中国食品安全白皮书英文.docx

export food material bases with such risks. Only the raw materials of planting and breeding baseswith archiving approval can be used in processed export food, and all the raw material bases witharchiving approval are publicized on the website of the General Administration of QualitySupervision, Inspection and Quarantine. So far, 6,031 breeding farms and 380,000 hectares ofplanting bases have obtained such approval. For these bases, the relevant agencies strengthensupervision, prevention and control of epidemic diseases, exercise tight management ofagricultural input materials, and enforce a strict supervision system over pesticide and veterinarymedicine residue, so that these problems are brought under effective control. In recent years, birdflu has been found in many places around the world, but none at the bases under archivingmanagement in China.-Strengthening supervision of food producing enterprises- China has adopted a hygieneregistration system for all enterprises producing export food, and an enterprise has to be grantedsuch registration before engaging in the production of export food. So far, 12,714 enterprises havebeen registered, among which 3,698 have passed the HACCP certification of the entry-exitinspection and quarantine authorities. The local entry-exit inspection and quarantine authoritiescarry out routine supervision and administration of the registered food producing and processingenterprises in a unified way to ensure that the raw materials come from archived planting andbreeding bases, and that the production and processing meet the required standards. As regardslarge enterprises producing or processing high-risk export food such as meat, the entry-exitinspection and quarantine authorities send resident officials to supervise them when needed. Thepackaging of export food should be labeled with traceable signs according to requirements, so asto ensure the traceability of the products and recall of substandard products.-Strengthening inspection and quarantine before the food is exported. As prescribed byChinese laws, all food should meet the standards set by the inspection and quarantine authoritiesbefore being exported, and the customs houses at the ports of exit should clear the export foodupon the strength of the Customs Clearance List of Outward Goods issued by the entry-exitinspection and quarantine authorities. If it is demanded by the importing country, the relevantentry-exit inspection and quarantine authorities should issue a hygiene certificate to prove that thefood meets the required standards, and enter on the certificate the name, address, number ofhygiene registration of the producing enterprise, date of production, date of export, loading portand destination port. When the goods arrive at the port of exit, the inspection and quarantineauthorities at the port should examine the goods again, making sure they are intact and conform tothe information on the certicate. All these measures guarantee the traceability of the food.-Strengthening the construction of the export enterprise credit system. An export enterprisequality undertaking system and a red list and blacklist system for export enterprises areimplemented in a comprehensive way, and efforts are being made to increase the awareness of thepersons primarily responsible for product quality and help enterprises to form a mechanism ofself-management, self-discipline and consciousness of operation in good faith. Included on theList of Sound Enterprises are those with a complete and effective control system, good faith,effective control over safety risks, and a good reputation in the importing countries. Suchenterprises are granted favorable policy treatment. Enterprises with serious quality problems asreported by the importing countries or regions, or which have avoided inspection and quarantineor cheated the inspection and quarantine authorities are punished in accordance with the law andincluded in the List of Unlawful Enterprises and publicized on the Internet so as to enhance theself-disciplinary awareness of enterprises producing export food. So far, 55 enterprises have beenput on the list.Over the years, the departments of quality supervision and inspection, trade, customs,industry and commerce, and taxation have worked closely to promote the quality and safety levelof food exported from China and satisfy numerous Chinese and foreign customers withhigh-quality, delicious and inexpensive foodstuffs. Yet, there are still a tiny number of enterprisesthat disregard the law, regulations and standards of China and importing countries and, bydeception or fraud, avoid supervision by the inspection and quarantine authorities, or export foodby improper channels. Consequently, some adulterated, counterfeit or shoddy foodstuffs havefound their way from China into foreign markets. The Chinese government is determined to step