Hunan Inspection and quarantine bureau promotes the rapid growth of plant extract export

In 2009, Hunan exported 549 batches and 572 tons of plant extracts with a value of US $18.57 million, a 70% increase over the previous year The products were exported to more than 10 countries and regions, including the United States, South Korea and Japan This is the growth rate of Hunan's plant extracts export value over 50% for four consecutive years In order to effectively serve the rapid development of plant extract export industry, ensure product quality and safety, and enhance international competitiveness, Hunan Bureau strengthened the supervision and service of plant extract export enterprises The main work is as follows: first, the three parties work together to ensure the safety of raw materials In view of the characteristics of many varieties of plant extract raw materials, uncertain sources, and many inspection and quarantine risks, Hunan Bureau has taken the initiative to strengthen the contact with local agricultural departments and export plant extract enterprises, and jointly promote the construction of export base The inspection and quarantine department strengthened the supervision of the raw material sources of the export enterprises of plant extracts, at the same time required the enterprises to establish stable raw material sources, or build their own raw material bases, and strengthened the guidance of the location selection of the export bases The agricultural sector has strengthened technical guidance on the use of fertilizers and pesticides in export bases With the support of the inspection and quarantine department and the agricultural department, the plant extract production enterprises have increased the construction of the raw material base Hunan natural medicine company has established an organic agricultural products and traditional Chinese medicine planting base covering an area of more than 5000 mu in Ningyuan County, Yongzhou City, mainly producing angelica, eucommia, Siraitia and other raw materials At present, Hunan has an export base of plant extract raw materials of nearly 10000 mu, and many export enterprises are actively expanding the scale of the base Second, strengthen scientific research cooperation to build a testing platform Relying on its own advantages in standards, testing and other aspects, Hunan Bureau supports export enterprises to build a comprehensive testing platform Actively support relevant export enterprises and research institutes, and formulate relevant industry standards for plant extracts At present, Jiuhui modern Chinese Medicine Co., Ltd has formulated 5 industry standards for Hypericum perforatum extract, Trifolium pratense extract and angelica extract, effectively improving the quality level of the industry The bureau is cooperating with relevant enterprises to carry out the preliminary preparation for the establishment of scientific research on inspection and quarantine regulations for plant extracts At the same time, the Bureau actively guides enterprises to strengthen their own laboratory construction and strengthen the ability of product quality control At present, Hunan plant extract export enterprises have established 9 laboratories, accounting for 90% Among them, Hunan Jinnong biological resources Co., Ltd has 6 full-time laboratory personnel, with the investment of nearly 3 million yuan The Bureau has strengthened the supervision and spot check on the results of self inspection of enterprises Since this year, 12 batches have been verified In combination with the monitoring and testing plan for export plant-derived food, the Bureau has implemented free testing for some projects Third, we will increase services to promote the export of products More than 80% of Hunan plant extracts are exported to the United States, Japan, South Korea and other markets In view of the fact that these countries have strict standards for the detection of agricultural residues of plant extracts and high requirements for product quality, Hunan Bureau has established an early warning platform for the risk of export plant extracts to strengthen the interaction with export enterprises Relevant foreign technical regulations and standards shall be issued in time, the case of return shall be reported, and the export enterprises shall be required to feed back the problems encountered in the export in time; a strict inspection system for products with high risk and high requirements for the destination country shall be established, and batch inspection shall be carried out There is no quality problem in the whole province for many years In recent years, South Korea has set up a strict sulfur dioxide (SO2) content standard for plant extracts, and many batches of plant extracts exported to South Korea in China have been reported as exceeding the SO2 standard Therefore, the Bureau issued a risk warning in time, and carried out a special inspection on SO2 content of plant extracts exported to South Korea, effectively helping enterprises avoid export risks Fourth, implement classified management to promote the survival of the fittest Hunan Bureau summarized the supervision experience of the export enterprises of plant extracts, integrated the factors such as production conditions, management level, testing ability, integrity status and risk level of the enterprises, and formulated the implementation rules for classified management of the export enterprises of plant extracts, which divided the export enterprises into three categories, i.e category I, category II and category III, and adjusted them dynamically according to the supervision situation 。 In 2009, a class II enterprise was found to have a large potential quality hazard, which was subject to special inspection and batch sampling inspection of export products After the rectification, the enterprise was reduced to class III and implemented a high proportion of sampling inspection Dynamic management effectively improves the quality subject responsibility consciousness of the enterprise, and effectively supports the export of enterprise products with strong detection ability, high integrity and good product quality.