The revised draft of agricultural product quality and safety was submitted to the 31st meeting of the 13th National People's Congress for deliberation on the 19th. The improvement of the control measures for the entire process of agricultural production and operation and the establishment of a traceability system for the quality and safety of edible agricultural products are a major part of this revision.
The revised draft clearly establishes an edible agricultural product quality and safety traceability system, and stipulates that agricultural product production enterprises and farmer cooperatives shall issue edible agricultural product quality and safety commitment certificates in accordance with the law, and be responsible for the quality and safety of the agricultural products they sell; trace the quality and safety of listed edible agricultural products The edible agricultural products listed in the catalog are subject to retrospective management.
The revised draft also clarifies that agricultural product quality and safety work adheres to the principles of prevention, risk management, source governance, and full-process control; it clarifies that agricultural product producers and operators are responsible for the quality and safety of agricultural products they produce and operate, and requires producers and operators to be honest, self-disciplined, and subject to social supervision. , Undertake social responsibility and other content.
In addition, the draft has made corresponding amendments to strengthen agricultural product quality and safety risk management and standard formulation, improve the entire process control measures for agricultural product producers and operators, and quality and safety supervision and management measures.
Source：ChemNet
