China News Service, August 7th. According to the website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs recently released information on the national agricultural product quality and safety routine monitoring (risk monitoring) in the second quarter of 2020. The monitoring data showed that the random inspection of vegetables, Fruits, tea, livestock and poultry products and aquatic products, including 91 varieties and 130 parameters, were 8323 samples, and the overall pass rate was 97.1%, an increase of 0.3% year-on-year.
Data map: Citizens buy fresh vegetables. Photo by China News Agency reporter Jiang Qiming
According to reports, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs organized and carried out the national agricultural product quality and safety routine monitoring work in the second quarter. It monitored 31 provinces and 5 separate cities, including 636 vegetable fruit tea production bases and 435 vehicles in 151 prefecture-level cities. Vegetable and fruit trucks, 213 slaughterhouses, 253 farms, 657 (a) aquatic product trucks (temporary ponds), 1252 agricultural product wholesale (farmers) markets and supermarkets. The monitoring results showed that the qualified rate of random inspection of vegetables, fruits, tea, livestock and poultry products and aquatic products were 97.4%, 92.6%, 97.9%, 98.5% and 94.8% respectively.
In terms of the monitored varieties, among the vegetables sampled, all the root vegetables were qualified. The qualified rate of the edible fungi, melons and cabbage was higher, which were 99.6%, 99.5%, and 99.4% respectively. Among the livestock and poultry products sampled, all pig livers were qualified, and the sample qualification rates of pork, beef, mutton, poultry and eggs were 99.9%, 99.3%, 98.9%, 98.3% and 96.1% respectively. Among the bulk cultured aquatic products sampled, silver carp and catfish were all qualified, while bighead carp and tilapia had relatively high qualification rates, 99.3% and 98.1% respectively.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has reported the monitoring results to all localities, requiring local agricultural and rural departments to adhere to problem orientation, strengthen supervision, and follow up on problems found in production links to carry out supervision and random inspections and unannounced inspections. In-depth implementation of the special rectification of agricultural product quality and safety "sword" action, in response to the problems exposed in aquatic products, intensify the crackdown on illegal and illegal use of pesticides and prohibited drugs, sales of raw materials, and unlicensed operations. Strengthen the publicity and training of safe use of medicines, and guide planters and breeders to strictly implement the regulations on safety intervals and drug withdrawal periods to ensure the quality and safety of agricultural products.