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2017 Changsha Municipal Aquatic Product Quality and Safety Monitoring Plan Issued

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In order to strengthen municipal aquatic product quality and safety monitoring and safeguard aquatic product quality and safety, this plan is hereby formulated in accordance with the Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Law of the People's Republic of China and relevant provisions of the ministry and the province. I. Overall Requirements Each district and county (city), in accordance with the principle of territorial management

In order to strengthen municipal aquatic product quality and safety monitoring and safeguard aquatic product quality and safety, this plan is hereby formulated in accordance with the Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Law of the People's Republic of China and relevant provisions of the ministry and the province.

I. Overall Requirements

Each district and county (city), in accordance with the principle of territorial management and the requirements of the Ministry of Agriculture and the State Food and Drug Administration's (Nong Zhi Fa [2014] No. 14), shall earnestly carry out routine monitoring and regular monitoring of the aquatic product farming stage, achieve full coverage of farming stages and aquatic product varieties, effectively ensure source supervision, and provide a basis for market release for the matching of aquatic product production and sales. When necessary, based on regulatory work needs, they may enter wholesale and retail markets to carry out aquatic product quality and safety risk assessment and risk monitoring work, and comprehensively assess the aquatic product quality and safety situation.

II. Division of Responsibilities

The Municipal Agricultural Committee is responsible for formulating the municipal aquatic product quality and safety monitoring plan and organizing the implementation of municipal aquatic product quality and safety monitoring work. The Municipal Aquatic Animal Epidemic Prevention and Quarantine Station is responsible for cooperating in sample collection, and the Municipal Livestock, Poultry and Aquatic Product Testing Center is responsible for quantitative testing of aquatic product quality and safety and for confirming suspicious samples submitted by each district and county (city). The Municipal Aquatic Animal Epidemic Prevention and Quarantine Station is responsible for supervising and guiding the sampling and submission for testing of aquatic product quality and safety risk assessment and risk monitoring in circulation links such as urban wholesale trading markets, farmers' markets and supermarkets. The agriculture (animal husbandry and aquaculture) departments of each district and county (city) are responsible for formulating the aquatic product quality and safety monitoring plan for their jurisdiction, organizing the implementation of routine aquatic product quality and safety monitoring work in their jurisdiction, and submitting relevant samples to the Municipal Livestock, Poultry and Aquatic Product Testing Center for testing as required.

III. Monitoring Plan

The annual municipal-level aquatic product quality and safety monitoring shall be 1800 batches, including 350 batches of regular monitoring samples (quantitative), 50 batches of special monitoring of aquatic seedlings (quantitative), and 300 batches of routine monitoring samples.

(1) Regular Monitoring

Monitoring targets: aquaculture farms (households), recreational fishery bases, etc.

Monitoring time: twice a year, in May and September respectively.

Monitoring varieties and quantities: see Appendix 1.

Monitoring items: malachite green, crystal violet, chloramphenicol, nitrofuran metabolites, sulfonamides, fluoroquinolones.

(2) Routine Monitoring

Routine monitoring shall be organized and implemented by the agriculture (animal husbandry and aquaculture) departments of each district and county (city), guided and supervised by the Fisheries Division, and suspected positive samples shall be sent to the Municipal Livestock, Poultry and Aquatic Product Testing Center for quantitative testing.

Monitoring targets: aquatic product farms (households) (“Three Products and One Standard” enterprises must be inspected), recreational fishery bases (ministry-level or province-level recreational bases or sites must be inspected), aquatic seedling farms.

Monitoring time: carried out every month throughout the year according to the total quantity allocation.

Monitoring varieties and quantities: the total quantity of various aquatic products under routine monitoring in each district and county (city) shall be 350 batches (see Appendix 2 for details).

Monitoring items: malachite green, crystal violet, chloramphenicol, nitrofuran metabolites, sulfonamides, fluoroquinolones, quinoxaline metabolites, fluoroquinolones, methyltestosterone, diethylstilbestrol.

(3) Special Monitoring of Aquatic Seedlings

Special monitoring of aquatic seedlings shall be 50 batches.

Monitoring targets: all licensed aquatic seedling farms

Monitoring time: April-May

Monitoring varieties and quantities: to be specifically arranged in the special rectification plan

Monitoring items: malachite green, crystal violet, chloramphenicol, nitrofuran metabolites, fluoroquinolones, quinoxaline metabolites, fluoroquinolones.

(4) Risk Monitoring

The annual number of special risk assessment qualitative monitoring shall not be less than 1100 batches. Comprehensively strengthen risk assessment of aquatic product farms, as well as circulation links such as aquatic product wholesale trading markets, farmers' markets and supermarkets. The Municipal Aquatic Animal Epidemic Prevention and Quarantine Station shall supervise and guide each district and county (city) in carrying out relevant sample collection and qualitative testing work, and the Municipal Livestock, Poultry and Aquatic Product Testing Center shall be responsible for quantitative testing and re-confirmation of suspected positive samples, and shall cooperate in sample collection work.

(5) Qualitative Monitoring

Monitoring targets: large-scale aquaculture farms (households), Three Products and One Standard certified enterprises, recreational fishery bases, etc.

Monitoring time and varieties: monitoring shall be carried out throughout the year, and each district and county (city) may determine the varieties on its own according to specific circumstances.

Monitoring quantity: the whole city shall complete 10,000 batches throughout the year, including 2500 batches in Liuyang City, 2500 batches in Ningxiang County, 3600 batches in Wangcheng District, 400 batches in Changsha County, 500 batches in Yuelu District, 300 batches in Kaifu District, 130 batches in Tianxin District; 10 batches in Furong District; and 30 batches each in Yuhua District and High-tech District.

Monitoring items: malachite green, chloramphenicol, nitrofuran metabolites, quinoxaline metabolites, methyltestosterone, diethylstilbestrol.

IV. Testing Requirements

1. Quantitative testing shall be the responsibility of the Municipal Livestock, Poultry and Aquatic Product Testing Center, and the Municipal Animal Disease Prevention and Control Center shall strictly carry out testing and determination in accordance with relevant standards and judgment bases, ensuring the accuracy and fairness of test results.

2. The Municipal Livestock, Poultry and Aquatic Product Testing Center shall promptly report information on non-compliant samples to the corresponding regulatory departments.

V. Related Matters

1. Without the consent of our Committee, no unit or individual may cite or publish monitoring results.

2. After receiving feedback on non-compliant samples, each regulatory department shall promptly carry out traceability and investigation and handling, and shall promptly report the investigation and handling situation to the Quality and Safety Supervision Division of the Committee.

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