China News Service, Beijing, October 19 (Xing Chong, Liang Xiaohui, Xie Yanbing) The revised draft of agricultural product quality and safety was submitted to the 31st meeting of the 13th National People’s Congress for deliberation on the 19th to improve the control measures for the entire production and operation of agricultural products and establish edible agricultural products. The quality and safety traceability system is a major content of this revision.
The revised draft clearly establishes the edible agricultural product quality and safety traceability system, and stipulates that agricultural product production enterprises and farmers' professional cooperatives shall issue edible agricultural product quality and safety commitment certificates in accordance with the law, and be responsible for the quality and safety of agricultural products they sell; trace the quality and safety of listed edible agricultural products The edible agricultural products listed in the catalog are subject to retrospective management.
The revised draft also clarifies that agricultural product quality and safety work adheres to the principles of prevention, risk management, source governance, and full-process control; it clarifies that agricultural product producers and operators are responsible for the quality and safety of agricultural products they produce and operate, and that they are required to be honest, self-disciplined, and subject to social supervision. , Undertake social responsibility and other content.
In addition, the draft made corresponding amendments to strengthen the quality and safety risk management and standard formulation of agricultural products, improve the whole-process control measures for agricultural product producers and operators, and quality and safety supervision and management measures.
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