Responsible for food safety 13 departments exposed to inform who is in charge

Whenever food safety incidents are exposed, people often have such confusion: Who is responsible for this?

The management of food safety is a rather complex system: different food varieties and different links have different departments under management. Even different places have different regulatory systems. In the supervision process, there are still some functions that are overlapping, vague and blank.

So, what are the government departments involved in food safety? Judging from the constituent departments of the State Council’s Food Safety Commission, 13 are officially announced at the moment, including the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of Health. , the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the State Administration of Quality Supervision, the State Grain Administration, the State Food and Drug Administration. It is understood that the current constituent departments have increased, but have not yet been formally approved.

Among the constituent departments, the five departments of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Commerce, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, and the Food and Drug Administration are directly responsible for administrative law enforcement. The responsibilities of other constituent departments are only involved. For example, the salt industry is managed by The Development and Reform Commission is responsible.

This article selects the major departments that are involved in the food safety field.

Regardless of the division of labor, we all hope that all departments will perform their duties without dereliction of duty, irresponsibility, and omissions, and that this important issue of food safety, which concerns the vital interests of the people, be strictly controlled and managed.

State Council Food Safety Office: Strengthening the coordination, supervision, and guidance of the State Council Food Safety Commission set up on February 6, 2010 is a high-level coordination mechanism for food safety work of the State Council.

The State Council’s Food Safety Commission has set up an office to specifically undertake the daily work of the committee. According to Zhang Yong, director of the State Council’s Food Safety Office, the main responsibility of the Food Safety Office is to coordinate and supervise food safety work. Basic orientation is based on sub-section supervision, and the supervision gaps and cross-purposes that are prone to sub-section supervision are taken as the focal points for coordination, blocking regulatory loopholes and promoting the convergence of regulatory measures at all levels. At the same time, strengthen supervision and guidance, and promote the work of all regions and relevant departments.

"The Office of Food Safety cannot replace the functions of the regulatory authorities. Policies and measures to strengthen food safety supervision must be implemented in the specific work of each department," said Zhang Yong.

It is understood that the specific coordination functions of the State Council Food Safety Office include the clarification of the supervisory responsibilities of some fuzzy areas. For example, with the development of the food industry, new forms of business continue to emerge, such as the central kitchen, dessert bars, etc., which specific departments supervise, that is, under the coordination of the Food Safety Office, they are assigned to food consumption, and their supervisory responsibilities are clearly defined by foods. Drug Administration is responsible.

Ministry of Agriculture: Supervision of the production of primary agricultural products The Ministry of Agriculture is mainly responsible for the supervision of the production of primary agricultural products. The main functions include:

I. Organize agricultural product quality and safety risk assessment and propose technical trade measures. Organize agricultural product quality and safety technology research and promotion, publicity and training.

2. To participate in the formulation of national standards for quality and safety of agricultural products, organize the formulation of standards for the agricultural industry, and organize the implementation in conjunction with relevant departments. Formulate safety evaluation standards and technical specifications for agricultural GMOs.

Third, organize the supervision and management of agricultural product quality and safety. Organize agricultural product quality safety monitoring and supervision, spot checks, and organize supervision and spot checks on agricultural production materials that may jeopardize the quality and safety of agricultural products. Responsible for the early warning analysis and information release of the quality and safety of agricultural products. Guide the establishment of a quality and safety traceability system for agricultural products. Guide the implementation of agricultural product packaging labeling and market access management, and so on.

Fourth, lawfully implement agricultural product certification and supervision and management in compliance with safety standards. Including the certification and quality supervision of pollution-free agricultural products, green food and organic agricultural products, and the registration, supervision and management of geographical indications of agricultural products.

Fifth, guide the construction of agricultural inspection and testing systems and institutional assessment.

General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine: Supervision of production, processing, and import and export activities Based on the Food Safety Law and its implementation regulations, AQSIQ supervises and manages food production and processing activities and import and export activities.

