State Food and Drug Administration, for the national production, circulation, consumption of food safety and drug safety, effectiveness of the implementation of unified supervision and management of the former Chinese People's *** and the State Council of the State Council directly under the organization, was established in March 2013, its predecessor for the former State Food and Drug Administration and the State Council of a separate Food Safety Commission Office.

Harmful food crime This crime refers to the producer, seller in violation of national food hygiene management regulations, deliberately in the production, sale of food mixed with toxic, harmful non-food raw materials, or the sale of knowingly mixed with toxic, harmful non-food raw materials of food behavior.

The main responsibilities of the State Food and Drug Administration are:

1. It is responsible for drafting draft laws and regulations on the supervision and management of food (including food additives and health food, hereinafter referred to as "food") safety, pharmaceuticals (including traditional Chinese medicines and ethnomedicines, hereinafter referred to as "Chinese medicines"), medical devices, and cosmetics, formulating policies and plans, formulating departmental regulations, promoting the establishment of a mechanism for the implementation of the main responsibility of food safety enterprises and the overall responsibility of local People's Government, establish a mechanism for the implementation of the main responsibility of food safety enterprises and the overall responsibility of the local people's government, set up a direct reporting system for major food and drug information, and organize the implementation, supervision and inspection, and strive to prevent regional and systemic food and drug safety risks.

2, responsible for the development of food administrative licensing and supervision of the implementation of the implementation. To establish a mechanism for the investigation and management of hidden food safety problems, to formulate annual plans for national food safety inspections, major rectification and management programs and organize their implementation. Responsible for the establishment of a unified system for the publication of food safety information and the publication of major food safety information. Participate in the development of food safety risk monitoring program, food safety standards, according to the food safety risk monitoring program to carry out food safety risk monitoring work.

Legal basis

"Chinese People's **** and the State Food Safety Law" Article 96 The operator violates the provisions of this law, causing personal, property or other damage, shall bear the liability for compensation. The production of food that does not meet food safety standards or the sale of food that is known to be not in compliance with food safety standards, the consumer, in addition to compensation for damages, but also to the producer or seller can also be required to pay ten times the price of compensation.