Adhere to the main tone of "strictness" and go all out to protect the "safety on the tip of the tongue" of the people

The people regard food as the sky, and food is the first priority
.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee has incorporated food safety work into the national strategy
.
By the end of 2021, there will be 1.
8 million licensed food production and management entities in the province, accounting for about 1/10 of the country; it has been rated A for four consecutive years in the food safety evaluation and assessment organized by the Food Safety Office of the State Council, the sampling volume of agricultural products and food in the province has reached 6.
5 batches / 1,000 people, and the pass rate of food evaluation sampling inspection has been stable at more than 98%.
The overall qualification rate of quality and safety monitoring of major agricultural products is stable at more than 97%, and the public's satisfaction with food safety has reached 85.
2%.
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What kind of "password" is behind this shiny "report card"? A few days ago, this newspaper "Nanyue Food Safety" exchanged with
Liu Guangming, director of the Guangdong Provincial Food and Drug Safety Office, secretary of the party group and director of the Provincial Market Supervision Bureau, on food safety-related issues that consumers are concerned about.

Liu Guangming (third from right), director of the Guangdong Provincial Food and Drug Safety Office, secretary of the party group and director of the Provincial Market Supervision Bureau, inspects the centralized supervision warehouse

Vigorously promote the modernization of food safety governance capabilities

Nanyue Food Safety: In recent years, what measures has Guangdong taken to strengthen food safety supervision? What has been achieved?

Liu Guangming: In recent years, Guangdong has fully implemented the "four strictest" requirements, strictly implemented the "Opinions of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Deepening Reform and Strengthening Food Safety Work", solidly promoted the food "peace of mind project" to tackle tough problems, comprehensively prevented food safety risks, vigorously strengthened the quality supervision of the whole chain of food safety, and the overall situation of food safety continued to be stable and improved, no major or above food safety accidents occurred, effectively ensuring the people's "safety on the tip of the tongue"
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First, adhere to the responsibility orientation, clear rights and responsibilities of the food safety responsibility system is more sound
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Establish the Provincial Food and Drug Safety and High-quality Development Committee, which is headed by the main responsible comrades of the provincial government, to strengthen the organization, leadership, overall coordination and overall promotion
of the province's food safety work.
The "Implementation Plan on Deepening Reform and Strengthening Food Safety Work" was issued, and the "List of Food Safety Responsibilities of Party and Government Leading Cadres in Guangdong Province" was issued to strictly implement the same responsibilities
of the party and government.
Adhere to the principle of "managing industry must manage safety, managing business must manage safety, and managing production and operation must manage safety", formulate the "List of Food Safety Supervision Powers of Relevant Departments in Guangdong Province", and fully implement the departmental supervision responsibilities
.
The provincial government and the local and listed governments signed a food safety responsibility letter, established and improved the food safety evaluation and assessment work mechanism, and implemented the territorial management responsibility of
food safety.
Establish and improve the enterprise food safety responsibility system, formulate a list of main responsibilities for food production and operation, and effectively promote the implementation of
the main responsibilities of producers and operators.

The second is to pay attention to front-end prevention and effectively improve
the ability of food safety risk prevention and control.
Strengthen risk analysis, implement the system of quarterly food safety risk research and judgment meetings, and invite experts, technical institutions, scientific research institutes, etc.
to participate in the analysis and judgment of food safety risks and hidden dangers
.
Strengthen food safety risk monitoring, and the province's
foodborne disease case monitoring hospitals have achieved full coverage of districts and county-level administrative areas, reaching 2,060.
Fully implement the facts of people's livelihood, for many consecutive years, food sampling inspection and quick inspection of edible agricultural products in farmers' markets have been included in the 10 facts of people's livelihood of the provincial government, the sampling volume of agricultural products and food in the province has reached 6.
5 batches / 1,000 people, a total of 2.
277 million batches of food sampling inspections have been completed, 28.
18 million batches of edible agricultural products have been quickly inspected, and the verification and disposal rate of unqualified food has reached 100%.

