On August 28, 2015, CFDA issued the food safety supervision and sampling inspection report in the first half year of 2015. There were 33252 batches from 24 kinds of foods sampled and inspected all around China. Among them, 1236 batches were unqualified, and the qualified rate of samples was 96.3%. Compared with the results previous years, the food safety situation in China is stable.
For the top five kinds of daily consumer goods, dairy products were sampled 1391 batches, with a qualified rate of 99.9%; eggs and egg products were sampled 409 batches, with a qualified rate of 99.8%; edible oils, fats and the products were sampled 1975 batches, with a qualified rate of 98.3%; grain and grain products were sampled 4678 batches, with a qualified rate of 96.8%. Detailed information was shown in table 1.
Table 1. Results of food safety supervision and sampling inspection in China in the first half year of 2015
For the top five kinds of daily consumer goods, dairy products were sampled 1391 batches, with a qualified rate of 99.9%; eggs and egg products were sampled 409 batches, with a qualified rate of 99.8%; edible oils, fats and the products were sampled 1975 batches, with a qualified rate of 98.3%; grain and grain products were sampled 4678 batches, with a qualified rate of 96.8%. Detailed information was shown in table 1.
Table 1. Results of food safety supervision and sampling inspection in China in the first half year of 2015
No | Food category | Sampling items /Items | Sampling quantity /batched | Qualified quantity/batches | Unqualified quantity /batches | Qualified rate |
1 | Grain and grain products | 74 | 6680 | 6536 | 144 | 97.8% |
2 | Edible oils, fats and the products | 19 | 1975 | 1941 | 34 | 98.3% |
3 | Meat and meat products | 47 | 4678 | 4530 | 148 | 96.8% |
4 | Eggs and egg products | 17 | 409 | 408 | 1 | 99.8% |
5 | Vegetables and the products | 48 | 784 | 746 | 38 | 95.2% |
6 | Fruits and their products | 42 | 508 | 488 | 20 | 96.1% |
7 | Aquatic products | 55 | 950 | 882 | 68 | 92.8% |
8 | Drinks | 56 | 2242 | 1961 | 281 | 87.5% |
9 | Condiment | 45 | 2973 | 2887 | 86 | 97.1% |
10 | Sugar | 18 | 112 | 107 | 5 | 95.5% |
11 | Wine | 27 | 3275 | 3152 | 123 | 96.2% |
12 | Bakery product | 32 | 1390 | 1343 | 47 | 96.6% |
13 | Tea and related products, coffee | 28 | 902 | 893 | 9 | 99.0% |
14 | Potatoes and puffed food | 25 | 552 | 539 | 13 | 97.6% |
15 | Candies and cocoa products | 22 | 170 | 168 | 2 | 98.8% |
16 | Roasted food and nut products | 20 | 458 | 433 | 25 | 94.5% |
17 | Beans and their products | 28 | 630 | 591 | 39 | 93.8% |
18 | Bee Products | 13 | 487 | 463 | 24 | 95.1% |
19 | Frozen beverage | 16 | 336 | 309 | 27 | 92.0% |
20 | Canned food | 28 | 86 | 84 | 2 | 97.7% |
21 | Dairy products | 32 | 1391 | 1389 | 2 | 99.9% |
22 | Foods for special dietary | 67 | 1410 | 1322 | 88 | 93.8% |
23 | Food additives | 28 | 418 | 416 | 2 | 99.5% |
24 | Restaurant food | 48 | 436 | 428 | 8 | 98.2% |
On the basis of the casual inspection by CFDA, five serious food safety issues should be focused on.
Table 2. 5 serious food safety issues and details in the first half year of 2015
No | Issues | Ratio accounted for total unqualified samples | Details |
1 | Agricultural and veterinary drug exceeded | 2.8% |
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2 | Illegal to add non-edible substances and use food additives over-range or over-limited | 19.3% |
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3 | Unqualified microorganism index | 35.0% |
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4 | Unqualified heavy metal index | 12.7% |
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5 | Unqualified quality index | 31.9% |
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Through expert analysis, the reasons for unqualified cases can be concluded as follows:
1. For agricultural and veterinary drug exceeded, it was mainly because of illegal usage of drugs on the farm or during the circulation.
2. For illegal additives, it was mainly to improve the shelf life or sensory quality of the products.
3. For unqualified microorganism index, it was mainly because that the production environment, health conditions or storage conditions were not under good control.
4. For unqualified heavy metal index, it was mainly because of the contamination from production environment, fertilizer or feed.
5. For unqualified quality index, it was mainly because that the production process was improper.
CFDA has took a number of measures to deal with these issues, and will still strengthen the supervision and sampling inspection of food safety. Public can find the inspection results on the CFDA website.
Reference:
http://www.sfda.gov.cn/WS01/CL1199/128021.html
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