Recently, my country’s exported food has encountered incidents of failure in foreign safety inspections. Although it was finally determined to be counterfeit brand products, this also sounded the alarm for food safety. Domestic food safety issues have once again become a hot topic of concern. In the process of food from raw materials to production to becoming the final consumer's mouth, in addition to each production company's own control of food hygiene and safety, each country has also established a food safety testing and certification agency to act as an independent third party to provide food safety services. Safety check. A few days ago, reporters made a special trip to interview my country's first organization engaged in the certification business of China's Good Agricultural Practices - Beijing Zhongrui Yadeshi Food Safety Technical Services Co., Ltd.
Food safety certification for more than ten years
Beijing Sino-Ruijia Taxi Food Safety Technical Services Co., Ltd. (referred to as: Sino-Rui Yashi Taxi or SSADC) is certified by the National Accreditation and Accreditation Administration of China It is a professional certification body engaged in product certification approved and registered locally in China. It is one of the first certification bodies to engage in the certification business of China's Good Agricultural Practices. At present, SSADC's business mainly includes: inspection, certification and training related to food safety and testing, involving the entire food supply chain.
According to the person in charge of SSADC, since the establishment of the National Certification and Accreditation Administration, my country has basically established a food and agricultural product certification and accreditation system that is in line with international standards and adapted to my country's national conditions, and manages the entire process from farmland to table. Food and agricultural product certification has become an important means for China to ensure the quality and safety of food and agricultural products and to promote international trade of Chinese food and agricultural products. Including organic product certification, pollution-free product certification, HACCP certification, good agricultural practice certification, feed product certification, green food certification, green market certification, food quality certification, and good agricultural practice certification. Among them, Good Agricultural Practice certification is widely used in countries around the world.
Since the 1990s, food contamination incidents have continued to occur, and food safety issues have attracted special attention from consumers. In order to ensure food safety and improve consumers' trust in food, countries around the world have taken countermeasures, among which good agricultural practices are an important and representative measure. At present, good agricultural practice standards and certification have been promoted and applied in more and more countries and regions, and their role in international trade has become increasingly significant. In December 2005, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and the National Standards Administration jointly issued the GB/T 20014.1~11-2005 "Good Agricultural Practices" national standard, which was officially implemented on May 1, 2006. In January 2006, the National Certification and Accreditation Administration formulated the "Good Agricultural Practices Certification Implementation Rules (Trial)" and designated SSADC and others as the certification body of GAP. It applies the module concept and includes control points and compliance specifications for farms, crops, field crops, fruits and vegetables, livestock and poultry breeding, cattle and sheep breeding, dairy farming, pig breeding and poultry breeding. It is a current and international standard in my country. standards for agricultural products.
The "propaganda" of food safety policy
The person in charge of SSADC said that SSADC has done a lot of work to promote good agricultural practices in China. On July 12, experts from Sino-Ruijia Taxi came to Shangdi Garden Farm in Sihe Township, Lingbao City, Hebei Province to provide GAP (Good Agricultural Practice) certification guidance, marking the start of the GAP certification work in our city. Experts from the certification center listened to the basic situation report of the site, analyzed the current situation of the site, and provided serious training and guidance to the site's technical personnel, which enhanced the confidence of the site's GAP certification work. The person in charge of the farm will be familiar with the standards in accordance with the certification procedures and requirements, implement them in strict accordance with the standards of the relevant GAP control points, and keep detailed and complete records of agricultural activities during the operation to ensure the smooth progress of the certification work.
The existing EurepGAP standards for fruit and vegetable agricultural products are CPCC IFA version 2.0 and CPCC F&V version 2.1. The EurepGAP version 3.0 standard has been released and will be implemented on January 1, 2008. Compared with CPCC IFA version 2.0 and CPCC F&V version 2.1, the requirements of version 3.0 have undergone major changes, making enterprise certification more difficult.
In order to help exporting fruit and vegetable companies understand the differences between EurepGAP version 3.0 and CPCC IFA version 2.0 and CPCC F&V version 2.1 in a timely manner, and at the same time help companies that want to pass EurepGAP certification within the year to establish EurepGAP specifications in accordance with the CPCC IFA version 2.0 standards, Beijing Zhongrui Taxi Food Safety Technical Services Co., Ltd. and relevant institutions organized the "EU Good Agricultural Practices and China Good Agricultural Practices Internal Inspector Training Course" in Zhangzhou.
In December 2003, Zhongrui Taxi joined the ISA member organization (International Supplier Auditing Company), became ISA's partner in China and the Far East, and began to implement European retailer food safety standards - Audit of BRC and IFS. On May 12, 2007, Sino-Russian Taxi held a seminar on European retailer requirements and food safety management systems in Zhangzhou, Fujian. This seminar was attended by 60 relevant personnel including 36 food companies. In the seminar, Dr. Reto Battaglia's requirements for European retailers, the food safety management of food production companies from the perspective of BRC&IFS audit, and about food testing laboratories The requirements for several major topics were explained very well and professionally. General Manager Wang Yang of Beijing Zhongruiya Taxi Food Safety Technology Service Co., Ltd. gave a very precise translation of what Dr. Reto Battaglia said to the company participants present.
Various businesses support food safety
In the process from farmland to table, there are many factors that affect food safety that need to be controlled. At present, food safety monitoring and testing have basically been established in all places. System, all kinds of food closely related to the people are included in the monitoring field of view. The amount of food sampling is higher than the level of 3 items per 1,000 people recommended by the World Health Organization. The sufficient amount of sampling provides a scientific basis for supervision. According to data released by the Ministry of Health, my country has formulated more than 400 food hygiene standards and established a food contaminant monitoring network covering 830 million people.
