2024 State Administration for Market Regulation Food Safety Work: Significant Achievements in Safeguarding "Food Safety on Our Tongues"

2024 State Administration for Market Regulation Food Safety Work: Significant Achievements in Safeguarding "Food Safety on Our Tongues"In 2024, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) resolutely implemented the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and the work arrangements of the State Council Food Safety Committee. Strictly adhering to the "four strictest" requirements ("four most stringent" requirements), SAMR achieved significant results in safeguarding the "food safety on our tongues" of the people

2024 State Administration for Market Regulation Food Safety Work: Significant Achievements in Safeguarding "Food Safety on Our Tongues"

In 2024, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) resolutely implemented the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and the work arrangements of the State Council Food Safety Committee. Strictly adhering to the "four strictest" requirements ("four most stringent" requirements), SAMR achieved significant results in safeguarding the "food safety on our tongues" of the people. Throughout the year, SAMR leveraged the approach of solidifying responsibilities, focusing on problems, and increasing regulatory intensity. By deeply implementing targeted special rectification campaigns and systematically promoting key tasks, it effectively ensured the dietary safety of the people.

I. Solidifying Responsibility, Strengthening the Foundation of Food Safety

To ensure the implementation of various food safety measures, SAMR focused on solidifying the "two responsibilities": the local government's responsibility for food safety and the main responsibility of enterprises. SAMR actively guided food production and operation enterprises to earnestly fulfill their main responsibilities, legally assigning food safety directors and officers, and establishing a sound "daily control, weekly inspection, and monthly scheduling" mechanism based on the enterprises' actual situations. The implementation of this mechanism effectively improved the level of food safety management within enterprises and reduced food safety incidents. Furthermore, SAMR guided enterprises in formulating "food safety risk control lists," comprehensively sorting out and evaluating potential risks, and effectively improving the level of food safety risk prevention and control, providing stronger safeguards for food safety. Through these measures, enterprises have become more standardized and efficient in food safety management, providing consumers with safer and more reliable food products.

II. Focusing on Prominent Issues, Conducting Targeted Rectification Campaigns

In 2024, SAMR launched a series of targeted rectification campaigns addressing prominent issues in the field of food safety, achieving significant results. The special operation targeting "special supply liquor" (te gong jiu) was particularly noteworthy. Local market regulation departments worked closely with the public security organs to successfully seize 712,000 bottles of "special supply liquor" and dismantle 219 fake and shoddy liquor production and sales dens, effectively combating the illegal and criminal activities of producing and selling counterfeit and substandard liquor, protecting consumer rights, and ensuring fair competition in the market.

In addition, SAMR launched a rectification campaign to severely crack down on illegal and criminal activities involving meat products, involving 22,000 administrative enforcement cases with a total value of 1.856 billion yuan (approximately $253 million USD). This action effectively deterred criminals, purified the meat product market, and ensured the quality and safety of meat products.

Focusing on food safety issues in primary and secondary schools, SAMR organized a special rectification campaign, conducting comprehensive supervision and inspection of 175,000 primary and secondary schools and off-campus catering units, rectifying a total of 227,000 problems. This effectively ensured the safety of students' meals and maintained a good order of food safety on campuses. These special rectification campaigns not only effectively cracked down on illegal and irregular behaviors but also strengthened the food safety regulatory system and improved the efficiency of food safety regulation.

III. Increasing Regulatory Intensity, Ensuring No Dead Angles in Food Safety

To ensure the effectiveness of food safety regulation, SAMR increased its regulatory intensity in 2024, adopting a series of forceful measures. National market regulation departments conducted a total of 9.734 million inspections of food production and operation entities and conducted supervision and sampling inspections of 6.7949 million batches of food. These figures fully demonstrate the high importance and meticulous work attitude of the market regulation departments towards food safety regulation.

For special foods, SAMR further strengthened its regulatory intensity. Infant formula milk powder and special medical formula food enterprises achieved 100% coverage of annual inspections, and health food enterprises completed the first round of five-year comprehensive inspections. These high-standard and high-intensity inspections effectively guaranteed the quality and safety of special foods, providing more reliable food security for infants and special populations.

SAMR continued to carry out the "Iron Fist" campaign in the field of people's livelihood, investigating and handling 536,000 cases of food safety violations and transferring 3,298 cases to judicial organs, effectively deterring food safety violations and crimes, protecting consumer rights, and making important contributions to building a harmonious food safety environment. The handling of these cases demonstrates the market regulation departments' "zero tolerance" attitude towards food safety issues and reflects their high responsibility for the life and health of the people.

IV. Summary and Outlook

In 2024, SAMR achieved significant results in food safety regulation, effectively safeguarding the "food safety on our tongues" of the people. This is not only due to the strong leadership and effective deployment of SAMR but also to the joint efforts of market regulation departments and relevant units at all levels. In the future, SAMR will continue to uphold the "four strictest" requirements, continuously strengthen food safety regulation, continuously improve the food safety governance system, and create a safer and more reliable dietary environment for the people. Food safety is a major issue concerning people's livelihood. SAMR will continue to put the people first, safeguard the "food safety on our tongues" of the people, and contribute to building a healthy China. In future work, SAMR will continue to increase regulatory intensity, innovate regulatory methods, and continuously improve the level of food safety regulation to create a safer and more reliable dietary environment for the people. This requires the joint efforts of the entire society and continuous improvement and refinement. Only in this way can we truly guarantee the food safety of the people and achieve the goal of "food safety on our tongues". The healthy development of the market and the well-being of the people both depend on this solid line of defense of food safety.

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