US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
    China / Government

    China serves up new food safety penalties

    (Xinhua) Updated: 2014-06-23 19:15

    BEIJING - A revision to China's Food Safety Law had its first reading on Monday and pledges tough sanctions for offenders, promising the strictest food safety supervision system.

    The current law has helped improve food safety, but the situation remains severe, said Zhang Yong, head of the food and drug administration, when briefing the lawmakers at the bi-monthly session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), which will run through Monday to Friday.

    The existing system is not effective, penalties are comparatively light and it does not deter offenders, Zhang said.

    A number of shocking malpractices, including injecting clenbuterol into pork, recycling cooking oil from leftovers in restaurant kitchens, selling pork from sick pigs, making medicine capsules with toxic gelatin and passing rat and fox meat off as mutton and beef have been headline news in China recently.

    The latest case was use of illegal additives in growing bean sprouts, one of China's most popular vegetables. Police in east China's Shandong Province seized nearly two tonnes of toxic bean sprouts last week.

    The bill is considered a move to realize the promise the current leadership made at the third plenary session of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee in last November, which is to establish the strictest ever supervision system on food safety.

    Through the law amendment, the country expects to impose the harshest civil, administrative and criminal penalties on offenders and toughest punishment on supervisors who neglect their duties, Zhang said.

    According to the bill, consumers can demand reparation worth of three times of loss they suffer from substandard food. Current law only allows compensation of ten times of the price of food.

    As substandard food can be very cheap and can cause serious health problems and great financial losses, consumers expect to get higher compensation if the revision is adopted.

    Bigger fines for offenders are also on the menu. Producers can face fines of up to 30 times of the value of their products, up from ten times in the current law. If the products are worth less than 10,000 yuan (1,600 US dollars), those involved can be fined a maximum of 150,000 yuan, up from 50,000 yuan in the current law.

    The bill adds provisions to punish landlords of production sites who know that illegal activities are being undertaken on their property, and suppliers who sell unlawful substances to producers, knowing that they will be added to foods. Their illegal income will be seized and they can be fined up to 200,000 yuan.

    Administrative penalties, such as demotion and dismissal, will be imposed on officials who fail to respond to food safety emergencies and remove loopholes. They will also be held responsible for food safety cover-ups. Similar punishments will be dished out to officials with food and drug regulatory agencies, health and agriculture departments.

    Those caught abusing their power and neglecting their duty for personal gain will face criminal penalties.

    Previous Page 1 2 Next Page

    Highlights
    Hot Topics
    ...
    国产精品无码一区二区三区电影| 一二三四在线播放免费观看中文版视频| 美丽姑娘免费观看在线观看中文版 | 久久无码人妻精品一区二区三区 | 人妻无码人妻有码中文字幕| 无码国内精品久久人妻麻豆按摩 | 无码国产精品一区二区免费vr | 中文字幕日韩精品有码视频| 亚洲精品无码专区2| 日韩免费无码一区二区三区| 亚洲日韩中文字幕日韩在线| 中文字字幕在线一本通| 国产高新无码在线观看| 亚洲AV永久无码精品成人| 无码国产精品一区二区免费虚拟VR| 日本按摩高潮a级中文片| 91无码人妻精品一区二区三区L| 无码精品A∨在线观看| 亚洲中文字幕无码一区| 五月天中文字幕mv在线女婷婷五月| 中出人妻中文字幕无码| 色视频综合无码一区二区三区| 18禁无遮拦无码国产在线播放| 无码国产色欲XXXXX视频| 亚洲人成无码网站在线观看| 亚洲精品无码精品mV在线观看| 无码国内精品久久综合88| 区三区激情福利综合中文字幕在线一区 | 亚洲AV无码精品色午夜果冻不卡 | 一本一道AV无码中文字幕| 国产丰满乱子伦无码专区| 高清无码中文字幕在线观看视频| 中文字幕欧美日韩在线不卡| 日韩中文字幕在线视频| 日韩乱码人妻无码中文字幕久久| 天堂在线最新版资源www中文| 中文字幕在线精品视频入口一区| 中文字幕Av一区乱码| 色综合久久无码中文字幕| 亚洲一区中文字幕久久| 亚洲欧美精品综合中文字幕|