In conjunction with the country’s macro-level work, SSADC has carried out various food safety testing and certification services.
International Food Standards (IFS) audit business. IFS International Food Standards is jointly owned by the German trade organization BDH and the French trade organization FCD as a standard for accepting suppliers' food safety levels. Currently, it is more popular among retailers in Germany and France. The IFS audit results are calculated based on the accumulation of points for each non-compliance point, and whether the audit is passed is determined by the different levels of the total points.
BRC food standards audit business, BRC global food standards are standards developed by the British Retail Consortium (British Retail Consortium). The purpose is to become the spokesperson of British retailers and help British retailers control their supplies. The food safety level of the supplier makes food safety a non-competitive issue. BRC's audit is determined by the categories of non-conformance points and their respective levels. Therefore, the evaluation result can only be qualified or unqualified.
EurepGAP standard audit business. The EUREPGAP standard defines Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) requirements and is a common industry specification developed jointly by European retailers and international agricultural product suppliers. It includes integrated farm management (ICM), integrated pest control (IPC), quality management (QMS), hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP), worker health, safety and welfare, etc.
China Good Agricultural Practice (ChinaGAP) audit. ChinaGAP is a good agricultural practice developed by my country's National Certification and Accreditation Administration with reference to international advanced standards and national conditions. It applies the module concept and includes control points and compliance specifications for farms, crops, field crops, fruits and vegetables, livestock and poultry breeding, cattle and sheep breeding, dairy farming, pig breeding and poultry breeding. It is a current and international standard in my country. standards for agricultural products.
Link: Major Food Safety Events
On February 18, 2005, Sudan Red (No. 1), which was banned by the EU, was found in the sauce produced by the British First Food Company. "pigment. In March, chili oil produced by Heinz Delicious Source, KFC New Orleans grilled wings and New Orleans grilled chicken drumstick seasoning on the Chinese market were successively found to contain Sudanese red ingredients.
On March 21, 2005, Lipton regular instant tea was found to have excessive fluoride content in the United States.
On May 25, 2005, the Zhejiang Provincial Administration for Industry and Commerce announced that the iodine content in the 20040921 batch of Nestle Gold Medal 3+ milk powder exceeded the standard.
On June 5, 2005, the news that Zhengzhou Guangming Shanmeng Dairy Co., Ltd. recycled expired and spoiled milk for reproduction was exposed by the media.
On June 15, 2005, the saying "95% beer added with formaldehyde" began to spread widely. South Korea and Japan urgently recalled and tested the Chinese beer imported this year.
On June 26, 2005, CCTV's "Weekly Quality Report" revealed that the "Jiayu Great Wall" brand wine was blended with the same raw material wine, but was released in different years with false labels.
On July 6, 2005, nearly 900 boxes of "Sanlu Yogurt" suspected of being marked with advance production dates were seized in Tianjin.
On October 25, 2005, in view of the fact that my country’s PVC food cling film contained DEHA plasticizer during inspection, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine held a press conference to prohibit companies from producing PVC cling film. Use DEHA.
On November 9, 2005, "Eagle Money" brand and Ganzhu brand black bean sauce dace were found to contain malachite green in Hong Kong.
On November 23, 2005, a baby milk product from the Swiss company Nestlé was found to contain isopropylthionone (ITX), and Italy, France, Spain and Portugal ordered its recall.
On June 24, 2006, the apple snail incident. On June 24, Beijing Friendship Hospital admitted the first patient with angiostrongylia cantoniasis in Beijing. Subsequently, many patients became infected after eating improperly processed freshwater snail meat from restaurants. The parasites were not completely killed. The parasitic disease was diagnosed as "Angiostrongylia cantonsis".
On August 2, 2006, the Center for Science and Environment, a well-known Indian environmental organization, released an investigation report on the quality of India's Pepsi-Cola and Coca-Cola series products. The report showed that inspections found residues of 3 to 5 pesticides in all samples, which was an average of 24 times higher than the Bureau of Indian Standards standards.
In September 2006, the "clenbuterol" incident occurred. Since September 13, there have been many cases of suspected clenbuterol food poisoning caused by eating pig offal and pork in Shanghai. As of September 16, more than 300 people have visited the hospital. On September 17, the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration confirmed that the poisoning incident was "clenbuterol" food poisoning. The scientific name of "Clenbuterol" is clenbuterol hydrochloride, which is an antiasthmatic drug. Consequences: Excessive clenbuterol content or use without medical conditions may cause poisoning symptoms such as muscle tremors, dizziness, vomiting, and heart palpitations, which are extremely dangerous for people with high blood pressure and heart disease.
In November 2006, the turbot incident. On November 17, Shanghai announced the results of random inspections of 30 pieces of chilled or fresh turbot. X furan metabolites were detected in all 30 samples, and malachite green, ennolin was also detected in some samples. Floxacin, ciprofloxacin, chloramphenicol, erythromycin and other banned fishery drugs remained, and some samples of oxytetracycline exceeded the national standard limit requirements. Consequences: Long-term ingestion of large amounts of X furan compounds by the human body may cause cancer. Moreover, there are a large number of antibiotic drug residues in fish, which can make consumers develop tolerance and reduce the clinical effect of such drugs.
Hualong instant noodles were exposed to use machine-made flour. A media outlet in Henan revealed that "the flour that has been machined and agglomerated is exclusively for Hualong instant noodles." A person from Hualong Company admitted that "this happened" but did not comment on whether the machined flour had deteriorated or not. Experts on grain storage pointed out that clumping and yellowing flour cannot be eaten after being "returned to the machine", while people from the Standards and Quality Center of the State Grain Administration said that according to international standards, this can at least be characterized as "bad behavior".