Ministry of Agriculture issued the information on national agricultural products risk
monitoring of the first half year
Ministry of Agriculture, July 25
In the first half year of 2016, Ministry of Agriculture organized two times of routine monitoring on national quality and safety of agricultural products, five major categories of products including vegetables, fruits, tea, products of livestock and poultry and aquatic products from production bases and markets of 152 big and medium-sized cities were monitored. The monitoring results showed that the total qualified rate was 97.2%, and the level of quality and safety of agricultural products was overall stable.-See details.
Industrial gelatin (with value of nearly 100 million yuan) has been distributed to eight provinces, and the poisonous food has been unexpectedly sold well for three years
Xinhua, July 25
Recently, the police from Yingkou of Liaoning cracked a series of criminal cases on poisonous and harmful food, seized over 6000 kilogram of poisonous and harmful food, and purged 7 illegal processing sites. In the case, the industrial gelatin (with value of nearly 100 million yuan) has been distributed to eight provinces, involving hundreds of cities, counties (districts), and towns. See details.
CFDA notified the information on unqualified imported foods and cosmetics in June of 2016
AQSIQ, July 26
On July 26, CFDA notified the information on unqualified imported foods and cosmetics in June of 2016, involving 233 batches of unqualified foods and cosmetics. Thereinto, 21 batches of milk and dairy products were destroyed because of failing to provide certificate or certificate of conformance as required, over-limit coliforms, exceeding shelf life, and mildew, etc.; 1 batch of Hopellac young children formula milk powder was destroyed because its vitamin A content failed to comply with the national requirement. See details.
