State Food Safety Office: "High-strength crackdown" on food safety crimes

According to Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 28th, Zhang Yong, director of the State Council Food Safety Commission Office, said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency on food safety issues that the current national food safety situation is generally stable and maintains a positive trend. The food safety violations in the future will be criminal activities. Will always maintain a severe blow to the high pressure situation.

Zhang Yong said that in 2010, all kinds of edible agricultural products and food safety water rose steadily, and the qualified rate of monitoring of vegetables, livestock products and aquatic products reached 96.8%, 99.6% and 96.7% respectively, and the national inventory grain quality compliance rate was 97.3%. There were no major agricultural and food safety incidents throughout the year. It can be said that the current national food safety situation is generally stable and keeps improving. The reason why people still feel that the food situation is not very safe is because China is a big country in food production and consumption. The mechanism for food safety supervision and management is still not perfect, and the resulting regulatory difficulties are considerable. The increasing spread of the Internet has made the cases of violations of laws and regulations highly concerned by all parties, and it is easy to raise concerns about food safety.

Zhang Yong believes that the issue of industrial quality is the biggest constraint to the weak food safety base in China. Due to low access thresholds, a large number of food companies are small, scattered, and intensive, and their own quality and safety management capabilities are low. In addition, it is the issue of corporate principal responsibility and consumption structure. At present, the demand for processed foods and meals outside the home is getting higher and higher. Some added substances have been developed to improve the taste, appearance and shelf life, and to improve the indicators for the detection of nutritional ingredients. Their safety has become a new food safety issue. problem.

When talking about how to implement good food safety responsibilities, Zhang Yong stated that the food safety law and its implementation regulations clearly define the responsibility for food safety. Generally speaking, it is the responsibility of the enterprise for food safety, and the local government has jurisdiction over the administrative area. Food safety is in charge of the overall responsibility, and all supervisory departments bear responsibility for supervision according to links and varieties. The Office of Food Safety will further strengthen comprehensive coordination and overall guidance, and promote the implementation of various responsibilities by all regions and departments, and strive to achieve full supervision and seamless integration.

Zhang Yong said that the "Criminal Law Amendment (8)" just passed by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress has increased the content of further punishment of food safety criminals, which is a fundamental improvement for effectively deterring illegal criminals and promoting food production and operation order. Will play an important role. In the future, we must always maintain a high pressure on food safety violations and criminal activities.

Zhang Yong said that this year is the first year of implementation of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" and it is very important to do a good job in food safety. This year will deepen the comprehensive treatment of key industries such as dairy products, edible oil, meat products, health foods, food additives, alcohol, etc., effectively protect the safety of key food varieties; improve the food safety emergency response system and timely and effectively respond to food safety incidents; establish and improve Responsibility system and responsibility system for food safety, strict implementation of food production and management of the main responsibility of food safety and government supervision.