Food Safety Regulations will Define Food Access Standards for Beijing

The 2012 Beijing Food Safety Working Conference was held recently. Zhang Zhikuan, deputy secretary-general of the municipal government and director of the municipal food safety committee office, stated in his work report that in 2012 Beijing should focus on seven aspects of food safety work. The seven tasks are -

First, to further improve the food safety supervision system. Further strengthen the establishment of a comprehensive food safety coordination mechanism. Strengthen unified assessment, unified decision-making, unified command, unified release system. Improve the grassroots organization network and strengthen the responsibility for territorial supervision. All district and county governments are required to strengthen the organization and leadership of food safety work in their own jurisdictions, and incorporate food safety into grassroots grid management. Strengthen food safety work funds and facilities protection. We will implement major systems such as law enforcement inspections, sampling inspections, hidden risk investigations, emergency disposals, reporting incentives, assessments, and education and training.

Second, build a food safety guarantee system to comprehensively upgrade the food industry. It is necessary to establish a system of risk prevention, information sharing and mutual recognition of test results. Establishing a stable food production and supply base in Wailuo, clarifying the access standards and safety guarantee requirements for Beijing Jin foods, and increasing the industrialization level and organizational level of food production sources in Beijing.

Third, strengthen administrative enforcement and improve the overall monitoring system. In the use of agricultural inputs, cracking down on overdose, over-range use of drugs, non-execution of drug withdrawal period and illegal use of antibiotics and other illegal activities. In the food production and processing sectors, the food production enterprises are urged to establish quality and safety management agencies and quality and safety control of key post responsibility systems. Food production companies are equipped with at least two full-time inspectors. In circulation, the access conditions for liquor, cooked meat products, bean products, milk and dairy products, children and snack foods, edible oil and food additive operators will be further enhanced. In the food and beverage consumption segment, 10 food safety demonstration streets for catering industry, 100 food safety demonstration canteens, and 50 catering food safety demonstration stores have been built. To achieve the city's restaurant kitchen waste oil basically included in the standard channels, regulate the acceptance rate of more than 90%.

Fourth, complete the "Beijing Food Safety Regulations" revision, focusing on solving four basic issues. The revision of the "Beijing Food Safety Regulations" will accomplish four basic tasks: The first is to clarify the food market access standards, and regulate the personnel, facilities, education and training, and food imports from foreign countries involved in food production, processing, distribution, and catering services in the city. Beijing's basic requirements. The second is to do a good job in the "People's Republic of China Food Safety Law" and "Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Law" in Beijing to implement the convergence of the issue, to detail the quality and safety of agricultural products, regulatory requirements. The third is to increase the punishment for serious violations. Fourth, clear division of responsibilities, eliminate regulatory gaps, strengthen comprehensive coordination mechanisms, and provide legal support for the application of technical safeguards.

Fifth, improve the food safety credit system. Establish multi-division networked food safety credit information system, formulate food safety credit information management methods, establish credit files, and revoke production, circulation, or catering services for direct violations by the unit's direct supervisors for 5 years without engaging in food production and operation activities. .

Sixth, improve the support system for science and technology and strengthen food safety technology protection. Improve the inspection system, strengthen the construction of self-inspection system, further strengthen the district and county government's food safety monitoring work in its jurisdiction, and provide 150 food production and distribution companies with new self-inspection equipment to improve the self-inspection system that suits their production and business varieties. Advance prevention and control of risk, strengthen the company's ability in independent testing of raw materials procurement, production and processing, finished products delivery, storage and transportation and other aspects; strengthen the standardization of food safety equipment, and provide first-line law enforcement personnel with updated digital detection systems and other law enforcement equipment. Improve the qualitative analysis ability of pesticides, veterinary drug residues and illegal additives in foods; apply the Internet of Things and other scientific and technological means to establish a unified food safety traceability information platform covering the city's infant formula milk powder, raw milk powder, livestock and poultry, and water Production and management information such as aquaculture, feed, medicine, epidemic prevention, processing, storage, transportation, and sales of high-risk food products.

Seventh, in-depth implementation of food safety training and education, and strengthen the social participation of all walks of life in the supervision of the work pattern. Explore the implementation of the occupational qualifications access system for key positions in the food production and management units, “first training, post-job training”.