China News Service, July 3rd, Chen Zhao, State Market Supervision Commissioner, said that the State Administration of Market Supervision will urge local governments to strengthen the supervision of food safety in key places such as farmers' markets, crack down on illegal wildlife trade, and prohibit the consumption of wild food. Animals, restrict the trading and slaughter of live poultry, encourage the promotion of concentrated slaughter of live poultry where conditions permit, and gradually abolish live poultry market trading.
On the 3rd, the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council held a press conference on epidemic prevention and supervision related to the farmers' market. Chen Yi made the above statement when answering reporters' questions. He introduced that the farmer's market, including the wholesale market, is an important channel for urban food supply. It is understood that more than 70% of livestock, poultry, aquatic products, vegetables and fruits enter the market through the farmer's market and the wholesale market.
Chen Yi said that in the next step, the General Administration of Market Supervision will urge all localities to tighten the string of epidemic prevention and control at all times, conscientiously implement territorial management responsibilities, effectively strengthen food safety supervision in key places such as farmers' markets, and take the new market in Beijing as a warning. Focus on investigating the hidden dangers of food safety in farmers' markets, and deploy and strengthen the management of food safety risks in key places such as farmers' markets and wholesale markets.
First, according to the new situation and new requirements for epidemic prevention and control, guide food operators to strictly implement the inspection of purchases, to obtain the responsibility for certificate and ticketing, to ensure that the source of the sold products can be checked and where they can be traced, and to maximize the control of food safety risks and epidemic spread risks.
The second is to strengthen supervision and inspection and product sampling, for livestock and poultry meat that cannot provide certification for inspection and quarantine, aquatic products that cannot provide proof of origin and purchase certificates will be banned from sale, and more farmers’ markets in underground and semi-underground locations will be increased. Sampling inspection of food safety, timely detection and timely disposal of unqualified products.
The third is to severely crack down on illegal wildlife trade, prohibit the consumption of wild animals, restrict live poultry trading and slaughter, encourage the promotion of concentrated slaughter of live poultry where conditions permit, and gradually abolish live poultry market trading.
Fourth, strengthen the price monitoring of vegetable basket products, ensure the stability of the prices of daily necessities such as grain, oil, meat and eggs, strengthen the supervision and inspection of community vegetable shops, agricultural and sideline product markets, large-scale supermarket chains, etc., and severely investigate and deal with illegal acts such as hoarding and raising prices. Crack down on counterfeit and shoddy and adulterated food safety crimes, and ensure sufficient food supply in the market, stable prices, and safe quality.