The official will re-impose the hidden rules of endangering food safety, and it is more reassuring to order takeout and buy milk powder.
China News Service, Beijing, February 22 (Qiu Yu) ordered takeaway afraid of unsanitary? Worried about excessive pesticide residues when buying vegetables? Suspected that black-hearted merchants have used clenbuterol illegally? In order to further ensure the "safety on the tip of the tongue", recently, the State Council issued the "13th Five-Year" National Food Safety Plan (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"), which sets out requirements for Internet food, milk powder, health products, agricultural and veterinary drug residues, food additives, etc.
Are you afraid it is unhygienic to order takeout?
– Implement the responsibility of food business qualification review on the online platform
Online shopping for food and online ordering are becoming more and more popular, but there are also some problems.
The chaos in the takeaway industry has been exposed by the media many times, such as the unlicensed operation of black workshops and the long-term non-disinfection of food delivery boxes; among the substandard foods previously notified by the State Food and Drug Administration, many batches involved online platform sales channels.
In response to these issues, the Plan requires that…Strictly regulate new business forms such as Internet food business and online ordering. Strengthen the construction of online monitoring capacity for Internet food business. Implement the responsibility for the review of online platform food business qualifications, and improve the online complaint and after-sales rights protection mechanism for online transactions…
The plan also proposes that licensed catering service units fully implement "bright kitchen and bright stove". Promote the construction of pilot cities for the resource utilization and harmless treatment of kitchen waste.
China News Service noted that Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Fujian and other places have introduced regulations related to online catering. Liaoning and Zhejiang have set a two-hour delivery time to ensure that food can be eaten within a safe time limit. Beijing, Fujian and Zhejiang and other places encourage food operators to broadcast the processing process online and accept consumer supervision.
It is more secure to buy milk powder for your baby.
– Implement the registration system and raise the entry threshold
The safety of milk powder is directly related to the health of children, and the "Planning" also involves this.
The planning requirements,Strict formula food for special medical purposes and infant formula milk powder product formula registration management. In terms of supervision, it is required to "improve the traceability information management platform for infant formula milk powder, fresh agricultural products and alcoholic foods"…
The change from the filing system to the registration system is one of the highlights of the milk powder formula policy. In June 2016, the State Food and Drug Administration issued what was called the "strictest in history" "Administrative Measures for the Registration of Infant Formula Milk Powder Products", stipulating that the Food and Drug Administration is responsible for the registration and management of infant formula milk powder products.
"The implementation of the registration system has undoubtedly raised the threshold for entry," Wang Dingmian, a dairy industry expert, said in an interview with China News Service. The filing is only for reporting, does not need to be approved, and mainly relies on corporate self-discipline. However, the registration is more stringent and is another form of qualification certification.
In addition, the "National Dairy Industry Development Plan (2016-2020) " released in January 2017 not only emphasizes the need to strengthen the supervision of infant formula milk powder, but also proposes requirements to crack down on illegal additions and build domestic dairy brands.
Prevent the elderly from being fooled by health care companies
– Strictly crack down on false propaganda, deception and other illegal activities
The elderly become the main force of health care products consumption. Data released by the China Health Care Association in 2016 shows that the annual sales of health care products in our country are about 200 billion yuan, of which the elderly consumption accounts for more than 50%.
According to previous surveys conducted by China News Service, many health care companies play the family card and use false and exaggerated marketing methods to trick the elderly into buying products. However, when the elderly find problems, they fall into a dilemma of rights protection.
In this regard, the "Plan" makes it clear thatStrictly crack down on health food false propaganda, commercial fraud, deceiving consumers to buy and other illegal acts…
The "Planning" also proposes to promote the reform of the health food registration and filing system, improve the health care function catalogue of health food, and scientifically adjust the functional expression.Develop a list of raw materials for health food, and a list of items that can and cannot be used in health food…
Ensure the safety of the "vegetable basket"
– By 2020, the number of food inspections for agricultural and veterinary drug residues shall not be less than 2 per thousand people per year
Shopping for food and cooking is the norm for many families, but the issue of pesticide residues also causes headaches for many people.
According to the "plan", some local industrial "three wastes" illegal emissions lead to agricultural production environment pollution, improper use of agricultural inputs, illegal addition and counterfeiting and other problems still exist, pesticide and veterinary drug residues and additives abuse is still the biggest risk to food safety.
In terms of safety standards, the "Plan" requires that by 2020, no less than 300 national food safety standards should be formulated and revised, and more than 6,600 pesticide residue limit indicators and 270 veterinary drug residue limit indicators should be formulated, revised and evaluated.
In terms of sampling,The "Plan" proposes that by 2020, the number of food inspections organized by provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) for pesticide and veterinary drug residues should not be less than 2 copies per thousand people per year…
Guo Wenqi, deputy director of the State Food and Drug Administration, previously mentioned the 2017 sampling plan at the press conference. He said that the national, provincial, municipal and county levels have their own priorities, especially to increase the intensity and frequency of sampling inspections of food safety problems caused by pesticide and veterinary drug residues, heavy metals and environmental pollution, and catering foods closely related to the people.
Stay away from clenbuterol, poppy shells
– Focus on addressing the "unspoken rules" that endanger food safety
Illegal use of clenbuterol, adding poppy shells to the base ingredients of hot pot, using food additives in excess… Such illegal acts have been exposed by the media many times.
The commonly referred to "clenbuterol" refers to clenbuterol. According to the official website of the Beijing Municipal Food and Drug Administration, clenbuterol belongs to the beta-receptor agonist class of drugs, which can promote protein deposition in animals, promote lipolysis and inhibit fat deposition, increase the lean meat rate of carcasses, gain weight and improve feed conversion rate. This substance is not found in natural foods. Humans eat animal products (such as internal organs, etc.) containing "clenbuterol" residues. If the residue reaches a certain level, toxic side effects will occur.
The planning requirements,Key measures to control the use of food additives beyond the scope and limit, the use of industrial gelatin to produce food, the use of industrial alcohol to produce alcoholic food, the use of industrial sulfur to fumigate food, the illegal use of clenbuterol, the illegal addition of poppy shells and other substances in the food production process, the illegal addition of malachite green and other prohibited substances in aquatic products, production and operation enterprises falsely label the production date and shelf life, use recycled food as raw materials to produce food, health food label promotion fraud, etc"Hidden rules" and related violations that endanger food safety.
At the same time, improve the list of non-edible substances that may be illegally added to food, the national list of banned and restricted pesticides, and the list of banned veterinary drugs and other compounds in food animals, and study the inspection method of breaking the "unspoken rules". (End)