Answers to reporters question

A few days ago, the General Administration of Market Supervision issued the "Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Enterprises Implementing Food Safety Main Responsibility Supervision and Management" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"), further implement the decision -making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, implement relevant provisions of the Food Safety Law and Implementation Regulations, urge enterprises to implement food safety The main responsibility, strengthen food safety responsibility for the main person in charge of the enterprise, and standardize the behavior of food safety management personnel. The relevant person in charge of the Food Coordination Department of the General Administration of Market Supervision involved the question from the relevant questions from the Regulations. It is reported that the General Administration is issuing the implementation rules and issued separately.

Reporter: What is the background and significance of the "Regulations"?

Answer: In recent years, with the joint efforts of all parties, the awareness of the main responsibility and legal awareness of food production and operation enterprises has improved significantly, and the food industry has developed a lot. However, at the same time, the enterprise has not been equipped with food safety management personnel and unclear responsibilities and tasks, and inadequate safety control, which leads to inadequate implementation of the main responsibility. In order to promote the responsibility of the main body of the enterprise, the General Administration of Market Supervision formulated the "Regulations" in accordance with the relevant requirements of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China and the implementation regulations.

The promulgation of the "Regulations" will promote enterprises to further establish and improve the food safety responsibility system, be equipped with strong food safety management personnel, and improve the main responsibility system of food safety. It is conducive to grasping the key minority of enterprises, promoting the responsibility of performing their duties, and composing the responsibility of the enterprise; it is conducive to the depth extension of the tentacles of the supervision, ensuring that after problems, they can find people, find out things, and lose their responsibilities; Hidden dangers, keep the bottom line of food safety.

Reporter: What is the legal basis for food safety management personnel such as food safety director and food safety officers?

Answer: Article 33 and 44 of the "Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China" requires food safety management personnel with food safety management personnel. Food production and operation enterprises shall be equipped with food safety professional and technical personnel and food safety management in accordance with the law personnel.

Reporter: Do you have to be a full -time personnel for food safety director and food safety officers?

Answer: Food safety director and food safety officer can be full -time or part -time personnel.

Reporter: In addition to Article 5 of the "Regulations", do other companies need to be equipped with food safety director? Does the name must be called food safety director?

Answer: Article 5 of the "Regulations" clarifies the types of food production and operation enterprises that should be equipped with food safety director. Enterprises that fail to meet the requirements of food safety director shall be equipped with food safety officers. If the enterprise is equipped with food safety managers who meet the requirements of the Food Safety Director of Food Safety, you do not need to change the original title, clarify that he is the director of food safety and fulfills the duties of the director.

Reporter: Are there any regulations for the number of food safety directors and food safety officers?

Answer: Food production and operation enterprises are equipped with at least one food safety officer. According to the company size, food category, risk level, management level, safety status, etc., the number of food safety responsibility systems for the company. Determine according to actual needs.

Reporter: Can enterprises that have established food safety management departments can retain their original organizational structure and personnel configuration?

Answer: For enterprises that have established food safety management departments and equipped with corresponding food safety management personnel, they can retain the original departments and personnel configuration of the enterprise, but to ensure that they can perform the corresponding responsibilities of food safety director and food safety officer according to the requirements of the "Regulations". Essence

Reporter: The "Regulations" requires food production and operation enterprises to formulate daily control, weekly inspection, and monthly transfer work system and mechanism on the basis of self -inspection. What does self -examination here refer to?

Answer: Article 47 of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China clearly stipulates that food production and operators shall establish a food safety self -inspection system and regularly check and evaluate food safety status. The self -inspection here refers to the regular inspection and evaluation of the company's self -organized organization according to the requirements of food safety. Self -inspection work cannot replace daily management and control, weekly inspection, and monthly adjustment, but can be carried out in combination.

Reporter: What is the relationship between the original food safety risk management and control work mechanism of food production and operation enterprises, what is the relationship between daily control, weekly inspection, and monthly adjustment? Do you need to change?

Answer: Food production and operation enterprises can increase the frequency of control, investigation and scheduling according to the needs of production and operation, but cannot be lower than this requirement. If the enterprise already has a similar working mechanism, the original system can continue to implement the original system with the daily management and control, the weekly inspection, and the monthly transfer work mechanism. For example, the production and operation methods of the enterprise are not allowed to be divided by daily, weekly, and monthly methods. It can also combine similar systems such as the establishment of class control, double -day inspection, and double -week scheduling in combination with the actual production and operation of the enterprise. The requirements of the requirements are implemented to ensure that the hidden risks are always in the controlled range.

Reporter: Do food production and operation enterprises need to perform the relevant system during the suspension of work and production during production?

Answer: Food production and operation enterprises may not implement daily control, weekly inspection, and monthly dispatch after the suspension of food production and operation. The relevant situation should be recorded truthfully, archived for inspection.

Reporter: "Daily Food Safety Inspection Records", "Daily Food Safety Inspection Records", "Weekly Food Safety Inspection and Governance Report" and "Monthly Monthly Food Safety Scheduling Conference", do companies need to be executed in accordance with the unified document name?

Answer: Food production and operation enterprises shall establish "Daily Food Safety Inspection Records", "Weekly Food Safety Inspection and Governance Report" and "Monthly Food Safety Dispatch Meeting Meeting" in accordance with the requirements.It is necessary to ensure that daily control, weekly inspection, and monthly adjustment work can be recorded and can be verified.Reporter: If the food safety director and food safety officer of food production and operation companies fail to pass the random assessment organized by the market supervision and management department, how to deal with it?

Answer: Article 44 of the "Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China" requires food safety management personnel with food safety management personnel. Food production and operation enterprises shall be equipped with food safety managers in accordance with the law to strengthen their training and assessment.Those who have the ability to manage food safety shall not work.

Source: State Administration of Market Supervision

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