。 Strengthen emergency response, organize the revision of emergency response plans for food safety accidents, build a food safety emergency management system covering provinces, cities and counties, establish and improve mechanisms for tracking, supervising, handling, reporting and returning visits of food safety emergencies, strengthen emergency drills, and effectively respond to and deal with food safety emergencies
.

The third is to highlight regulatory innovation and steadily improve
the efficiency of food safety governance.
Strengthen smart supervision, implement the "Internet +" project, implement 100% of the 27,000 licensed school canteens in the province "Internet + bright kitchen and bright stove", and implement "online and offline" AI smart supervision
.
Continue to promote the use of "cold storage", all 28,700 cold stores in the province are included in the management of "cold storage", and implement closed-loop supervision
of the whole chain of traceability of cold chain foods.
Strengthen credit supervision, promote the organic combination of categorized management of enterprise credit risks and "double random, one disclosure", strengthen the aggregation and sharing of credit information in key areas, complete labeling of food production enterprises in the province in the national enterprise credit publicity system, and realize the unified aggregation
of food production license data and routine supervision and inspection data.
Promote the supervision of the rule of law, take the lead in promulgating the measures for the supervision and inspection of food-related product manufacturers in the country, and unify and standardize the supervision and inspection process, content and standards
.
Revise the Regulations of Guangdong Province on the Administration of Small Workshops and Food Vendors for Food Production and Processing, and continue to implement the registration and management
of food vendors.
In the past three years, the market supervision departments in the province have opened and investigated 73,000 cases of food safety violations, revoked 88 food production and operation licenses, and transferred 1,238 cases to judicial organs, forming a strong deterrent
to food safety violations and crimes.

The fourth is to strengthen social coordination and gradually build
a diversified and co-governance pattern of food safety.
Vigorously carry out publicity and education, carry out "food safety publicity week" every year, promote brand activities such as "the first lesson of school", "number one talks about food safety", food safety online knowledge competition, national nutrition week, etc.
, and carry out food safety knowledge publicity, and the awareness rate of the province has reached 81.
5%.

Establish a new mechanism for inviting deputies to the National People's Congress and members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference to participate in the supervision of food safety work, carry out the national "restaurant inspection" activity, and urge catering service operators to implement the main responsibility for
food safety in the form of online live broadcast.
Since 2021, a total of 769 sessions of the "Check Restaurant" campaign have been carried out, with 70 million online hits
.
Actively carry out "you point me for inspection" and "you send me for inspection", open up green channels to optimize the inspection process, and guide the public to actively participate in food safety social co-governance
.
In the past three years, a total of 250,000 complaints and reports involving food safety have been received, all of which have been properly handled, effectively safeguarding the rights and interests of
consumers.

Go all out to promote the special operation of "abiding by inspection and guarantee"

Nanyue Food Safety: In order to effectively resolve food safety risks and resolutely keep the bottom line of food safety, the State Administration for Market Regulation has deployed a special action for food safety to "guard the bottom line, investigate hidden dangers, and ensure safety".
What phased results have been achieved?

Liu Guangming: Carrying out the special action of "abiding by inspection and guarantee" is an important task to ensure food safety before and after the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and it is also an effective starting point for
testing the effectiveness of food safety work.
Since the beginning of this year, the Guangdong Provincial Market Supervision Bureau has conscientiously implemented the work arrangements of the State Administration of Market Regulation, specially established a work leading group headed by the main responsible comrades of the Provincial Market Supervision Bureau, transferred key supervision cadres to form a special work class, issued a special action work plan for deepening food safety "guarding the bottom line, investigating hidden dangers, and ensuring safety", and made every effort to promote the in-depth development of the special action of "abiding by inspection and guarantee", and comprehensively investigated and resolved potential food
safety risks 。 By the end of September, market supervision departments at all levels in the province had inspected a total of 1.
408 million food production and business entities, discovered and effectively dealt with about 64,000 problems, filed and investigated 14,600 cases, investigated and handled a number of key food safety problems such as "two supers and one non" and unqualified multiple batches of random inspections, firmly guarded the bottom line of no regional and systemic food safety risks, and the food safety situation in the province was stable and improving
.

