China will carry out scientific and technological research on "food safety"

Introduction: "food safety" is related to thousands of households The Ministry of science and technology has listed this issue in the "Tenth Five Year Plan" major science and technology special project In combination with the Ministry of health, the General Administration of quality supervision, inspection and quarantine and the Ministry of agriculture, it has invested 200 million yuan to tackle key food safety technologies and strive to form a shared food safety monitoring network system at the end of the "Tenth Five Year Plan" The reporter learned from the demonstration meeting of this project yesterday that the food safety problem in China cannot be ignored: in recent years, the food borne poisoning caused by pathogenic microorganism pollution has increased year by year, and the problem of pesticide residues in vegetables, grains and meat food still exists Although China has made great progress in food safety, the research work of food safety is lack of systematic planning and organization, lack of scientific and technological achievements and technical reserves, and "unclear background" of food pollution It has not been able to meet the needs of people for food safety and the new situation of economic and trade after China's accession to the WTO According to VPM, "food safety" will carry out actions from four aspects, including research and development of food safety detection technology and related equipment, establishment of food safety monitoring and evaluation system, accumulation of technical basic data of food safety standards and development of control technology in production and circulation process VPM