Second, chemical pollution. The potential threat of new biological and chemical pollutants in food to health has become a problem that can not be ignored. In recent years, governments of various countries have formulated laws and regulations to stop the production and use of some highly toxic chemical pesticides. China is no exception. However, in the second quarter of 2000/KLOC-0, the results of national product quality supervision and spot check showed that the detection rates of methamidophos and omethoate, two banned highly toxic pesticides, were still high. Take Sanmen County, where the author is located, as an example, these two pesticides are still sold today, and the only change is the name.
Third, environmental pollution. It is estimated that 85%~90% of human tumors are caused by environmental factors. By enriching the food chain, human beings take a wide variety of toxic and harmful substances from food, which seriously affects human health.
At present, 850 rivers, 130 lakes and coastal areas in China are polluted to varying degrees, mainly due to unreasonable discharge of industrial waste and municipal garbage. Animals and plants live in this environment for a long time, and these toxic substances will accumulate in the body and become contaminated food.
Fourth, the scale and management level of food production and operation are low. In recent years, the food industry in China has been developing and growing, and a number of enterprises with strength and good production level have emerged. However, the proportion of these enterprises is still very low. According to the 60085 production enterprises investigated by AQSIQ, 94.9% are small enterprises with less than 100 employees, and 79.4% are family workshops or production plants with less than100 employees. Small-scale and low-level operations such as family workshops and food stalls. It is still an important reason that affects the level of food hygiene.
Fifth, the legal guarantee system is not suitable. The legal guarantee system mainly refers to the standard, testing and certification system. Many food safety standards are not based on risk assessment, so the scientificity and operability of the standards need to be improved. In addition, there are a large number of food safety inspection institutions in China, which belong to different departments and obviously lack unity and development planning. At the same time, the multi-head management of food certification system has not played its due role.
6. The system of laws and regulations is not perfect. Although China has general laws and regulations on food quality, such as Food Safety Law, Product Quality Law and Agricultural Law, these laws only make some general provisions on food quality, which fail to fully reflect consumers' requirements for food safety under the new situation. Moreover, their mutual coordination and compatibility are not enough, and their operability is not strong.
7. Insufficient scientific and technological achievements. The application of new food technology and new resources has brought new challenges to the scientific and technological level of food safety in China. Take modern biotechnology represented by genetic engineering technology as an example. At present, we are not sure about the potential harm of genetically modified food to human health.
Eight, the potential risks of new products and technologies. In recent years, the number of new foods in China has greatly increased. Many new foods are put on the market in large quantities without risk assessment. Among them, the safety of convenience food and health food is particularly worthy of attention, which brings unprecedented challenges to food safety.
Nine, food safety education lags behind. Due to the lack of attention to food safety for many years, on the one hand, producers lack corresponding knowledge, on the other hand, consumers lack self-protection awareness. This undoubtedly affects the process of food safety.
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China: Fuyang Inferior Milk Powder Case
What happened: At the end of 2003, Gao Zheng, a farmer from Tangsan Town, Taihe County, Fuyang City, Anhui Province, was angry and embarked on the road of safeguarding rights because his newborn child was dying after eating "Lu Yi" brand milk powder. His efforts attracted the attention of the media. On April 6, 2004, CCTV reported the inferior milk powder in Fuyang, which immediately shocked the whole country. Under the great concern of the leaders of the State Council, the case was quickly found out: the problem was caused by protein and other milk powder produced by illegal manufacturers, poor milk powder caused malnutrition in 189 children, and 12 babies died.