First, effective investigation
of potential risks.
With the goal of full coverage and rapid disposal of risk and hidden dangers, we strengthened the integrated monitoring of online and offline risks and hidden dangers, organized and carried out online inspections of 28,000 school canteens in the province, completed a total of 93,000 online inspections, and found 6,593 problems
.
Do a good job of routine supervision and random inspection, law enforcement case handling, public opinion monitoring, etc.
, to ensure that supervision and inspection cover all types of production and business entities, and sampling inspection and monitoring cover all key categories and business formats
.
Strengthen the handling of potential risks, establish a work ledger for risk and hidden danger investigation and rectification lists, implement unannounced inspections, system inspections, case supervision, etc.
, strictly implement supervision mechanisms for major food safety issues, and ensure that all kinds of problems are resolutely handled and rectified in place
.

Second, the special rectification has been vigorously promoted
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Strengthen the linkage between executions, and jointly with relevant departments to issue the "Law Enforcement Coordination Work System for Combating Food and Drug Crimes" and the "Measures for the Assessment and Identification of Food Involved in Suspected Crimes Endangering Food Safety in Guangdong Province" to vigorously combat violations and crimes
.
Formulate the "Special Work Guidelines for Food Safety Thematic Analysis" and the "Special Work Guidelines for Risk Information Notification of Food Safety Cases" to ensure the orderly progress of
reporting and complaint data analysis.
Carry out special rectification of online ordering and unannounced inspections
of chain catering outlets.
Implement campus food safety protection actions to achieve full coverage supervision and inspection
of school canteens and food operations around campuses.
Carried out special rectification of edible vegetable oil, and inspected a total of 3,879 related production enterprises
.

Third, the main responsibility is in place
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Taking the special action of "abiding by inspection and guarantee" as an opportunity, strengthen the supervision of unqualified food production enterprises in multiple random inspections, establish an interview system for unqualified enterprises in multiple random inspections, and regularly carry out food safety responsibility interviews for enterprises found to be unqualified in random inspections, of which more than 3 batches are organized by provincial departments, 2 batches are organized by municipal departments, and 1 batch is organized by local regulatory departments, so as to strictly implement the main responsibility of
enterprise food safety.

Efforts should be made to promote the implementation of the "two responsibilities" working mechanism

Nanyue Food Safety: Recently, the State Council Food Safety Commission deployed the work requirements for the implementation of the "two responsibilities" long-term mechanism, and Luo Wen, director of the State Administration for Market Regulation, clearly stressed at the meeting of directors of the national food safety office that the implementation of the "two responsibilities" should be the top
priority of the current work.
What measures will Guangdong take to implement the "two responsibilities"?

Liu Guangming: The national deployment of the "two responsibilities" working mechanism is an important institutional achievement in implementing the "four strictest" requirements for food safety, an urgent need to enhance the ability of food safety risk prevention and control, and will certainly play an important role in safeguarding the "safety on the tip of the tongue" of the people
.
The Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and the Guangdong Provincial Government attach great importance to it, conscientiously implement the work requirements of the Food Safety Commission of the State Council and the State Administration for Market Regulation, and make every effort to promote the implementation of the "two responsibilities" working mechanism and effectively ensure the people's food safety
.

First, adhere to high-level planning, and promote implementation
at higher levels.
It is requested that the provincial leader serve as the leader of the group, and the members of the provincial food and drug safety committee are in charge of the leading group as members, and promote the implementation
of the "two responsibilities" at a high level.
It is requested that the implementation plan of the "two responsibilities" of our province be issued in the name of the provincial government, and the responsibility for local management should be tightened
.
Promote local party committees and governments to lead insurance enterprises and sign letters of
commitment.

