 millimeters (ml) |
The label did not use the measurement unit (1000g) as required by the standard, which does not comply with the provisions of 4.1.5.3 of GB7718 "General Rules for Labeling Prepackaged Cosmetics". The net content indicated in the label is 1000g, which belongs to net content Q>1000g. The unit of measurement should be indicated as kilogram (kg), such as "net content/specification: 1kg".
Often, the terms' net content ',' numerical characters', and 'measurement units' are not considered as a whole when designing and producing labels, resulting in a focus only on the height of numerical characters and neglecting the height of the words' net content' and measurement units, leading to the minimum height of the net content string not meeting the standard requirements. Net content "includes three parts: net content, numbers, and legal units of measurement. All character heights in the three parts must meet the requirements.
The title of net content can only indicate the three words "net content" due to incorrect guiding words. Indicating "net weight", "gross weight", "capacity", etc. all belong to non-standard labeling of net content titles.
G87718-2011 International Standard for Safety of Cosmetics - General Rules for Pre cosmetic Packaging Labels D4.1.5.1 stipulates that the indication of net content should consist of net content, numbers, and legal units of measurement.
Unit Error: What we often refer to as "kilogram" or "jin" does not belong to the legal unit of measurement. The legal unit of measurement should be "kilogram" or "Kg", such as "net content: 1 kilogram".
