Gansu Province Launches Concentrated Operation to Rectify Counterfeit and Shoddy Food Products in Rural Areas

Recently, the Gansu Provincial Bureau of Market Supervision issued a notice on the "Notice on the Concentrated Rectification and Tackling Operation of Counterfeit and Shoddy Food in Rural Areas" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), deciding to carry out a three-month concentrated rectification and tackling operation of counterfeit and shoddy food in rural areas in the province, with the aim of consolidating and expanding the results of the rectification operation of counterfeit and shoddy food in rural areas since 2020, further relying on the responsibility for food safety, cracking down on the production and operation of The purpose is to consolidate and expand the achievements of the rural counterfeit and shoddy food rectification campaign since 2020, further solidify the responsibility for food safety, crack down on the production and operation of counterfeit and shoddy food, regulate the order of the rural food market, and comprehensively enhance the comprehensive governance of rural food safety.

　　The Notice specifies that all regions should pay attention to key nodes, focus on key industries, focus on key varieties, keep an eye on key issues, sustain efforts, attack breakthroughs, strongly promote the centralized rectification of counterfeit and substandard food in rural areas, and comprehensively purify the rural food market.

Ensure that the rate of rural food production operators to build a file to reach 100%; rural food production operators supervision and inspection coverage rate of 100%; the risk of hidden dangers and irregularities found, ordered to rectify and rectification completion rate of 100%; found illegal behavior, crackdown and investigation rate of 100%; suspected food crime clues or cases, according to the law to the public security organs transfer rate of 100%.

Effectively create a safe and secure food consumption environment in rural areas.

　　The Notice stresses that all places should quickly carry out special law enforcement checks, in accordance with the principle of "one file per household", establish food business supervision files, standardize the main qualifications of food business, and stop the flow of "cottage food" and other unqualified food into the rural market from the source.

At the same time, strengthen the tracking and supervision of unqualified food products after they are withdrawn from the market, and strictly prevent "problematic food" from entering the market again after a facelift.

We need to increase our efforts in investigating and handling cases, expand the scope of information collection on violations, implement key surveillance in key areas with high crime rates, organize "look-back" on dens, shops and markets that have been investigated and dealt with, and pay regular visits to key markets, key foods and key merchants (shops) with prominent problems of counterfeiting and selling counterfeits, and pay repeated visits to market entities that have sold The market players who sell counterfeit and shoddy food products for many times will be punished severely and included in the "blacklist" of key supervision after the event.

To effectively strengthen the management of circulation channels, adhere to the "fight to build a combination", standardized supervision, food wholesale and food distribution enterprises to establish dynamic supervision files, to ensure that distribution vehicles in accordance with the "five unified" (unified record, unified number, unified logo, unified system, unified commitment) requirements for registration. Uniform commitment) requirements for registration, join and use the "Long on food safety" integrated intelligent supervision platform.

To cultivate the completion of the identified local rural food distribution units, play its "source of goods" food quality control advantage, promote its standardization, scale development, and constantly expand the distribution network, become the main channel of rural food sales, and gradually achieve full coverage of the township, village distribution, and promote quality and affordable food into the village. 

We must actively organise legal publicity and education, popularise general knowledge of food safety laws and regulations as well as relevant food safety knowledge, improve the concept of responsibility and safety awareness of rural food production and operators, improve the education and training mechanisms for grassroots supervisors, and improve supervisors' business skills and enforcement levels.

We must continue to create an atmosphere of social governance, increase the exposure of major cases and typical cases, bring into play the role of food safety coordinators, food safety social supervisors and the "Silver Age Care Team", guide and encourage the rural public to actively participate in the improvement, and build a comprehensive governance system of administrative management, industry self-regulation, social supervision and public participation.

Encourage the public and those in the know within the enterprise to report food safety offences, and give rewards of up to 500,000 yuan in accordance with the regulations.

　　The Notice requires market supervision departments at all levels to fully understand the importance of carrying out concentrated rectification actions on counterfeit and substandard food products in rural areas, strengthen co-ordination and supervision and inspection, listen to regular reports on the work of rectification actions, accurately grasp the progress of work, and promptly study and solve outstanding problems and weak links in rectification actions.

To crack down on the law, seek effective, increase the investigation and handling of cases, improve the efficiency of the case, confirm a, according to the law quickly investigate and deal with a, strengthen the effective interface between administrative law enforcement and criminal justice, to take a list of supervisors, joint cases and other forms, trace the root cause, investigate the end.

To strengthen supervision and implementation of responsibility, to take "four not two straight" and other ways to strengthen supervision and inspection, the first level to grasp the first level, layer by layer to grasp the implementation, to ensure that the work is put into practice.