NPC Standing Committee conducts enforcement inspections of food safety law

BEIJING -- The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, on Friday launched a new round of enforcement inspection of the Food Safety Law. This effort aims to strengthen food safety supervision and further enhance overall food safety efforts.

The Food Safety Law was promulgated in 2009 and underwent a comprehensive revision in 2015. Prior enforcement inspections were conducted by the NPC Standing Committee in 2009, 2011, and 2016.

In this latest round of inspections, the team will carry out on-site evaluations in provincial-level regions such as Heilongjiang, Shanghai, Jiangxi, Henan, Guangxi, and Gansu.

Additionally, the standing committees of the people's congresses of Tianjin, Liaoning, Anhui, Hubei, Guizhou, and Qinghai will be entrusted to inspect the implementation of the law within their respective administrative regions.

The inspection teams will focus on eight key areas, including the construction of the food safety risk monitoring and assessment system, the supervision of food safety in schools, and the supervision of food imports and exports.

Cai Dafeng, vice chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, emphasized the importance of firmly upholding the baseline of food safety, enhancing the effectiveness of food safety supervision, further promoting the comprehensive and effective implementation of the Food Safety Law to provide a strong legal guarantee to safeguard the health and safety of the people.