The client of Chinanews.com, June 1, according to the website of the Ministry of Rural Agriculture, in order to ensure the quality and safety of agricultural products during the epidemic prevention and control period, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs organized the routine monitoring of national agricultural product quality and safety in the first quarter. The monitoring data showed that the first quarter The overall pass rate of routine monitoring of agricultural product quality and safety reached 97.9%, an increase of 0.3 percentage points year-on-year. The quality and safety of agricultural products has not been significantly affected by the epidemic, and the overall situation is stable and improving.

Figure: Vendors sort out vegetables for sale. China News Agency reporter Wu Junjie photo

  In the first quarter, a total of 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and 5 planned cities were monitored. A total of 644 vegetable production bases, 242 vegetable transport vehicles, 163 slaughterhouses, 240 farms, and 438 vegetables in 135 large and medium-sized cities A total of (a) aquatic product transport vehicle or temporary pond, 950 agricultural product wholesale (agricultural trade) markets and supermarkets, sampling 9 categories of 95 varieties of vegetables, livestock and poultry products and aquatic products, 95 parameters, 130 parameters, 9257 samples. The monitoring results show that the pass rates of vegetables, livestock products and aquatic products were 97.7%, 98.9% and 96.5%, up 0.3, 0.4 and 0.8 percentage points year-on-year. 

  From the monitoring varieties, among the vegetables inspected, the passing rates of cabbage, edible fungi, and root vegetables were higher, which were 100%, 99.7%, and 99.2%, respectively; the passing rates of green leafy vegetables, yam, green onion and garlic were respectively 96.8%, 95.9%, 94.8%. Among the selected livestock and poultry products, pork, pork liver, beef, lamb, poultry, and eggs were 99.7%, 99.7%, 99.1%, 99.5%, 98.9%, and 97.3%, respectively. Among the large-scale aquaculture products sampled, catfish, tilapia and silver carp are all qualified.

  The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has reported the monitoring results to all localities, supervised the outstanding problems found in the monitoring, and requested the local agricultural and rural competent authorities to follow up and carry out targeted spot checks, and investigate and deal with unqualified agricultural products and their production units according to law. Focusing on the quality and safety of vegetables, livestock and poultry products, aquatic products and the addition of banned ingredients in pesticides and veterinary drugs, we will carry out in-depth special rectification of agricultural product quality and safety. Strengthen the connection between administrative law enforcement and criminal justice, maintain a high pressure situation, and severely crack down on violations of laws and regulations. Strengthen the publicity and training of safe medication, increase the guidance of standardized medication, and guide growers and farmers to strictly implement the safety intervals and withdrawal periods to ensure the quality and safety of agricultural products during epidemic prevention and control.