On March 16th, the China Humic Acid Industry Association issued the “Notice on Comprehensively Deepening Anti-counterfeit Action on Humic Acid Fertilizers” (the “Notice”). It will use the anti-counterfeiting action to purify the humic acid fertilizer market environment and ensure the use of spring plough fertilizer to protect it. The legitimate interests of farmers and businesses.
The “Notice” calls for starting from four aspects and maintaining the “golden signboard” of humic acid fertilizer.
The first is to strictly control “raw materials.” Industrial raw materials containing humic acid, such as weathered coal, lignite, and peat, are not conducive to industrialized production without activation treatment; biological humic acids prepared from different biomass must be detectable, identifiable, safe and environmentally friendly, and should not be sterilized. Acid substance is confused.
The second is to strictly control the “standard off.” There are 7 national standards related to humic acid fertilizers and 7 industry standards. Local standards have also been issued in some regions and companies must strictly abide by them. In addition, in accordance with the requirements of the national standardization reform, the Association has faced the humic acid fertilizer market directly and has initiated 14 humic acid association standards.
The third is to follow the “eight must.” That is to say, we must deeply understand the practical guiding significance of the “organic-inorganic nutrient supply theory of humic acid”. We must strictly control the production quality of humic acid fertilizers, must strictly implement the production standards for humic acid fertilizers, must increase the popularization of humic acid fertilizers, and must accelerate the promotion of science. The establishment of the humic acid fertilizer industry credit system requires that all types of humic acid fertilizer conferences be held in accordance with laws and regulations. It is necessary to consciously safeguard the “golden signboards” of the Chinese humic acid fertilizer industry and must consciously accept the supervision of all parties in society.
The fourth is to unify the anti-counterfeiting operations. National and local law enforcement agencies need to raise the level of professional law enforcement; the industry must supervise each other and promote each other; users should be encouraged to report the disclosure of counterfeiters; and the media should be widely publicized to increase users’ ability to identify genuine and fake humic acid fertilizers. At the same time, the association will also set up a humic acid fertilizer market intelligence officer to timely release humic acid fertilizer market information and provide professional knowledge of popular science.