Gansu Food and Drug Administration held a news forum to interpret the newly revised Food Safety Law, and authoritative interpretation of the newly revised Food Safety Law showed ten highlights. 1. Establish a food safety traceability system: encourage food producers and operators to collect and retain production and operation information by means of informationization, and establish a food safety traceability system. At the same time, require food and drug supervision departments and agricultural administrative departments to establish a food safety traceability cooperation mechanism to ensure that the source of products can be traced, the destination can be found and the quality can be controlled. 2. Health food should not be advertised as medicine: strengthen the supervision of specific labels, and the labels and instructions of health food should not involve the functions of disease prevention and treatment, and the labels should state that "this product cannot replace drugs". The production and operation of genetically modified foods shall be clearly marked in accordance with the regulations. The date of production, shelf life and other matters of food and food additives should be clearly marked and easily identified. 3. Real-name registration of online food, and compensation for losses by problematic websites: providers of third-party platforms for online food transactions should register online food operators with real names and clarify their food safety management responsibilities; If consumers buy food through the third-party platform of online food trading, and their legitimate rights and interests are damaged, they can claim compensation from the online food operators or food producers. 4. Infant milk powder formula must be registered: the product formula of infant milk powder should be registered by the food and drug supervision and administration department of the State Council. At the time of registration, the research and development report of the formula and other materials indicating the scientific and safety of the formula shall be submitted. 5. The starting point of punishment is raised from 2,111 yuan in the past to 51,111 yuan: the punishment is increased in an all-round way, and the starting point of punishment for most illegal acts is raised from 2,111 yuan in the past to 51,111 yuan, and the starting point for more serious illegal acts is 1,111 yuan. 6. Implement the first responsibility system: If consumers suffer from food that does not meet the food safety standards, they may demand compensation from the operators or the producers. The food producers and business operators who have received the consumer's claim for compensation shall implement the first responsibility system, pay first, and shall not shirk. 7. Recall immediately when problems are found: If food producers find that the food they produce does not meet safety standards or there is evidence that it may endanger human health, they should immediately stop production, recall the food that has been put on the market, and notify relevant producers, operators and consumers. If the food and drug supervision department deems it necessary, it may conduct on-site supervision. 8. Sellers should establish incoming inspection records and keep relevant vouchers: Sellers of edible agricultural products should establish an incoming inspection record system for edible agricultural products, truthfully record the name, quantity, purchase date, supplier's name, address and contact information, and keep relevant vouchers. Records and vouchers shall be kept for no less than six months. 9. It is forbidden to use highly toxic and toxic pesticides in crops: it is forbidden to use highly toxic and toxic pesticides in crops specified by the state, such as vegetables, fruits, tea and Chinese herbal medicines. The state implements a strict management system for the use of pesticides, speeds up the elimination of highly toxic, highly toxic and high-residue pesticides, promotes the research and development and application of alternative products, and encourages the use of pesticides with high efficiency, low toxicity and low residue. 11. Operating enterprises should establish a food purchase inspection record system: food operating enterprises should establish a food purchase inspection record system, truthfully record the name, specification, quantity, production date or production batch number, shelf life, purchase date, supplier's name, address, contact information and other contents of the food, and keep relevant vouchers.
The Food and Drug Administration has interpreted the newly revised Food Safety Law ***154, which is 51 more than the original, and has substantially revised many original articles. Mainly reflected in the following aspects: First, consolidate the results of the reform of the food safety supervision system. It is clear that the food and drug supervision and administration department is responsible for the unified supervision of food production and business activities. At the same time, it is clear that the food and drug supervision department of the people's government at the county level can set up food and drug supervision agencies in towns or specific areas. The second is to highlight food safety risk management. Further improve the basic systems of food safety risk monitoring, risk assessment and food safety standards; Add a food safety risk exchange system, requiring food and drug supervision and management departments and other relevant departments, food safety risk assessment expert committees and their technical institutions to carry out risk exchange, nip in the bud and eliminate hidden dangers; It is clear that food safety supervision departments should determine the focus, method and frequency of supervision and management according to food safety risk monitoring, risk assessment results and food safety status, and implement risk classification management. The third is to implement the most stringent full-process supervision. Clear food production, sales, storage, transportation, catering services, edible agricultural products sales and other aspects of food safety process control management system and requirements, add online food transaction management, food safety traceability system, and further strengthen the main responsibility of food producers and operators, the responsibility of local governments and regulatory authorities. The fourth is to strengthen the source control of food safety. Strengthen the management of the use of agricultural inputs, strictly supervise the use of pesticides, and emphasize that highly toxic and highly toxic pesticides should not be used in crops such as melons, fruits, vegetables, tea, Chinese herbal medicines and so on; The market sales of edible agricultural products will be included in the adjustment scope of the new Food Safety Law, and the edible agricultural products sold in the wholesale market will be sampled and inspected. The sellers of edible agricultural products should establish a record system for the inspection of edible agricultural products. The fifth is to highlight the strict supervision of special foods. Health food, formula food for special medical purposes, formula food for infants and other main and supplementary foods specially designed for specific groups are identified as special foods, and the raw materials, formula, production technology, labels, instructions, advertisements and other aspects are strictly controlled, strictly accessed and strictly supervised. At the same time, enterprises that produce special foods should establish a production quality management system suitable for the foods they produce in accordance with the requirements of good production practices.
the sixth is to strengthen the social governance of food safety. It is clear that consumer associations and other consumer organizations shall conduct social supervision according to law for acts that violate the provisions of the food safety law and infringe on the legitimate rights and interests of consumers; Establish a food safety contribution award system, and commend and reward units and individuals who have made outstanding contributions in food safety work in accordance with relevant state regulations; Increase the reward reporting system for food safety, and make it clear that informants should be rewarded for reports that are verified; Standardize the release of food safety information and encourage the news media to supervise food safety violations by public opinion.
Seventh, severely punish serious violations of laws and regulations. Strengthen the investigation of criminal responsibility for food safety; Increase the amount of property fines, and the maximum fine can reach 31 times the value of food illegally produced and operated; Strengthen the punishment of qualification, and those who are sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment or above for food safety crimes shall not engage in food production, operation and management for life and serve as food safety management personnel; Strengthen joint responsibility for food safety; Clarify the first responsibility system for consumer compensation; Improve the punitive compensation system, and add punitive compensation that consumers can ask producers and operators to pay three times the damages.