China will accelerate the reform of local food and drug regulatory system

Source: Reuters 2013-04-22 China's State Council recently issued guidance on local reform and improvement of the food and drug supervision and management system, saying that the daily supervision of food and drug is a heavy task and the transition period of reform should be shortened as much as possible In principle, the reform of food and drug administration at the provincial, municipal and county levels was completed in the first half of 2013, by the end of September and by the end of the year The notice issued by www.chinagov.cn requires the relevant departments of the State Council to support the work of local governments and not interfere with the reform measures of local governments The provincial government is responsible for formulating and Issuing the work plan and supporting measures for system reform, coordinating the reform of local food and drug regulatory agencies, and ensuring the orderly progress of the reform of the food and drug regulatory system "During the transition period of the reform, the original system still bears the supervision responsibility and drug supervision responsibility of all aspects of food safety, and completes the relevant work according to the established deployment.. To ensure that all works are connected up and down, operate smoothly, deal with food and drug safety emergencies in a timely manner, and achieve a smooth transition with the new organization's food and drug safety supervision work "Said the notice The notice requires the integration of regulatory functions and institutions In principle, the provincial, municipal and county-level governments refer to the mode of the State Council for the integration of the functions and institutions of food and drug supervision, and integrate the functions of food safety supervision and drug management of the original food safety office, the original food and drug supervision department, the industrial and commercial administration department, and the quality and technical supervision department, so as to establish a food and drug administration The supervision and administration organ shall exercise centralized and unified supervision over food and drugs, and undertake the specific work of the food safety committee of the government at the same level