The dust of the "Lean Meat Extract" incident has not yet settled, and "dyed steamed buns", "back to the oven bread" and "beef paste" have followed. "And then came one after another. Food safety is a matter of vital interests of the people, however, vicious incidents occur frequently. Why is the food safety barrier repeatedly broken? Regulation in the end where is missing? The good "entrance" safety should have what breakthrough?
Regulation "horse after the cannon": exposure to check, exposure is not even
The latest data from the authorities show that in 2010, the relevant departments **** inspection of various types of edible agricultural products, food and related products production and management units 35.52 million times, investigated and dealt with violations of the law in all segments of the 13 million, arrested 24 suspects and arrested the police and the police. million, arrested 248 suspects, banned and suspended more than 100,000 illegal enterprises and units. The rectification of food safety can not be said to be too strong, but why food safety incidents are still frequent?
With the exposure of the illegal use of coloring in the production of "dyed" steamed buns by Shanghai Shenglu Food Company, the relevant departments quickly investigated and dealt with. However, doubts were not eliminated with the announcement of the investigation results. A steamed bread from production to sales and then finally on to the people's tables, the need for internal control, quality supervision, industry and commerce, and many other gates, but unfortunately, in addition to the operator "black heart", safety supervision and control of the line of defense "collective failure".
Reporters combed through the exposure of the "stained buns" "back to the bread" "lean pork" pork, "beef paste "incident, to the previous disclosure of" melamine "milk powder," "big head doll" milk powder, "fake wine" incident, which exposed the It's not uncommon to see the "horse's back" regulation exposed in these incidents.
In 2008, the "melamine" milk powder incident, from March of that year, Sanlu Group, the relevant departments have received consumer feedback, in the first up to four or five months, testing organizations at all levels have repeatedly on the Sanlu milk powder inspection, "were not found to be problematic! ". Until September was exposed by the media, the local government and enterprises only began to "thorough investigation".
At the end of 2010, in Hebei's "Changli Wine Counterfeiting Incident," the local fake wine industry had existed for many years, forming a "one-stop counterfeiting business," and even setting fire to local alcohol, food additives, and the production of fake brand-name wine labels. The local regulators were "unaware" of the fact that the counterfeit wine industry had existed for many years, forming a "counterfeiting chain". Until the exposure, only began to "swiftly" intervene ......
In the cloud of suspicion in the "lean meat" incident, the relevant departments after the investigation to the outside world, said the confirmed "Lean meat essence" positive hogs are mainly concentrated in the four counties around Henan Jiyuan city. And "coincidence" is that the media exposure, but also these four counties and cities. "Investigate the media to grasp so accurate? Not been exposed to all let people rest assured?" In the interview, some people are still skeptical.
From a realistic point of view, at present, China *** there are more than 400,000 food, food additives, food-related products production enterprises and small workshops, relatively small manpower, rapid and routine testing capacity is not perfect. "It is difficult to regulate, but this does not become a 'shield' for the lack of supervision!" Shandong University social research expert Professor Ma Guanghai that, as the people's food safety "gatekeeper", a few regulatory staff to get by, exposure to check, exposure even if not, so food safety incidents can not happen?
To profit from the trade-offs: "law enforcement for the people" or "law enforcement for profit"
From the exposure of food safety incidents, some regulators "in the office to see samples! "become" regulatory habits ";" lean "incident, exposure" to "let pig farmers to take samples of their own to send for inspection" of the embarrassment, what's more, a small number of What's more, a few regulatory departments and staff will be able to generate income as a pipe or not as a trade-off standard, and even the existence of corruption in law enforcement, regulatory duties were thrown out of mind.
It goes without saying that, although financial support has increased in recent years, but the current heavy task of food safety supervision, funding needs there is a big gap. The reporter learned in the survey, the current system, some local regulatory departments of office expenses and staff salaries, to rely on the return of the higher charges to "solve" the fine, which more or less caused a number of departments and staff of the "law enforcement for the benefit of".
A county in Shandong Quality Supervision Bureau, a food reviewer has repeatedly reflected to reporters at the grass-roots level regulatory issues: "Now the financial support mechanism is not very smooth, fees and fines, provincial bureaus, municipal bureaus are part of the deduction, the remaining about 80% is 'their', all the wages and benefits from the fees, Fines out, such regulation can not have loopholes? If the previous exposure of the Shanghai cab operation is 'fishing law enforcement', we have now become 'fish law enforcement', the daily work goal is to think about how to complete the 'revenue' task. task."