The AQSIQ is mainly responsible for organizing the implementation of domestic food production licenses, safety supervision of production and processing, organizing and implementing supervision and inspection of food producers, organizing the establishment of food producer safety credit files, issuing daily food safety supervision information, and ordering food producers according to law. Implementation of the recall; responsible for organizing the implementation of domestic production licenses for food additives; responsible for import and export of food, food additives and food-related products inspection and quarantine and supervision and management of imported foods that may be at risk or found serious food safety issues risk early warning or control measures; Responsible for the registration of exporters or agents exporting food to China, registration of overseas food production companies exporting food to China, registration of export food production enterprises and export of food raw materials and breeding farms, collection and collection of import and export Food safety information, etc. Cooperate with related departments to do food safety risk monitoring and assessment work.

Its subsidiary, the State Certification and Accreditation Administration, is responsible for managing the qualifications of food inspection agencies, and jointly publishes a list of food inspection and re-inspection agencies with relevant departments. The National Standards Committee is responsible for the national standard number of food safety.

Health Department: Undertaking the overall coordination of food safety According to the "Food Safety Law," the State Council's health administrative department assumes the overall coordination responsibility for food safety, and is responsible for food safety risk assessment, food safety standard formulation, food safety information disclosure, and qualification criteria for food inspection agencies. The establishment of inspection standards, the organization of investigation and handling of major food safety accidents.

The health administrative department of the State Council, together with relevant departments of the State Council, formulates and implements a national food safety risk monitoring plan. The health administrative departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, in light of the specific conditions of their own administrative regions, organize the formulation and implementation of food safety risk monitoring programs.

The Ministry of Health has a comprehensive food safety supervision and supervision bureau, which is responsible for the overall supervision of food safety; comprehensively coordinates, inspects and evaluates food safety inspection, monitoring, and supervision of various departments; is responsible for the comprehensive evaluation of local food safety work; and organizes the development of food safety. Regulatory laws and regulations; Formulation of conditions and inspection criteria for qualification verification of food safety inspection agencies; Responsible for risk assessment and management of new resource foods, food additives, food packaging materials, imported foods and food-related products without national standards; Responsible for major food safety Incident investigation and so on.

Business Department: In charge of the food circulation industry, according to the Ministry of Commerce's "Three Sets" Program and "Food Safety Law" and its Implementation Regulations, "Live Pigs Slaughter Management Regulations" and "Regulations on Alcohol Distribution Management" and other laws, regulations and rules, the Ministry of Commerce as a circulation Industry authorities have three main duties in food safety:

The first is to formulate development plans and industrial policies for the food circulation industry, take measures to promote the optimization of the industrial structure, strengthen guidance on the establishment of an industry integrity system, and promote the healthy development of the food business industry.

Second, it is responsible for the management of live pig slaughtering and liquor circulation; strengthen the supervision and inspection of live pig slaughtering activities, promote the identification of pig slaughtering signs and certificates, and review and renew the work of the certificates, and put the designated slaughtered enterprises into market access according to law.

The third is to cooperate with the Ministry of Health to do a good job in monitoring and assessing food safety risks, formulating plans and implementation plans for national food safety standards, tracking and evaluating the implementation of national food safety standards, and organizing revisions in due course.

At present, the Ministry of Commerce is steadily advancing the pilot construction of traceability systems for the circulation of meat and vegetables.

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Management of the food industry industry The State Council's approval of the "Industry and Information Technology Department's main responsibilities, in-house organization and staffing regulations" clearly points out that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has management responsibilities in the food industry.

