Special Rectification on Product Quality and Food Safety Conducted by AQSIQ System January 14, 2008 General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China |
I. The Rectification has got great effect Since August 2007, according to the arrangements of the State Council on the Special Rectification Action of Product Quality and Food Safety, authorities of quality supervision, inspection and quarantine have conducted the Rectification actively and without ostentation. The tasks of the Rectification have been fulfilled completely and the objectives of the Rectification have been all reached. Upon the finish of the Rectification, 100% of the 98 thousand food production and processing enterprises throughout the country have got licenses of production and all licensed products have been attached with the QS Mark. The illegal practices of using non-food materials and/or recycled food to produce and process food have been eliminated basically. The illegal practices of abusing food additives such as preservatives and colors have been effectively held back. 100% of the 120 thousand small workshops have signed commitment of quality and safety. There are 16 types of illegal food production and processing practices such as producing infant formula milk powder in cities at or above county level, in towns where the government of township locates and in conjunction areas between city and village without license have been solved. The serious illegal practices of producing and selling counterfeit commodities in important areas have been eliminated generally. 100% of the 33 thousand enterprises of 10 categories of consumption products have established quality records and the illegal practices of producing these 10 categories of products without license have been solved generally. More than 10 thousand enterprises have been subject to the China Product Quality Electronic Supervision Network. 100% of the 16 thousand raw material bases for food export have been inspected and the check of Clearance Certificate online has been carried out comprehensively. 100% of the 168 lots of meat, fruit, scrap materials and etc. imported illegally have been rejected or destroyed and the inspection and quarantine on import and export agricultural products with high risks has been strengthened. 100% of the more than 120 thousand lots of export food have been attached with inspection and quarantine marks. II. The general level of product quality has been further promoted III. Regional quality problems have been rectified effectively IV. A series of long-term supervision measures have been established V. The situation that the whole society attaching importance and showing concern to product quality and safety is come into being VI . Established an effective system of international cooperation By activities such as organized friends from foreign missions to China and overseas media to spot study and visits, held the high level international food safety forum jointly with the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization, let countries of the world have a more authentic and objective understanding of the Chinese product quality and food safety. Meanwhile, AQSIQ has undertaken the office work of the product quality and food safety leading group of the State Council, positively coordinated the various ministries in close collaboration and established the department co-action working mechanism. It can be said that the whole nation's special rectification action has reached its fore-set objective and has won delightful phase achievements. As for the next step, we would like to make persistent efforts, to further deepen the special rectification achievements so as to make our new contribution to ensuring product quality and food safety.
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