The purpose of the fines is to strengthen supervision and penalize illegal and unruly behavior, but the investigation found that the fines are "a way to make money" for some grassroots supervisors.
The food censor said, for example, even if the law enforcement found that the counterfeiting can not be punished to death, the penalty is too hard, the next year to find out who to collect money to go? Originally penalized 100,000 yuan penalty of 10,000, the enterprise paid a "protection fee", how can there be no reason not to release? Such a strange phenomenon, the regulators fast and non-compliant enterprises to become a 'benefit **** the same body'.
It is understood that such a phenomenon is not an exception, Zhejiang, a grass-roots regulators told reporters that they have a few months of the year can not work because of the "pre-efforts", has been completed in advance of the year's "income" task.
Reporters in the "quality and technical supervision of people's network home" "China quality hot news" online, some posts said "our wages come from the illegal income of enterprises! ", "as long as the money, immediately become melon face. Whether we can eat or not is more important than whether we have a face or not".
In addition, pressure from some local governments has weakened regulatory efforts. A local quality supervision department responsible person complained to reporters that the government's top priority is the development of the economy, the regulator if only to manage small businesses, playing flies does not matter, if the local "important contribution" to the food business, industry, "iron face". The leadership will find you "talk".
Accountability needs to be in place: to prevent "small drag big, big drag bomb"
Some experts have pointed out that, from the exposure of food safety incidents, although some people do have dereliction of duty, malfeasance, but the laws and regulations on how to determine whether the regulatory authorities to perform their duties in place, the lack of a clear definition. Every time a food safety problem occurs, the regulator "justifiably" points the finger at the perpetrator, but the negligence of the regulator and supervisors is easily overlooked. "This phenomenon must be eliminated, and regulators can not be exempted from responsibility." Ma Guanghai said.
"In today's highly developed information technology and the people's high concern for food safety, once food safety supervision is not timely, it is very easy to lead to 'small things dragged big, big things dragged bomb', so strengthening supervision is an important breakthrough." Public opinion experts, Tianjin Academy of Social Sciences researcher Chen Yuesheng and other experts believe that accountability should start from the phenomenon of "investigating and dealing with slower than the exposure of half a beat", and investigate and deal with dereliction of duty and malfeasance, the use of power for personal gain, corruption in law enforcement, and departmental profit-making behavior with an iron fist.
Food safety work despite certain achievements, but with the Party Central Committee, the State Council's requirements and the people's expectations compared to the level of food safety there is still a considerable gap, still need to continue to improve from the institutional mechanism, the formation of long-term regulatory mechanism.
To realize the whole process of seamless supervision. The food industry chain is long, many links, the regulatory force is scattered, must form a regulatory synergy, improve regulatory efficiency. "We often say that food safety issues are 'nine dragons ruling the water', why? It's an embarrassment in economics of 'free-riding'." Tongji University School of Law Associate Professor Huang Pei said, food regulators, each regulatory link will think, I'm not here to manage, naturally, there will be others to manage; in turn, if I spend a lot of manpower and material resources to manage, food safety is not a problem counter to let the other departments "hitchhiking", to break the cross-powers of this system is imperative.
Strengthen the collection of information, the establishment of mass reporting incentive mechanism. Experts suggest that, in accordance with the seizure of the situation of heavy awards for whistle-blowers, give full play to the masses of the supervisory power, so that the bad elements of the rats in the street, no hiding place, so as to purify the food market.
Strengthening the grass-roots supervision of manpower, equipment and financial security, so that fines and departmental interests decoupled, strictly prohibit the return of fines, disguised as "sitting ducks". China's food safety law clearly stipulates that the local people's government at or above the county level is uniformly responsible for food safety work in the administrative region. The vast majority of food safety problems occur at the grassroots level, but also solved at the grassroots level, Huang Peelkelium suggested that the local government whether to establish a system of responsibility for the work, the implementation of financial security as the focus of inspection and accountability. This is also the regulatory "inaction" or "inaction".
Shanghai industrial and commercial departments overnight to take measures to respond to the organization of the relevant enterprises to self-check, and has been found suspected of dyeing treatment of steamed buns. The Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Industry and Commerce said yesterday it had asked the city's major supermarkets and outlets to carry out self-inspection, and found that the problematic commodities involving the relevant enterprises were immediately taken off the shelves.
Yesterday at 22:00, the industrial and commercial administrative departments revealed that in the relevant stores have been found in the suspected stained buns, and samples have been submitted to a third-party inspection agency for testing, will be further processed after the test results.
