Chinanews.com, March 23. The Ministry of Justice website issued the "Provisions of the State Council on Strengthening the Supervision and Administration of Agricultural Products Wholesale Markets (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") and issued relevant instructions (hereinafter referred to as the instructions) on the 23rd of the Ministry of Justice website.
The explanation introduces the main content of the “Regulations”. The “Regulations” strengthen the responsibility of the proprietor. The proprietor shall establish and improve the management systems for the prevention and control of infectious diseases in agricultural product wholesale markets, public health, food safety, and market operation order in accordance with the law. The emergency response plan for emergencies shall be equipped with specialized management personnel and professional technical personnel; at the same time, sanitation management shall be strengthened, and the market shall be closed on a regular basis or regional rotation for disinfection and sanitation and epidemic prevention operations.
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The note mentioned that since 2020, the new crown pneumonia epidemic that has occurred in the agricultural product wholesale market has exposed the shortcomings of the agricultural product wholesale market such as insufficient market infrastructure construction, extensive market management, inadequate implementation of the management responsibilities of the owners, and unclear responsibilities of the regulatory authorities. It is necessary to formulate special administrative regulations for the supervision and management of agricultural products wholesale markets to solve the problems of scattered, insufficiently comprehensive and specific content, and not strong pertinence in the current relevant systems and regulations, and to provide laws for the normalization of agricultural products wholesale markets for epidemic prevention and control. in accordance with.
The Ministry of Justice, in conjunction with relevant departments of the State Council, drafted the "Regulations of the State Council on Strengthening the Supervision and Administration of Agricultural Products Wholesale Markets (Draft for Solicitation of Comments)" on the basis of extensive solicitation of opinions from relevant departments and local people's governments and on-site investigations.
There are 24 articles in the "Regulations", including clarifying the scope of adjustment, clarifying the regulatory responsibilities of local governments and relevant departments, clarifying the requirements for market construction and facility conditions, strengthening the responsibilities of developers, and clarifying the obligations of operators.
In terms of clarifying the scope of adjustment, it is stipulated that the business activities and supervision and management of agricultural product wholesale markets shall comply with these regulations, in addition to national laws and administrative regulations concerning the prevention and control of infectious diseases, public health, food safety, animal epidemic prevention, and wildlife protection. (Article 2); Supervision and management of farmer’s markets and farmer’s markets other than the agricultural product wholesale market shall refer to these regulations, and the specific measures shall be formulated by the provincial people’s government (Article 23).
In terms of clarifying the supervisory responsibilities of local governments and relevant departments, local people’s governments at or above the county level should implement territorial management responsibilities for agricultural product wholesale markets; The agricultural product wholesale market conducts supervision and management, and promptly handles complaints and reports of illegal activities in accordance with the law; the State Council’s market supervision and management, agriculture and rural areas, commerce, health and other departments should perform their duties in accordance with the law, strengthen coordination and cooperation, study and coordinate the prevention and control of infectious diseases in the agricultural product wholesale market For major issues in the work, supervise and guide the provincial people's government to implement the territorial management responsibilities of agricultural product wholesale markets (Articles 3, 4, and 17).
In terms of clarifying the requirements for market construction and facility conditions, the agricultural product wholesale market should have facilities and conditions commensurate with the type and scale of its operations, and meet the relevant standards and technical specifications for the prevention and control of infectious diseases, public health, and food safety; People's governments at all levels shall take effective measures to promote the standardized construction and upgrading of agricultural product wholesale markets, and provide necessary policy support (Article 5).
In terms of strengthening the responsibility of the proprietor, the proprietor shall establish and improve the management systems for the prevention and control of infectious diseases, public health, food safety, and market operation order of the agricultural product wholesale market in accordance with the law, formulate emergency response plans, and allocate specialized management personnel and professionals. Technical personnel; should strengthen the management of operators’ entrance and daily business activities, sign management agreements, establish operators’ files, and strengthen the registration and management of personnel and vehicles entering and exiting the agricultural product wholesale market; the requirements for epidemic prevention and control should be implemented, and the business area should be set up scientifically, Separate raw and cooked, separate dry and wet, wholesale and retail operations in regions or time periods; sanitation management should be strengthened, and markets should be closed regularly or in rotation for disinfection and sanitation and epidemic prevention operations; where an infectious disease epidemic occurs at the location of an agricultural product wholesale market, the organizer shall follow Relevant requirements for the prevention and control of infectious diseases shall promptly adopt measures such as restricting the movement of people, closing the market, sealing up contaminated agricultural products and related facilities, and cooperating with the health and health authorities in tracing close contacts and epidemiological investigations (Article 6 to Article 6). Article 13, Article 16).
In terms of clarifying the obligations of operators, operators should abide by the various management systems of the agricultural product wholesale market, strengthen the management of agricultural products purchase, transportation, storage, and sales, and strengthen the retrospective management of cold chain agricultural products and the prevention and control of virus pollution (Articles 14, Articles) Article 15).
In addition, the explanation pointed out that the "Regulations" also stipulated the legal liabilities for violations of these regulations.