Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Food Safety Law.
Seventh local people's governments at or above the county level shall implement the responsibility system for food safety supervision and management. The people's government at a higher level is responsible for the food safety supervision and management of the people's government at a lower level. The local people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for evaluating the food safety supervision and management work of the food safety supervision and management departments at the corresponding level and other relevant departments.
Article 8 The people's governments at or above the county level shall incorporate food safety work into the national economic and social development plan at the corresponding level, incorporate food safety work funds into the fiscal budget at the corresponding level, strengthen the capacity building of food safety supervision and management, and provide guarantee for food safety work.