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Is genetically modified food safe? Expert responds: the key is what has been modified
"Although we have made quite a lot of progress in GM technology, we are still far from the requirement of 'occupying the commanding heights of GM technology,'" said Ke Bingsheng, president of China Agricultural University, during an interview with People's Daily Online on the 30th. In recent years, regarding GM
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How can autumn grain production be protected against disasters for safety? The Ministry of Agriculture makes a nationwide deployment
Currently, we are in the critical period of "flood control and drought relief from late July to mid-August," and also the critical period for autumn grain growth and development and disaster prevention and mitigation. On July 26, the Ministry of Agriculture held a national on-site meeting on fighting disasters to secure an autumn grain harvest, deploying and arranging autumn grain field management work focused on disaster prevention and mitigation, emphasizing
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Food safety liability insurance is widely praised but poorly subscribed, and needs market preconditions
After the media exposed on July 20 that Shanghai Husi sold expired meat, involving McDonald's, KFC and several other chain restaurant companies, on July 28 the media again exposed that the Changping branch of the Hanlixuan barbecue supermarket had various problems including "saliva meat" flowing back to the table. One after another food
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A Major Grain-Producing County Stays Vigilant in Times of Peace to Safeguard Food Security
Nanbu County, situated in the hilly area of the northeastern Sichuan Basin, has a total population of over 1.3 million, of which 1.06 million are agricultural population, and a cultivated land area of over 800,000 mu. It has always been a major agricultural county in Sichuan Province. Since 2003, Nanbu County has not only kept pace with the nation's "ten consecutive years of grain increase,"
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Improve Quality and Strengthen Capacity, with a Focus on the "Three Safeties"
In the first half of this year, veterinary departments at all levels closely focused on the goal and task of striving to ensure that no regional major animal epidemic occurs and no major animal product quality and safety incident occurs, and worked hard to improve the safety of livestock and poultry production, the quality and safety of animal products, and public health security
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How can farmers' land rights and interests be safeguarded? The key lies in strictly defining public interest
Land is the foundation on which humanity depends for survival and development. Pursuing a new path of urbanization cannot proceed without, and cannot bypass, the land issue. In recent years, some localities have neglected farmers' land rights and interests while advancing urbanization, which has produced
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The road to traceability for traditional Chinese medicinal materials is long and arduous
Food and drug safety is closely tied to everyone's daily life and is a major issue of public livelihood and public safety. In recent years, as the contradiction between the output of traditional Chinese medicinal materials and their supply and marketing has intensified, the prices of traditional Chinese medicines have fluctuated considerably, and cases of counterfeit and shoddy products in production and circulation have occurred from time to time.
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Achievements in Agricultural and Rural Economic Development in the First Half of the Year and the Overall Situation of Agricultural Product Quality and Safety
Since the beginning of this year, agricultural departments at all levels have carried out in depth the "Year of Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Supervision" campaign, earnestly implemented the eight measures of the Ministry of Agriculture to strengthen agricultural product quality and safety supervision, and adhered to both strict law enforcement supervision and the advancement of standardized production, achieving phased progress and results.
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Strengthen farmland protection and ecological conservation to safeguard national food security
To safeguard national food security, we must do a good job in ecological conservation, farmland protection and protection of core agricultural areas. The state has set a red line of 1.8 billion mu of farmland to ensure that the farmland area does not decrease. Delineating the ecological conservation red line is an urgent need to curb the severe trend of ecological and environmental degradation
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