Ensure the quality and safety of the "first kilometer" agricultural product!This law will be implemented from January 1 next year

On September 2, 2022, the 36th session of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress voted to pass the newly revised "Law of the People's Republic of China Agricultural Products Quality and Safety Law" and implemented it on January 1, 2023. The press conference introduced that the newly revised "Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Law" responded to social concerns, realizing the entire process and full -chain supervision from the field to the people's dining table, and further strengthened the guarantee of the quality and safety of agricultural products.

Yue Zhongming, Director of the Economic Law of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the National People's Congress: The responsibilities of the quality and safety of agricultural products. Incorporate farmers, farmers' professional cooperatives, agricultural production enterprises, and collection and storage transportation links into the scope of supervision. Clarifying agricultural products and operators should be responsible for the quality and safety of agricultural products they produce and operate, and implement the main responsibility. Further clarify the scope and content of the quality and safety standards of agricultural products, and ensure that the quality and safety standards of agricultural products are strictly implemented as the standard for compulsory implementation of the state. Increase punishment for illegal acts. Connect with the Food Safety Law to improve the use of agricultural input products or other toxic and harmful substances that are used in the process of agricultural products or other toxic and harmful substances. ;Constitute a crime, be held criminally responsible.

At the same time, the revised "Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Law" clarified the scope of the quality and safety standards of agricultural products, and also stipulated the improvement of the standard system and the establishment of standardized demonstration creation. Through strengthening green orientation, standard leader and quality and safety supervision, the implementation of various green production technology and quality management requirements is promoted to implement. In addition, quality logo management is highlighted.

Xiao Fang, Director of the Department of Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Ministry: For the first time, the proposal of green high -quality agricultural products was proposed at the legal level, encouraging qualified agricultural products to apply for agricultural product quality signs, and clearly strengthened the protection and management of geographical signs. Cultivate agricultural boutique brands and promote high -quality high -quality prices to provide support.

"Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Law" to ensure the quality and safety of "first kilometers" agricultural products

The newly revised "Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Law" has also made corresponding regulations on composing responsibility for grass -roots supervision, improving grassroots supervision capabilities, and ensuring the quality and safety of "first kilometers" agricultural products.

Xiao Fang, Director of the Department of Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Ministry: The revision of the "Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Law" this time clarified that the township governments should implement the responsibility of the quality and safety supervision and management of agricultural products, assist the people's government and their relevant departments to do a good job of the quality and safety supervision and management of agricultural products Work; encourage and support grass -roots mass autonomous organizations to establish a system of agricultural quality and safety information staff to assist in carrying out relevant work. These regulations are of great significance to promote the improvement of township supervision capabilities and consolidate the foundation of agricultural quality and safety.

The press conference also introduced that next, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs will use the newly revised "Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Law" as legal support to promote the further implementation of territorial responsibilities and promote the management of township grid.

Xiao Fang, director of the Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Supervision Department of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Ministry: In the next step, we will focus on three aspects. The first is to strengthen assessment constraints and policy support, promote local governments to further implement territorial responsibilities, and ensure that all agricultural townships and villages are managed in the quality and safety supervision of agricultural products, and some people do. The second is to further promote the management of township grid, further improve the township regulators, village -level coordinators and information officers, and efficiently provide production technical services, normalize inspections and inspections, and strengthen random testing before the listing of agricultural products. The third is to strengthen typical demonstration and lead, and stimulate the entrepreneurial vitality of grass -roots officers through typical activities such as agricultural security guards and star regulatory agencies.

Source: CCTV News Client

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