Industrial and commercial administrative departments will be in the city, the circulation of supermarkets, stores enterprises to carry out a comprehensive inspection.
Shanghai industrial and commercial departments overnight on the relevant supermarkets carried out inspections, as of 12 **** off the shelves and sealed storage of Shanghai Shenglu Foods Limited branch of the production of "stained" steamed buns 6,048.
In the early morning of the 12th, Shanghai industrial and commercial law enforcement officials carried out law enforcement inspections of the Diya Tiantian Warehouse Center and Hualian Supermarket Guangxin Road, and found "dyed" steamed buns that were suspected of using coloring. The samples have been sent to statutory food inspection organizations for testing. In addition, Hualian and other supermarkets have taken all the buns off the shelves.
Shanghai's industry and commerce department said that from the 12th onwards, the regulator will launch special inspections of steamed buns and other products sold in supermarkets across the city, and at the same time require companies to check themselves and implement recall measures.
Quality Supervision Department
Shanghai's quality and technology supervision and other departments are investigating the use of coloring and changing the production date of a branch of Shanghai Shenglu Food Co.
Food production license.
Public security departments
Shanghai public security departments suspected of committing the crime of producing and selling fake and shoddy products, Shanghai Shenglu Foods Co. branch of the legal representative Ye Weilu, sales manager Xu Jianming and other five people were criminally summoned according to law. After examination, the five suspects were accounted for the enterprise since January 2011, the illegal production and sale of "lemon yellow" mixed with prohibited additives "dyed" steamed buns 83,716 bags, *** count 334,864, valued at more than 200,000 yuan. The value is more than 200,000 yuan. The public security department has been in accordance with the law on the five suspects to be criminally detained, the case is being further processed. "Stained buns" consumers can 10 times the claim
Consumer Federation of China's lawyers believe that the national food safety standards for additives, can not be arbitrarily added or irregularities in excess of the amount of additives. On the "stained buns", "dyeing" is not allowed to use coloring to pretend to be cornmeal, is a fraud on consumers. Lawyer said, the producer is the first responsible person, the supermarket if you know that there is a problem and sales, but also be held responsible, in accordance with the "Food Safety Law", if the sale of substandard food caused by losses, consumers can ask for compensation for the actual losses, but also to the producer or seller of food to require the purchase of 10 times the price of compensation. Lawyers also said that food safety is a top priority, the production of shoddy food behavior is too bad. The production and sale of food that does not meet hygiene standards, enough to cause serious food poisoning, causing harm to the human body, China's criminal law article 143 has relevant provisions. Lawyers believe that Shanghai "stained buns" behavior has been suspected of a crime. April 29, 2011, the Shanghai Municipal Government Joint Investigation Group announced the "stained" steamed buns related to the results of the responsible person, Baoshan District Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau, deputy director of Xing Xiaojin and other supervisors were recorded, dismissal and other sanctions.
The joint investigation team said, "stained" steamed bread involved in the enterprise's illegal facts basically clear. According to the "Food Safety Law Enforcement Regulations" of the relevant provisions of the relevant responsible personnel put forward administrative treatment, involved in the sale of "stained" steamed buns of supermarkets have also carried out accountability investigations.
The same day, Shanghai also announced a number of departments jointly developed new regulations. Among them, the clear requirements of large supermarket chains to set up an independent food safety quality control department, do a good job in the operation of the food inspection work; strengthen the food production and management of the professional ethics of the enterprise education, strengthen the food safety training; good selection of food suppliers, "admission", to improve access to the system; good deterioration and expiration of the food "Destruction of spoiled and expired food and food near the shelf life of the "return"; carry out food risk assessment, and effectively improve the detection of harmful substances in food.
The joint investigation team asked Shanghai's food safety regulators to implement regulatory measures such as flight inspections, cross-enforcement, and regular job rotation; increase sampling efforts, and enrich scientific and technological means to improve the ability to detect and deal with illegal production and sale of problematic foods.
In addition, while strengthening government supervision, Shanghai will actively introduce third-party supervision and testing mechanisms, increase the implementation of the reward reporting system, and improve public participation in food safety supervision. On April 13, 2011, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision revoked the food production license of the Shanghai Shenglu Food Co. The company's legal representative and other five suspects were criminally detained by the public security department according to law.
The Shanghai Municipal Government Joint Investigation Team said it will further investigate the facts and do a good job of recalling the products from the shelves, and seriously penalize the units and individuals involved, while at the same time learning from the past and establishing an effective food safety work mechanism.