As food safety incidents continue to emerge, the safety of agricultural products has become a hot topic of concern across all sectors of society. On the 12th, the pre-certification training course for green and organic food (vegetables) in Guangxi was held in Yulin City. Yulin City also took this opportunity to continue advancing the certification of green and organic agricultural products and to promote the upgrading of food safety.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/en/11323/
Enthusiastic atmosphere at the expert Q&A session文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/en/11323/
The training course was taught by experts from relevant departments such as the Autonomous Region Quality Agricultural Products Development Service Center, the Guangxi Green Food Office, and the Nanning Vegetable Research Institute. One part of the training course was a 15-minute expert Q&A session. After half an hour had passed, everyone was still highly enthusiastic, and the interactive atmosphere was warm.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/en/11323/
“In our grape vineyard base, the main fertilizer used is biogas residue, but we have heard that untreated biogas residue still contains certain harmful residues and has a very strong odor. How can the harmful residues be eliminated and the odor removed?” “Can rice be grown without spraying pesticides while still ensuring yield and quality?” “When growing melons, how can we prevent the melon from shrinking when it grows to a certain size?” Faced with one practical question after another from the trainees, the experts patiently gave targeted answers one by one.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/en/11323/
“With food safety accidents occurring frequently, people now hold a skeptical attitude toward food, which has to some extent affected us enterprises engaged in agricultural product cultivation. However, obtaining green and organic food certification can improve food safety, gain the public's trust, and benefit the long-term development of enterprises.” Deputy Director Li Mingsheng of the Guangxi Green Food Office told reporters that the purpose of holding this pre-certification training course for green and organic food was to help enterprises gain a systematic understanding of green food and organic food certification and supervision work, establish and improve a traceability system for their own product quality and safety, effectively and firmly grasp product quality and safety work, create a favorable environmental foundation for green food and organic food certification work, smoothly pass green and organic food certification inspections, and drive quality and safety production of agricultural products throughout the region.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/en/11323/
Continue to improve the quality of agricultural products文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/en/11323/
“Yulin City is a major agricultural city in Guangxi and a major production base for Guangxi's grain, fruits and vegetables, and livestock and poultry products. In addition, Yulin City is currently creating a Guangxi modern agriculture demonstration city, and promoting green and organic food will be a support for ensuring the safety of agricultural products and creating a demonstration city.” Deputy Director Lin Xia of the Municipal Agriculture Committee stated that Yulin City has long been known as the “Hometown of Lychees,” the “Hometown of Longan,” and the “Hometown of Shatian Pomelos.” By advancing the development of green and organic food, the quality and safety of Yulin City's agricultural products can be raised to a new height.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/en/11323/
It is understood that through hard work, Yulin City has achieved relatively good results in the certification work for the “three products and one label.” The whole city has built 8 national agricultural standardization demonstration zones and 16 pollution-free agricultural product (planting industry) production bases, with a total area of 4.4 million mu. Through certification and recognition, it has obtained 6 organic food or organic conversion food products, 17 green food products, 27 pollution-free agricultural products (planting industry), and 6 geographical indications for agricultural products. It has also obtained 1 China Well-Known Trademark, 2 China Top Brand products, 2 China Top Brand agricultural products, 4 Guangxi Famous Trademarks, and 8 Guangxi Famous Brand products. The city's brand agriculture construction has begun to show results. Some organic foods such as “Uncle Jin” organic rice and the organic conversion product Xingye Golden Mandarin are constantly emerging.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/en/11323/