New regulations provide strong guarantees for meat safety

The newly revised "Regulations on the Administration of Pig Slaughter" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") will come into effect on August 1

"The Regulations have supplemented and improved a number of regulations around quality and safety.

It is imperative for pig slaughter enterprises to implement GMP management

"Implementing'Good Manufacturing Practice for Pig Slaughtering (GMP)' management, and implementing strict national or industry standards in the processing environment, sanitary facilities, production water, equipment and tools, processing process and production management, are new requirements of the "Regulations" It is the basic requirement for pig slaughter companies to engage in pig slaughter production activities, the basic condition for realizing the quality and safety of pig products, and the main basis for supervision and inspection by the supervisory department

At present, the small and medium-sized enterprises in China's pig slaughtering enterprises account for more than 60%, and the slaughter processing conditions and technical levels are uneven

"The "Regulations" provide a legal basis for the implementation of GMP management, will speed up the withdrawal, shutdown and transfer of small slaughterhouses, promote the integrated development of slaughtering, processing, sales, and distribution of slaughter companies, and continue to promote the transformation and upgrading of the pig slaughtering industry.

A monitoring system for the quality and safety of pig slaughter will be implemented

Article 25 of the "Regulations" stipulates: The state implements a system of monitoring risks for the quality and safety of pig slaughter

The implementation of the pig slaughter quality and safety risk monitoring system is conducive to early detection, early reporting, and early disposal of pig slaughter product safety risks, and will improve the quality and safety of pig products

"The State Council's agricultural and rural authorities will formulate a national pig slaughtering quality and safety risk monitoring plan, systematically and continuously inspect, analyze and evaluate harmful factors affecting the quality and safety of pig products, and conduct research, judgment, and evaluation of the risks in the pig slaughtering process based on the monitoring results.

Support the construction of a cold chain circulation and distribution system

Article 5 of the "Regulations" stipulates: The state encourages the integrated development of pig breeding, slaughter, processing, distribution, and sales, promotes standardized slaughter, and supports the construction of a cold chain circulation and distribution system

The whole-process management of the slaughter process involves requirements for inspection and registration of live pigs, waiting for slaughter, inspection and quarantine, and slaughter processing.

"In recent years, in order to meet the needs of industry development, China has revised and issued more than 30 national and industry standards, including the "Operational Procedures for Livestock and Poultry Slaughtering Pigs", and basically constructed a standard system that supports the quality and safety control of the whole process of slaughtering pigs.