The second is to adhere to the implementation of details and show the characteristics of
Guangdong.
The implementation plan of Guangdong Province reflects Guangdong's unique practices
on the basis of the "prescribed actions" in the higher-level document.
In terms of the implementation of key tasks of guarantee, the "three lists and one commitment" system has been further enriched and expanded into "three lists and two commitments", and the supervision of enterprises and the signing of commitment letters with cadres has been added to further consolidate the main responsibility of
enterprises.
In terms of the formulation of the task list, combined with the actual situation in Guangdong, the items that need to be commanded in the front when multiple random inspections are unqualified, reported and complained due to food safety problems, and major public opinion occurs, it is clarified that primary and secondary school canteens need to implement the meal companion system while implementing the package guarantee system and commitment system, and urge factories, construction site canteens, Meituan, Ele.
me delivery restaurants, etc.
to promote the use of
the "Internet + bright kitchen and bright stove" system.
At the same time, on the basis of the national goal of "three years of results", self-pressure, clarify the work requirements
for full coverage in 2022 and results in 2023.

The third is to insist on strengthening supervision and effective implementation of responsibilities
.
Give full play to the role of the assessment "baton", incorporate the implementation of the "two responsibilities" into the provincial evaluation and assessment of the food safety work of the prefecture and city, scientifically set up assessment indicators in combination with the actual work, and regularly report the progress of
the work.
Strengthen the effectiveness of supervision and inquiry, establish a supervision team, and carry out timely supervision of the performance of duties by cadres at the next level of insurance through methods such as "four not two straights", make it clear that the responsibility for insurance and supervision must not replace each other, and promote the continuous deepening and down-to-earth
work.

Fourth, persist in strengthening publicity and create a strong atmosphere
.
It will formulate and promote the implementation of the "two responsibilities" supervision and supervision, task list, letter of commitment, year-end assessment and publicity, and organize a series of policy interpretations; At the same time, we will make full use of information technology, actively dock with the national information management platform, collect and collect relevant information and data in a timely manner, realize the joint construction and sharing of information and data, and improve work efficiency
.
Increase publicity and training through multiple channels and methods, carry out rotational training for insurance cadres at all levels, as well as training for food production and management entities, and unite a strong synergy to promote the implementation of the "two responsibilities
".

Accelerate the construction of food safety governance system

Nanyue Food Safety: Food safety is related to the health and life safety of the people, and doing a good job in food safety is related to the overall situation and of great significance
.
Next, how will Guangdong improve the overall level of food safety in the province?

Liu Guangming: The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that it is necessary to improve people's livelihood and well-being and improve the quality of
people's lives.
Food and drug safety supervision
should be strengthened.
Food safety governance is a complex system engineering with a long way
to go.
Guangdong Province will comprehensively study and implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party, conscientiously implement the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on food safety, fully implement the "two responsibilities" working mechanism of food safety, and make every effort to promote the construction of the food safety governance system to ensure that the people eat healthy and eat with confidence
.

The first is to improve the efficiency
of food safety source control and governance.
Establish a scientific food safety standard system, and encourage food production enterprises and new agricultural business entities to formulate enterprise standards or production technical regulations
that are stricter than national food safety standards.
Standardize the registration, approval and management of agricultural inputs such as pesticides, veterinary drugs, fertilizers, feed and
feed additives.
Carry out actions to reduce the use of pesticides and veterinary drugs and purify the environment of production areas, implement actions such as reducing the amount of chemical fertilizers and pesticides and increasing efficiency, reducing the amount of aquaculture drugs, and treating veterinary antibacterial drugs, strictly supervise agricultural inputs, and curb the problem of
pesticide and veterinary drug residues exceeding standards.
Implement the "national gate" action for imported food, strengthen supervision and random inspections and risk monitoring, and severely crack down on food smuggling
.

