What does the Food and Drug Administration do?

1. Responsible for drafting the draft laws and regulations on food safety (including food additives and health food, the same below), medicines (including traditional Chinese medicine and ethnic medicines, the same below), medical devices and cosmetics;

2. Be responsible for formulating measures for the implementation of food administrative licensing and supervising its implementation;

3. Be responsible for organizing the formulation and publication of standards and classified management systems for drugs and medical devices such as the National Pharmacopoeia and supervising their implementation;

4. Be responsible for formulating the inspection system for the supervision and management of food, medicines, medical devices and cosmetics, organizing the implementation, and organizing the investigation and punishment of major illegal acts.

1. What is the Food and Drug Administration?

The Food and Drug Administration is a state organ that supervises and manages food and drugs, and mainly manages the production, circulation (operation) and catering (restaurants) of food. The production, circulation (management) and use units of drugs shall conduct supervision and management.

2. What should be included in the food safety standards:

1. Provisions on the limits of pathogenic microorganisms, pesticide residues, veterinary drug residues, biotoxins, heavy metals and other pollutants harmful to human health in food, food additives and food-related products;

2. Variety, application scope and dosage of food additives;

3. Nutritional requirements of main and supplementary foods specially for infants and other specific groups;

4. Requirements for labels, signs and instructions related to food safety requirements such as hygiene and nutrition;

5. Hygienic requirements in the process of food production and operation;

6. Quality requirements related to food safety;

7. Food inspection methods and procedures related to food safety;

8. Other contents that need to be formulated as food safety standards.

Legal basis

Article 4 of the Provisions on Administrative Legislative Procedures of National Medical Products Administration:

The administrative legislative work of our bureau shall be under the leadership of the director, under the centralized management of the Policy and Regulation Department, and each department shall be responsible according to the division of responsibilities.

(1) Each division is responsible for the legislative work within its business scope according to its responsibilities, including applying for legislative projects, participating in the preparation of legislative plans, proposing draft legislation and soliciting opinions from relevant departments and units, drafting the draft for review, making explanations and preparing relevant materials for review, and printing the published draft.

(2) The Policy and Regulation Department is responsible for organizing and coordinating the legislative work, including the preparation of the annual legislative plan and the medium-and long-term legislative plan, the review of the draft submitted for review, and the release of the draft for filing.