China News Service, February 4 (Xinhua) Zhang Xiaojin, Director of the Fourth Procuratorate of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, revealed in an online interview with the Supreme People's Procuratorate on February 4 that from January to November 2023, procuratorial organs across the country prosecuted a total of crimes related to food and drug safety. 13,618 people.
Zhang Xiaojin said that in the past year, the food and drug safety situation has been generally stable, but crimes endangering food and drug safety still occur from time to time, especially with the development of new online formats such as live streaming and micro-business sales, the chain of crimes endangering food and drug safety has , everything from raw material procurement, packaging and printing, production and processing to terminal sales can be communicated and implemented through the Internet. The trend of networking is more obvious, sales channels are more dispersed, and crimes are more concealed. Various counterfeit and substandard food and drug products flow into the market through various channels. Among them, illegal additions to food and excessive pesticide and veterinary drug residues are more prominent problems. Substandard medical and cosmetic products are produced and sold in medicines, anti-cancer drugs are illegally produced and Western medicine ingredients are added to traditional Chinese medicines, etc. The situation is common and poses huge risks to people's lives and health. The crime of counterfeit and substandard agricultural materials seriously endangers national food security.
Zhang Xiaojin introduced that in 2023, procuratorial organs across the country will continue to maintain a high-pressure posture in cracking down on crimes that endanger food and drug safety, actively perform various procuratorial functions, and effectively protect the national food and drug supervision order and the lives and health of the people. From January to November 2023, procuratorial organs across the country prosecuted a total of 13,618 people for food and drug safety crimes, including 4,398 drug-related crime cases, an increase of 134.43% year-on-year; 9,220 food-related crime cases, a slight increase year-on-year; a total of 13,618 people were prosecuted for food-related crime cases, a year-on-year increase of 134.43%; There were 423 procuratorial suggestions for improving work.
The Supreme People's Procuratorate uses special actions as the starting point to focus on rectifying outstanding problems. The first is to further promote the special action of "control, control and promotion" of edible agricultural products. The Supreme People's Procuratorate, together with six departments including the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, jointly launched a three-year special campaign on edible agricultural products to "control illegal and controlled drug residues and promote improvement", focusing on cracking down on the crime of serious excessive pesticide and veterinary drug residues and the illegal production and sale of "clenbuterol" and other prohibited and restricted substances. , and continue to increase the crackdown on criminal cases that endanger food safety. The “two highs” jointly released typical cases of crimes endangering food safety.
The second is to continue to carry out anti-counterfeiting work on agricultural inputs. During the spring plowing season of 2023, the Supreme People's Procuratorate and six departments including the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs jointly deployed a special campaign to combat counterfeit agricultural materials to ensure spring plowing production and a bumper grain harvest throughout the year. The Supreme People's Procuratorate issued five typical cases of punishing crimes involving the production and sale of fake and inferior agricultural inputs in accordance with the law, actively protecting farmers' legitimate rights and interests and ensuring national food security and seed industry security.
The third is to work together to rectify the chaos in the medical beauty industry. Together with 10 departments including the National Health Commission, we launched a special campaign to deal with outstanding issues in the medical beauty industry, focusing on rectifying issues such as counterfeiting, false propaganda, and illegal medical practice in the medical beauty industry. We prosecuted 381 people for criminal offenses, jointly exposed 4 batches of cases, and released 1 After a batch of typical cases, relevant departments jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Further Strengthening the Supervision of the Medical Beauty Industry" to effectively deter crime.
The fourth is to focus on establishing and improving the execution connection mechanism, and work with the State Food and Drug Administration and other four departments to formulate and issue the "Measures for the Connection between Drug Administrative Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice", and strive to enhance the joint efforts to combat illegal crimes that endanger drug safety.
Zhang Xiaojin said that in the next step, the Supreme People's Procuratorate will thoroughly implement the deployment of the Central Political and Legal Work Conference and the National Conference of Prosecutors General, rely on the special action of "Protecting People's Livelihood", and strive to punish in accordance with the law those who endanger food and drug safety in new formats such as online marketing and live streaming. Crime, dig deep into the source of raw materials and production and sales chain, and make every effort to ensure the safety of food and drugs.