Reporters learned today that the State Council Food Safety Office will accelerate the improvement of the legal and standard system this year, promote the comprehensive revision of the Food Safety Law, and expedite the formulation and revision of food safety-related standards such as those for pre-prepared vegetables, pesticide and veterinary drug residue testing, and cold chain transportation, ensuring that supervision has clear standards and regulations to follow.
It will improve cross-departmental consultation, joint inspection, and joint enforcement mechanisms, and conduct regular special campaigns targeting key areas and products that have drawn strong public concern, such as school food safety, “ghost food delivery,” and the abuse of food additives.
It will continue to strengthen supervision of key links such as edible agricultural products, food storage and transportation, online sales, and imported food, severely cracking down on illegal and irregular activities and creating a high-pressure environment of “striking at the first sign and punishing without leniency.”
Regarding school food safety, it will continue to deepen the construction of “Internet + transparent kitchens,” improve the school food procurement mechanism, strengthen regular joint inspections, and strictly prevent unqualified food from entering schools.
The State Council Food Safety Office will establish a “blue team” for random inspections, focusing on issues that the public urgently needs and concerns about, improving the targeting of supervision and inspection, accurately identifying risks and hidden dangers, and achieving “prevention before the problem arises.”
