We must take the Food Safety Law as the criterion, impose severe punishment for chaos, increase the intensity of punishment, effectively change the problem of low cost of violating the law, make lawbreakers pay a high price, and truly play a deterrent role.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
For major food safety incidents, no matter which region they occur in or which department is involved, accountability must be enforced. — Li KeqiangบทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
According to Xinhua News Agency, yesterday, Li Keqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, vice premier of the State Council, and director of the State Council Food Safety Commission, attended and addressed the national teleconference on the special work of severely cracking down on illegal addition and abuse of food additives. He stressed that prominent problems affecting food safety must be effectively solved.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
Li Keqiang said that food issues are no small matter, and ensuring safety is a major matter. This is directly related to the people's health and life safety, and to the overall situation of economic and social development. Some prominent food safety incidents that have recently occurred and been investigated are related to the abuse or illegal use of additives in food production and operation, and the public is highly concerned about this. The rectification of illegal food addition should be taken as an important entry point for ensuring food safety, tracing to the source, and strengthening whole-process management.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
Li Keqiang stressed that illegal food addition is highly harmful, and once a problem occurs, it has a broad social impact and can easily cause chain reactions, so it must be taken with great seriousness. We must take the Food Safety Law as the criterion, impose severe punishment for chaos, increase the intensity of punishment, effectively change the problem of low cost of violating the law, make lawbreakers pay a high price, and truly play a deterrent role. Once illegal addition is discovered, it must be investigated and handled quickly, the problematic products must be sealed off at the first opportunity, production and business suspension must be ordered, and severe economic penalties must be imposed. For intentional addition, licenses must be revoked, equipment must be confiscated, and enterprise heads must no longer engage in the relevant food industry.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
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General standard for food additives to be issued within the yearบทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
Hogwash oil, clenbuterol, dyed steamed buns, beef extract... Recently, food safety problems have occurred frequently, arousing great concern from all sides. Yesterday, the General Office of the State Council issued the Notice on Severely Cracking Down on Illegal Food Addition and Effectively Strengthening the Supervision of Food Additives (hereinafter referred to as the Notice), which will severely crack down on various illegal acts endangering food safety, including illegal addition, and require the Ministry of Health to formulate national standards for new varieties of food additives.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
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Clean up black dens storing illegal additivesบทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
The Notice requires that industry and commerce departments supervise food additive sellers in establishing and strictly implementing systems of incoming goods inspection and sales ledgers, and severely investigate and punish unlicensed operation and the illegal sale of counterfeit and inferior food additives.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
In addition, the Notice requires close monitoring and resolute crackdown on the sale of illegal food additives through the Internet and other means. For key areas such as rural areas, urban-rural fringe areas, and county fringe areas, and key locations such as factory buildings, workshops, warehouses rented out by enterprises, as well as temporary urban buildings and rented private houses, all localities must organize regular inspections, promptly discover and thoroughly clean up “black dens” that illegally manufacture and store illegal additives, and resolutely destroy underground sales channels.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
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Strictly supervise units using additives such as hot pot restaurantsบทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
While cracking down on illegal addition, the Notice requires strengthening supervision over the use of food additives.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
The Notice requires the Ministry of Health and the State Food and Drug Administration to formulate as soon as possible regulations on the use of food additives in the catering service link, clarify the permitted varieties of food additives, guide catering service units to standardize the use of food additives, and prohibit false publicity and deception of consumers.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
In addition, the State Food and Drug Administration must focus on strengthening supervision over the use of food additives by catering units providing services such as hot pot, self-made beverages, and self-made seasonings.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
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Set up special funds to reward informantsบทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
In view of the fact that public opinion is a necessary means of supervision, the Notice further requires strengthening social supervision. It clearly proposes that local governments at all levels establish and improve a food safety reward reporting system, set up special reward funds, improve working mechanisms, designate specialized departments to take charge, effectively implement rewards for informants, protect the lawful rights and interests of informants, and encourage internal personnel of production and operation units to report.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
At the same time, the Notice proposes that, in light of local realities, measures for the management of food safety information officers and auxiliary defense officers be formulated, and the building of food safety information officer and auxiliary defense officer teams be strengthened.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
Regarding the media, which plays an important role in public opinion supervision, the Notice states that active support should be given to news media in public opinion supervision, problems disclosed by the media should be seriously investigated, social concerns should be responded to in a timely manner, and investigated and handled food safety cases should be made public. At the same time, false news must be cracked down on, and those who create false news causing social panic must be seriously held accountable.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
According to the requirements of the Notice, local governments at or above the county level are uniformly responsible for and lead the work of cracking down on illegal addition and abuse of food additives within their administrative regions, and must take this as a priority in food safety work, with principal leaders personally taking charge and responsible leaders directly responsible. In addition, supervisory departments must increase the intensity of accountability and pursue responsibility according to law and discipline for dereliction of duty and malfeasance.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
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Food additive standards to be issuedบทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
There will be a timetable for the issuance of food additive standards. The Notice requires the Ministry of Health to formulate national standards for new varieties of food additives, and before the end of 2011 to formulate and publish general safety standards for compound food additives and labeling standards for food additives.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
For food additives that currently have no national standards, relevant enterprises or industry organizations may, in accordance with relevant provisions, apply to designate product standards by referring to international organizations or relevant national standards, and the Ministry of Health, together with relevant departments, must accelerate the designation of food additive standards. The Ministry of Health and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine must formulate and issue relevant measures as soon as possible, and do a good job in connecting production licensing and supervision before the completion of standard designation.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
