Today's guide: "Food Safety Sampling Inspection and Management Measures" was revised; Publication of the 2023 Sugar Import Tariff Quota Application and Allocation Rules; Metal particles detected from imported marshmallows have been sold to Hong Kong, China (30 September 2022)

The Administrative Measures for Food Safety Sampling and Inspection have been revised

 

On September 29, 2022, Order No.
61 of the State Administration for Market Regulation was promulgated, and the State Administration for Market Regulation decided to repeal 6 departmental regulations and amend
some provisions of 13 departmental regulations.
The decision will take effect from
1 November 2022.
Among them, the Measures for the Administration of Food Safety Sampling Inspection (promulgated by Order No.
15 of the State Administration for Market Supervision and Administration on August 8, 2019) The content of the amendment is: (1) The first paragraph of Article 25 is amended to read: "If the inspection conclusion of food safety supervision and sampling is qualified, the inspection institution shall properly keep the re-inspection backup sample
within 3 months from the date of the inspection conclusion.
" If the remaining shelf life of the re-inspection backup sample is less than 3 months, it shall be stored until the end
of the shelf life.
Qualified backup samples can be reasonably reused, and meet the requirements of market supervision and management departments at or above the provincial level, may not be subject to the above storage time restrictions
.
(2) The "Food Safety Sampling and Inspection Information System" in Article 27 is amended to "National Food Safety Sampling and Inspection Information System"
.
(Related report: Decision of the State Administration for Market Regulation on Amending and Repealing Some Department Regulations)

 

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs deployed and implemented the four major actions of "three products and one standard" for agricultural products

 

Recently, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs issued the "Notice on the Implementation of the Four Major Actions of "Three Products and One Standard" for Agricultural Products", deploying and implementing the construction of high-quality agricultural product production bases, the improvement of the quality of high-quality agricultural products, the promotion of consumption of high-quality agricultural products, and the action
of shining certificates for qualified agricultural products.
(Related report: Notice of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on the Implementation of the Four Major Actions of "Three Products and One Standard" for Agricultural Products (Agricultural Quality Development [2022] No.
8))

The markup rate exceeds the commodity markup standard The supermarket recalled 8.
5 yuan of sweet corn

 

On September 29, Xuchang Xuchang Fat Donglai Supermarket Co.
, Ltd.
issued a recall announcement on "Northeast Sweet Corn", which said that customers reported that the price of "Northeast Sweet Corn" in its store was 8.
5 yuan, which was a big difference from the price of the brand's corn sold online, and the product had been notified to be removed from the shelves and an audit investigation
was carried out.
After investigation, it was found that the business personnel did not carefully and rigorously review the supplier's supply price, and did not conduct a comprehensive procurement evaluation of the product, resulting in the mark-up rate of this product exceeding the price increase standard
of Fat Donglai goods.
Fat Donglai said that the single item that has been sold will be fully refunded
.

 

The 2022 China Cereals and Oils Society Science and Technology Award to be awarded projects is announced

 

According to the requirements of the "Administrative Measures for Science and Technology Awards of the China Cereals and Oils Society" and the "Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Science and Technology Awards of the China Cereals and Oils Society", after recommendation and declaration, formal review, professional evaluation and comprehensive review, a total of 40 projects to be awarded were selected, including 1 special prize, 6 first prizes, 22 second prizes and 11 third prizes
.
The proposed winning projects are hereby announced for 15 natural days (September 29, 2022 to October 13, 2022
).
(Related report: Announcement of the China Cereals and Oils Society on the proposed winning projects of the 2022 China Cereals and Oils Society Science and Technology Award)

 

Our exports of yellow croaker and dried bamboo were detained in the United States

 

Recently, the US FDA website updated the import alert measures, in which the two enterprises in China implemented automatic detention
of yellow croaker and dried bamboo thorn.
The Food Partner Network reminds relevant export enterprises to export products in strict accordance with the requirements of the importing countries, control the residues of agricultural and veterinary drugs in export products, and avoid the risk
of export products being detained.
(Related reports: China's exports of yellow croaker and dried bamboo thorn were detained in the United States)

 

Imported marshmallows detected metal particles have been sold to Hong Kong, China

 

According to the EU Food and Feed Rapid Warning System (RASFF), on September 29, 2022, France notified its export of marshmallow through RASFF that metal particles
had been detected.
According to the notification, the unqualified products were sold to Latvia, Hong Kong, South Africa and Uruguay
.
Food Partner Network reminds export enterprises to export products in strict accordance with the requirements of EU member states, pay attention to the existence of foreign bodies in products, ensure the safety of products, and avoid export risks
.
(Related reports: Metal particles detected in imported marshmallows have been sold to Hong Kong, China)

 

Violation of Japan's Food Sanitation Law by Importing Food to Japan in September 2022 (Updated on September 30)

 

Recently, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare updated the situation that the food exported to Japan violated the Japanese Food Sanitation Law, and notified many batches of food and related products that were unqualified, involving caviar, butter beans, fresh cashews, etc
.
(Related report: Violation of Japan's Food Sanitation Law in September 2022 (Updated on September 30))