Main functions: First, formulate rational scientific development plans and industrial policies, further improve the food industry industry standards, guide enterprises to improve their internal quality control and monitoring networks, and food quality traceability systems; second, promote the construction of food industry enterprise producers' integrity systems. In order to raise employees' moral and legal awareness and standardize their production and management practices, the third is to strengthen self-discipline in the industry and promote the popularization of food safety knowledge. Guiding the association to play a role in self-discipline in the industry; Fourth, strengthening the statistics and monitoring of relevant basic information in the food industry, establishing a monitoring and early warning mechanism for the quality and safety of food industry, and the dynamics of product import and export.

In the sub-regulation of food safety, the Ministry of Industry and the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) are the targets of food production companies, but there are differences in the way and focus of supervision. If the supervision method of AQSIQ is mainly supervision and spot checks, the main supervision method of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is management guidance.

Industrial and Commercial Department: Regulatory Circulation Department The State Administration for Industry and Commerce assumes responsibility for food safety in the circulation sector. It has a food distribution supervision and management department, which is responsible for the supervision and management of food safety in circulation, and formulating specific measures and methods for food safety supervision and management in circulation; Food safety supervision and inspection, quality monitoring and relevant market access system; take charge of the handling and handling of major food emergencies and major food safety cases in circulation. Its access responsibilities include “certificate of prior approval”, which is responsible for issuing food circulation permits, and then issuing business licenses to business entities that have licenses.

According to the relevant provisions of the "Food Safety Law", the circulation of food that is sold on the market is regulated by the industrial and commercial department. However, according to the reporter's understanding, at present, the market supervision function has crossed the point. Primary agricultural products such as meat, vegetables, eggs and aquatic products sold on the market are supervised by the agricultural sector according to the "Agricultural Product Quality Law." The department can only investigate and punish according to the relevant notification of the agricultural department, and has no right to random inspection. The "Agricultural Product Quality Law" was promulgated and implemented in 2006 prior to the "Food Safety Law."

Food and Drug Administration Bureau: Supervision of Consumption Links The State Food and Drug Administration is responsible for food hygiene licenses and food safety supervision and management in the consumer sector. To formulate and supervise the implementation of food safety management regulations for consumption links, carry out investigation and monitoring of food safety at the consumer level, and publish information related to food safety supervision at the consumer level.

The supervision of food safety in the consumption link, ie the catering service link, is the responsibility of the State Food and Drug Administration. The food in this link refers to food that is immediately processed and consumed immediately. At the same time, the consumption segment also includes the provision of food and its facilities, facilities and services.

Prior to the implementation of the Food Safety Law, this part of the function was vested in the health supervision department of the Ministry of Health. At present, this part of the function is placed under the Food and Drug Administration, but the personnel are not transferred synchronously. It is understood that there are about 50,000 health supervisors in charge of catering services nationwide, but only about 10,000 people are currently transferred. This has led to a disconnect between current catering service supervisors and supervisory duties and a serious shortage of supervision power. It is urgent to expand the supervision team. To ensure food safety in food service links.

Public security organs: Combat food safety crimes Food production and operation operators suspected of committing crimes shall be transferred to the public security organs according to law. Public security organs crack down on food safety crimes.

A few days ago, the public security department was focusing on deploying crackdowns on the illegal addition of food. The Ministry of Public Security stated that it is necessary to actively join hands with administrative departments such as agriculture, health, industry and commerce, quality inspection, and food and drug administration, and focus on areas such as rural areas, urban-rural areas, county-level combined areas, and other areas where enterprises lease out factories, workshops, warehouses, and towns. The key sites such as temporary buildings and rental houses are regularly investigated, and the “black dens” that illegally manufacture stored illegal additives are discovered and thoroughly cleared in a timely manner, and underground sales channels are resolutely destroyed. The public security organs clearly intensify efforts in the production, sales, and use of links. For alleged crimes of illegal food addenda, the leaders of public security agencies must personally intervene, rely on the front to direct, organize the forces to act quickly, investigate and investigate according to law, and ascertain the facts of the crime. Cases with major or inter-provincial impacts will be supervised by the Ministry of Public Security. All localities must also be listed to supervise and handle a number of major cases.