The foods may cause serious harm to human health after consumption will require an emergency recall within 24 hours. Yesterday, the State Council Legislative Affairs Office, Food and Drug Administration issued a food recall and stop operations supervision and management approach (draft).
Approach to the people are very concerned about the food recall system clearly defined, to be based on the severity and urgency of the food safety risk, will be divided into emergency food recall, recall two general levels after eating may lead to death or possibly harmful to human health Damage apply to emergency food recall system, food producers should be at the county level food and drug supervision and management departments to submit in writing within 24 hours after becoming aware of the risks associated with the recall program, while immediate recall. In recent years, food safety issues are frequently exposed our country's food market has led to widespread fear of consumers in the sale of the food security situation.
It is reported that food recall system means that food manufacturers, importers or distributors informed of its production, import or distribution of food presence may endanger the health of consumers, when security flaws, according to the law to report to the government departments, promptly notify the consumer, and to recover the problem of food from the market and consumers, and to take replacement, compensation positive and effective remedial measures to eliminate system defects food hazards.
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Rural Development Institute researcher Li Guoxiang frankly, after our country for the provision of food safety problems occur after the disposal of part of the more general, to be on the shelf and so deal with the issue after most commodities are problems, but few mandatory recall, even There are some areas of the food to be disposed of after a problem is detected on the unsettled aspects of the phenomenon, the binding is not strong, companies bear the illegal cost is not high. Serious damage to health food 24 hours recall system if they can fall, will further improve China's food safety problems disposal areas, increase operational stronger regulations to strengthen the binding of the enterprise. Li Guoxiang said.
Source: dianlake