Article 11 The system of separation of sampling and inspection shall be implemented in supervision and sampling inspection. The sampling task is mainly undertaken by the local food and drug supervision department or its law enforcement agencies. The inspection task is mainly undertaken by the food inspection agency that has obtained the qualification certification according to law. According to the needs, the food and drug supervision department may request the inspection agency to assist in sampling and sample pretreatment.

article 12 the number of sampling personnel shall not be less than 2. Before sampling, the sampling personnel shall show their certificates and the notice of supervision and sampling to the sampling unit, and inform the nature and sampling content of supervision and sampling.

the sampling personnel shall accurately, objectively and completely fill in the product sample sampling record or the non-product sample sampling record, and affix the official seals of the food and drug supervision department and the sampled unit respectively, and shall be signed by the sampling personnel and the personnel present at the sampled unit. If the sampling unit has no official seal or can't seal it on site, it shall be signed by the person in charge of the sampling unit or its authorized personnel for confirmation.

if samples cannot be taken on site, the sampling unit shall issue a certificate of unsuccessful sampling.

article 13 when taking samples, the sampling amount shall not be less than 3 times the amount required for inspection. For samples with good uniformity, it should be divided into three parts on site, one for inspection and two for retention; For samples with poor uniformity, the sampling amount should meet the needs of laboratory processing. Before inspection, the sampled samples should be divided into three parts, one for inspection and two for retention, and the sampling operation records should be kept.

if the national food safety standards have special provisions on sampling quantity, such provisions shall prevail.

Article 14 The sampling unit may refuse to accept sampling under any of the following circumstances:

(1) The number of sampling personnel is less than 2;

(2) The materials such as supervision and sampling notices and certificates that sampling personnel should carry are incomplete;

(3) The sampling unit or sampling variety is inconsistent with the supervision sampling notice;

(4) The sampling date exceeds the validity period of the supervision and sampling notice.

article 15 if the sampling unit refuses to take samples without justifiable reasons, the sampling personnel shall inform the sampling unit of the consequences of refusing to take samples and the handling measures. If the sampling unit still refuses to sample, the sampling personnel shall fill in the instructions for refusing to sample and sign them on the spot, and report to the local food and drug supervision department in time, and the local food and drug supervision department will treat them as unqualified sampling.

article 16 the sampled samples shall be stored and transported in strict accordance with the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the samples or the storage and transportation conditions indicated on their labels, so as to ensure the integrity and originality of the samples before testing. In the process of sample storage and transportation, temperature and humidity measuring instruments shall be equipped, and temperature and humidity measuring records shall be established.