Food law publicly solicited opinion: Seven kinds of behaviors in grain operations have been banned

In order to promote grain production, maintain the order of food circulation, and ensure national food security, the State Council Legislative Affairs Office promulgated the "Food Law (Draft for Soliciting Opinions)" (hereinafter referred to as the draft for comment) on February 21st and solicited opinions from all sectors of the community.

According to the draft, grain refers to grains and their finished foods, beans and potatoes. At the same time, this Act applies to the production, circulation, and consumption activities of edible vegetable oils and oils, as well as the production, circulation, and consumption activities of potatoes other than the acquisition license and storage filing requirements.

The grain circulation is connected with grain production, and it is connected with food consumption. This is a key link to achieve optimal allocation of food resources and ensure national food security. To this end, the draft of the Opinions stipulates that the licensing system for grain purchase and processing, and the application for grain acquisition and processing activities must have certain conditions, and should obtain corresponding administrative licenses.

At the same time, according to the Exposure Draft, the operators engaged in grain processing activities must not have the following actions: (1) processing using moldy and deteriorating raw grains; (2) using raw grains whose pesticide residues, mycotoxins, and heavy metals exceed the standard for processing (3) Use of additives in violation of regulations; (4) Other acts that affect the quality of food.

The operators engaging in grain purchasing, wholesale and retail activities must not commit the following acts: (1) fabrication and dissemination of false information to disrupt market order; (2) colluding with each other to manipulate market prices; (3) maliciously hoarding to raise prices; (4) ) Take measures such as raising the level or depressing the level to increase or depress the price in disguise; (v) less than two ounces, doping to make false, and shoddy; (6) monopolizing the market or engaging in unfair competition; (vii) violating state regulations Other behavior.

In order to ensure the food quality and safety, the draft of the Opinions stipulates the improvement of food quality and safety standards and the aspects of grain quality, safety, safety, and grain inspections in food production, acquisition, storage, processing, transportation, sales, and import and export, and requires the establishment of food quality. Safety monitoring and random inspection systems, while local people's governments at all levels find regional food pollution, should strengthen the monitoring of contaminated food, and may adopt mandatory inspections, warning announcements, interventional acquisitions, classified storage, and targeted disposal.

At the same time, in order to ensure food supply and price stability, the draft of the draft stipulates that the state should establish a minimum and maximum inventory system for grain managers. Food managers engaged in grain purchasing, processing, and sales activities should fulfill their obligation of not lower than the minimum stock amount when the supply of foodstuffs exceeds demand and the price drops more; on the contrary, they should perform obligations that are not higher than the maximum stock amount.

In particular, for the development of the food industry, the draft of the draft stipulates that the state implements the grain risk fund system, and reasonably determines the size and use of the grain risk fund according to the state's fiscal position and macroeconomic control requirements, and requires that the grain risk fund should be earmarked for specific purposes.