Food access threshold China's agricultural products are facing new challenges

Introduction: in order to comprehensively introduce the new food law to be promulgated by the EU next year, on June 15, EU representatives held a "round table discussion on new trends of European food industry legislation" in Beijing with officials in charge of relevant Chinese departments and business people According to the Chinese representatives attending the meeting, the EU's new food law will raise the entry threshold of China's agricultural products, while China's meat exports will be "given special attention." It is understood that in the past, no matter what measures were taken for China's meat products exported to Europe, as long as the products meet the standards However, the new European food law to be promulgated has undergone significant changes in three aspects: first, the law has been greatly simplified, which is applicable to all foods, and the new law will no longer confuse food safety and trade, only focusing on food safety issues; second, it requires the implementation of integrated management of food supply chain (i.e from farm to dining table), which puts forward more requirements for food producers Third, it has responsibility traceability, and the problem food will be recalled This means that in the future, agricultural products exported to the EU should not only meet the relevant food safety standards of the EU, but also enlarge the scope of food safety management The welfare clause of "treating animals well" which is specially added puts forward higher requirements for meat enterprises Bai Fengmei, manager of Technology Development Department of China food industry (Group) Co., Ltd., said frankly that the new EU regulations, from attaching importance to the quality of end products to the whole process, will enable Chinese export enterprises to increase the fixed investment, transportation cost and labor cost, so as to improve the conditions of breeding farms, reduce the breeding density and improve the standards of breeding environment Bai Fengmei believes that according to the new EU standards, there are already some large enterprises in China that can implement the relevant animal welfare standards According to the EU, the EU will enhance training for food exporting countries (including "animal health" and "animal welfare" measures to meet the needs of the European market) This article has also been written into the new EU food law Liu Zhongwei, director of the European Department of the Department of international cooperation of the Ministry of agriculture of the people's Republic of China, drew the attention of the European Union to the fact that there are great differences between the two sides in market access The EU is now exporting agricultural products to China, which is the cooperation of member states in talking with China about animal health However, the EU is responsible for the export of products to the EU "We need to talk not only with the EU, but also with other EU Member States, which makes our exports more difficult "He believes that China and the EU should strengthen exchanges in this field