The inspection agency will go to department?

The State Food and Drug Administration officially released the “Three-Determined” plan, which “takes over” quality supervision, industrial and commercial supervision and production functions in the production and circulation, and coordinated adjustment of the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Public Security, AQSIQ and other ministries and commissions. Relevant experts pointed out that this reform and testing institution will also be “de-institutionalized” and even become a third-party independent legal entity.

The Food and Drug Administration's San Ding program integrates part of the responsibilities of the former Ministry of Health and the AQSIQ. Three supervisory divisions are set up for food safety, and one division and two divisions are responsible for issues related to production and consumption.

Luo Yunbo, deputy director of the China Food Science and Technology Society and dean of the College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering of China Agricultural University, pointed out that the description of the duties of the three food safety regulators is not accurate enough. It seems to overlap with the functions of the food safety supervision and evaluation center. Food safety risk monitoring is the responsibility of the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center and should not be the responsibility of the administrative management department.

Previously, local quality supervisors believed that the inspection and testing institutions involved large personnel and the reforms were difficult to advance. Luo Yunbo thought that this mainly depends on the progress of the provinces, and does not rule out that some testing organizations will launch the society as the third method.

The Food and Drug Administration's San Ding plan also proposes: "Integrate the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the former State Food and Drug Administration's affiliated food safety inspection and testing agency, promote the separation of management and management, realize resource sharing, establish a corporate governance structure, and form a unified food Safety inspection and testing technology support system."

Luo Yunbo pointed out that this means that the inspection and testing system is “de-institutionalized” and will become an independent third-party legal person in the future. “In the past, food inspection agencies were affiliated with different ministries and committees and are now included in the General Administration of Food and Drug Administration. In the future, they will become independent third-party legal entities. ."