With the most stringent standards, the strictest supervision, the most severe punishment and the most serious accountability, we will ensure the safety of the broad masses of the people. The "most stringent standard" in the "four strictest" mainly refers to the national food safety standards. National food safety standards are mandatory standards and an important support to ensure food safety and public health.
The theme of World Food Safety Day on June 7, 2023 is "Food Standards and Safety". By the end of 2022 1 1 month, China has formulated and issued 1478 national food safety standards, involving nearly 20,000 food safety indicators, and initially established a national food safety standard system covering farmland to the table. At present, China's national food safety standard system includes four categories of standards.
Four categories of standards
General standard (item 15), product standard (item 809), production and operation standard (item 34) and inspection method standard (item 5 13), and 107 has been replaced (to be replaced) and abolished (to be abolished), and the four categories of standards are organically connected. The general standard stipulates the general and universal food safety hazards and measures, involving many kinds of foods and a wide range, and the standard has strong universality.
When some foods, food additives or food-related products are special and may have other risks, corresponding indicators, limits (or measures) and other necessary technical requirements shall be formulated in the corresponding product standards. When the product standard involves what has been stipulated in the general food safety standard, the general standard should be cited.