How is livestock product safety guaranteed? Strengthening supervision and consolidating the foundation

In order to implement the overall deployment of the Central Rural Work Conference, the National Agricultural Work Conference, and the No. 1 document of the Ministry of Agriculture in 2015 regarding agricultural product quality and safety work, the Ministry of Agriculture recently issued the "Key Work Points for the Livestock Industry in 2015," clearly requiring effective fulfillment of the regulatory responsibilities for feed quality and safety, illegal addition of “lean meat powder,” and raw milk quality and safety, so as to guarantee the quality and safety of livestock products.

Since the implementation of the newly revised "Regulations on the Administration of Feed and Feed Additives," the Ministry of Agriculture has organized localities to thoroughly implement the various new systems. More than 3,000 feed production enterprises were eliminated for failing to meet the new access conditions, and the overall quality of the feed industry has improved markedly. In 2015, the Ministry of Agriculture will adhere to placing equal emphasis on “production” and “management,” further strengthen feed industry management, and consolidate the foundation for livestock product safety. On the “production” side, the focus will be on urging licensed feed production enterprises to fully implement the "Code of Practice for Feed Quality and Safety Management" and establish a quality and safety management system covering the entire production process. To carry out implementation work well, the Ministry of Agriculture will issue guiding opinions and continue to organize demonstration creation of the "Code" nationwide to establish a number of models. On the “management” side, the focus will be on strengthening feed quality and safety risk monitoring. While continuing to organize supervisory spot checks on feed quality and safety and handling nonconforming products according to law, it will focus on illegal use of new types of additives and potential contaminants in feed ingredients, organize hidden danger investigations and early warning monitoring, and improve the ability to proactively prevent and control risks.

⟦NL> Since 2011, the Ministry of Agriculture, together with relevant departments, has continuously carried out special rectification of “lean meat powder” nationwide, and the problem of illegal “lean meat powder” has been effectively curbed. In 2015, the special rectification work on “lean meat powder” will continue to be carried out in depth, further strengthening regulatory measures for all links of the pig, beef cattle, and mutton sheep industries; further increasing supervisory spot check efforts in key areas, key links, and important seasons; and further improving the working mechanism of departmental coordination and regional coordination for clues involving illegal “lean meat powder.” By continuously maintaining a high-pressure posture, strictly preventing a rebound of the “lean meat powder” problem, and striving to ensure that the people can eat “reassuring meat.”

Since 2009, the Ministry of Agriculture has carried out special rectification and implementation of monitoring plans for raw milk quality and safety for 6 consecutive years, vigorously cleaned up and rectified milk collection stations, and the level of raw milk quality and safety has improved year by year. In 2015, the Ministry of Agriculture will further strengthen supervision of raw milk production, purchase, and transportation. Efforts will be made to complete the online operation of the “National Raw Milk Purchase Station Management System” and realize informatized management of milk stations. It will continue to implement the national raw milk quality and safety monitoring plan, focus on strengthening monitoring and spot checks of milk sources for infant formula milk powder, increase efforts to investigate quality and safety risks, and establish and improve a quality and safety monitoring network. It will carry out in-depth special rectification of prohibited substances in raw milk, formulate quality and safety management specifications for raw milk transport vehicles, and severely crack down on illegal purchase and transport of raw milk and various illegal additions. It will promote the construction of a quality and safety traceability system for milk sources of infant formula milk powder. Milk stations, transport vehicles, and dairy farms (communities) involved in milk sources for infant formula milk powder must all have files established and be included in key supervision. It will track public opinion in a timely manner, properly handle various emergencies, and strive to ensure that no major raw milk quality and safety incidents occur.