The second is to comprehensively strengthen the prevention and control
of food safety risks.
Implement the food safety risk monitoring capacity improvement project, and establish a food safety risk monitoring network
covering the whole process "from farm to fork".
Establish a food safety expert committee and improve the food safety risk analysis mechanism
.
Improve the working mechanism of food sampling, with no less than 600,000 batches of random inspection every year, and the pass rate of evaluative sampling inspection is stable at more than
98.
5%.
Deepen the "combination of inspection and management", build a statistical analysis system for sampling inspection and monitoring data, standardize the verification and disposal system of unqualified food, and timely investigate potential food
safety risks.
Continue to do a good job in the rapid inspection of edible agricultural products in 2,000 farmers' markets, no less than 8 million batches
per year.
Build a food safety emergency management system, improve the emergency command and dispatch system, and build a unified and authoritative, smooth coordination and efficient command dispatching platform
.

The third is to implement key projects
of food safety supervision.
Implement the "diagnosis pulse" project of the food production industry, implement the action of "improving the quality of food production", formulate production and processing specifications for small food workshops, and promote the construction of
small workshop agglomeration areas and centralized processing areas.
Implement the action of "improving the quality and safety of catering", vigorously promote "bright kitchen and bright stove", strengthen the management of new formats of catering services such as online ordering, and strengthen food safety supervision
in tourist attractions, pension institutions, enterprise canteens and so on.
Continue to promote "double safety and double innovation", by 2025, 10 prefecture-level cities in the province will meet the standards for the creation of food safety demonstration cities, and 30 counties (cities and districts) will meet the standards
for the creation of agricultural product quality and safety counties and food safety demonstration counties.
Implement the action of "improving the quality of domestic health food and infant formula milk powder", promote the sound and effective operation of domestic health food and infant formula milk powder production enterprises, and the annual self-inspection report rate of enterprises reaches 100%.

Implement the special action of "agricultural products 'unsafe not on the market'" to comprehensively improve the scale and level
of livestock and poultry, aquatic products, and planting products.

The fourth is to severely punish food safety violations and crimes
.
Improve the linkage working mechanism between administrative law enforcement and criminal justice, further increase the intensity of cracking down on illegal and criminal acts in the food field, and earnestly protect the people's life safety and health
.
Implement the requirement of "punishment to the person", comprehensively use various legal means to punish the directly responsible managers and other directly responsible personnel such as illegal enterprises and their legal representatives, actual controllers, and principal responsible persons, and implement punitive measures
such as prohibition of employment and lifelong prohibition of illegal and criminal personnel.
Strictly crack down on criminal offenses, and severely punish criminal cases
endangering food safety with serious circumstances and bad impact in accordance with law.
Establish a joint punishment system for serious untrustworthiness in food production and operation, increase the force of joint punishment for seriously untrustworthy personnel, expose enterprises that violate laws and regulations, and force producers and operators to implement their main responsibility
.

Fifth, build a pattern of
food safety co-construction, co-governance and sharing.
Supervise and urge food production and trading enterprises to strictly implement the main responsibility for food safety, consciously establish and improve the food safety management system, and encourage enterprises to actively purchase food safety liability insurance
.
Give full play to the role of industry associations and chambers of commerce in industry self-discipline, establish and improve industry norms, and guide and supervise food producers and traders to produce and operate
in accordance with the law.
Promote the broad participation of society, better mobilize the broad masses of people, news media, volunteers and other social forces to participate in food safety supervision and governance, and build a new pattern
of food safety co-construction, co-governance and sharing led by the government, dominated by enterprises, and jointly participated by social organizations and the public.

(Cai Gaosi, Guangdong City Supervisor)

China Food News (October 28, 2022, Version 05)

(Editor: Wang Ning).