Hengyang, Hunan: Pesticide residue testing rooms should be built in farmers' markets

Many people are troubled by the problem of how to avoid pesticide residues in vegetables
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On the 15th, the Food Safety "One Law, One Regulation" Law Enforcement Inspection Team of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People’s Congress launched an inspection in Hengyang.
Chen Junwen, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Hunan Provincial People’s Congress, proposed that each farmer’s market should establish a pesticide residue testing room to prevent "problematic" vegetables from entering.
People's dining table
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According to reports, most of the 8 vegetable production bases and more than 60 farmer’s markets in Hengyang urban area are not equipped with pesticide residue testing rooms
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However, the municipal agricultural product quality inspection stations that have been put into use can only conduct random inspections, and cannot fundamentally eliminate "problem" vegetables
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? "Every vegetable that enters the farmer's market must be tested, and it must be set as a rigid indicator
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" Chen Junwen emphasized that to ensure food safety, the word "strict" must be the top priority, the equipment of testing facilities must be improved, and the testing of pesticide residues must be strengthened
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Reporter Lu Julan? Safe connection? More than 180 tons of frozen meat from unknown sources were destroyed in a centralized manner? This morning, the Provincial Food and Drug Administration in Changsha County destroyed more than 180 tons of frozen meat from unknown sources, including beef, Nine varieties of tripe, chicken feet, duck feet, etc.
, all flowed into China through illegal channels.
There were mainly problems such as no inspection and quarantine certificate, no customs clearance form for entry and exit goods, no Chinese label or irregular label on the outer packaging, and the value of the goods.
More than 6 million yuan
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? It is understood that since the reform of the food supervision system at the end of 2013, the Provincial Food and Drug Administration has attached great importance to the safety of meat and meat products, and has successively carried out special inspections on meat and meat product safety and special projects on frozen meat in conjunction with public security and customs.
A series of special rectification actions including rectification, special actions to combat the sale of sick and dead pork, and concentrated actions to combat the smuggling of frozen meat products
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A total of more than 500 cases were filed in the province, more than 80 suspects were arrested, and more than 20 dens were destroyed
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? The Provincial Food and Drug Administration calls on all sectors of the society and the general public to increase their awareness of self-protection, and promptly report any illegal clues to the food and drug regulatory authorities.
You can call the complaint hotline "12331"
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