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Establish food enterprise safety credit files within the yearบทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
In the process of food safety supervision, food enterprises play a vital role. The Notice requires strengthening enterprise integrity and self-discipline, and proposes that before the end of 2011, all regulatory departments establish food safety credit files for all food production and operation entities according to their systems.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
At the same time, industry organizations such as food and food additives must earnestly shoulder the responsibility of industry self-discipline, actively organize enterprises to carry out self-examination and self-correction and internal supervision, strengthen industry supervision and training, promptly discover problems existing in the industry, and those that fail to discover and report them in a timely manner must be criticized in a notice. Our reporter Sun QianบทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
■ InterpretationบทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
Use of additives in the catering industry has been made stricterบทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
According to Associate Professor Zhu Yi of the College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering at China Agricultural University, the main problems currently existing in the actual use of food additives are treating illegal additives as food additives and using food additives beyond the permitted amount and scope. She said that the document on food additives issued this time by the General Office of the State Council focuses on three aspects.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
First, it makes the regulations on the use of food additives in the catering service link stricter, whereas previously standards for additive use in the catering industry were lacking. The "one-drop fragrance" and beef extract that have recently been heavily reported by the media are prominent examples. In fact, although enterprises large and small in China currently produce more than a thousand kinds of flavorings, there are only more than 40 national standards, and the lack of relevant standards has led to blind spots in supervision. This document also focuses on solving this problem.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
Second, it pays attention to the issue of labeling. The many varieties of food additives on the market mostly indicate dosage in the packaging instructions, but their chemical components are rarely all listed. The intellectual property protection issue involved here may be something relevant departments had not noticed.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
Third, it promises to formulate and publish before the end of 2011 general safety standards for compound food additives. So-called compound food additives are composite substances made by combining several food additives according to a certain processing technology and added to food to meet people's requirements for food quality, taste improvement, or processed food. In this link, greater attention needs to be paid to the safety and stability of additives after compounding, and reasonable hygiene standards must be formulated to avoid food safety accidents.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
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■ ResponseบทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
Ministry of Health denies that food safety standards are looser than those abroadบทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
Recently, some media reported that “China's food safety standards differ internally and externally, and are looser than those abroad.” Yesterday, the Ministry of Health issued an announcement stating that food standards in countries around the world do indeed differ, that China's standards are basically consistent with international standards, and that enterprises are encouraged to formulate enterprise standards stricter than national standards according to the needs of international competition.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
Data show that for many years the pass rate of China's food exports has remained above 99.8%, while the pass rate of domestically sold food has been above 90%. Although the gap is only nine percentage points, it exposes the awkwardness of “internal and external differences” in food safety standards.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
The Ministry of Health stated that all countries formulate specific food safety standards based on the results of food safety risk assessment, differences in food consumption and dietary structure, and the actual situation of production and operation. Differences in standards objectively exist and have their scientific basis. Chinese enterprises may, according to the needs of market competition or to help establish their corporate image, formulate enterprise standards and management systems stricter than national standards, and the state encourages enterprises in this regard. Differences between different countries and between national standards and enterprise standards are objective circumstances and will exist for a long time.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
Previously, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported that heavy metals such as arsenic and lead contained in Nestle infant complementary foods did not exceed Chinese standards. “Whether China's food safety standards are looser than those abroad” has always been one of consumers' confusions about food safety.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
In response, the Ministry of Health stated that after joining the WTO, China's food safety standard work has gradually become aligned with international practices. Taking the standard for limits of contaminants in food as an example, the compliance rate of China's standards with the Codex Alimentarius standards in terms of items and index values exceeds 70%. It is worth noting that comparisons of standards among different countries should be comprehensive and objective, and should not be based only on individual standards or individual indicators. For example, substances such as ractopamine and benzoyl peroxide that are permitted abroad are prohibited varieties in China. Overall, China is gradually cleaning up and improving a unified food safety standard system in accordance with the requirements of the Food Safety Law, and it basically conforms to or is close to Codex Alimentarius standards.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
Our reporter Wang WeiweiบทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
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Guo Jinlong: Use food work to measure the level of government workบทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
Yesterday afternoon, this city held a special work meeting on cracking down on illegal food addition and abuse of food additives.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
Guo Jinlong pointed out that all departments and all districts and counties must take strengthening food safety as an important task in improving people's livelihood and as an important symbol for measuring the level of government work. Guo Jinlong required taking the special work of cracking down on illegal food addition and abuse of food additives as a breakthrough and driving force, adhering to scientific testing and whole-process supervision, strengthening comprehensive governance of urban-rural fringe areas, and increasing the intensity of administrative accountability.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/
Regarding the supervision of food additives in this city, Ji Wei, director of the Food Division of the Beijing Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce, introduced that at present Beijing industry and commerce departments mainly control the abuse of food additives through sampling inspections. The Beijing Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce conducts regular and irregular sampling inspections of various foods. If it finds that a merchant uses additives in violation of regulations, it will require the merchant to remove the substandard food from shelves and notify the quality supervision department. A reporter's search found that in the weekly list of removed foods published by the Beijing Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce, sodium cyclamate, tartrazine, sunset yellow, carmine, sodium saccharin, and others have all been detected.บทความมาจากFOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/th/11308/