How To Tackle The New US Food Safety Bill

In January 4, 2011, President Obama signed the long-awaited "FDA food safety Modernization Act" (FoodSafetyModernizationAct), making it a formal law.

The United States is our food.

First, pay close attention to the study of the new bill.

Give full play to government departments,

Two, improve the quality and safety management system.

According to the requirements of the new act of the United States, the relevant government departments should improve and perfect the food safety supervision standards for domestic enterprises as soon as possible, and speed up the upgrading and upgrading of export enterprises with strict standards.

Export enterprises should strictly organize the production management according to the new US bill, constantly improve the conditions of production facilities and hygiene, and formulate and improve the food quality and safety standards, and establish a scientific, standardized and complete quality and safety assurance system including food cultivation, breeding, feed, processing, packaging, pportation, storage, trade, health and safety inspection and management, etc., and strictly control and control food quality and safety, ensure the continuous and effective operation of the US food hygiene quality management system and the HACCP management system, and ensure that the health control and management of the whole process of food meets the requirements of the new act of the United States.

Three, formulate a food protection assessment system.

Food exporting enterprises should regularly analyze and evaluate the information and data that may cause serious harm to human and animal health, and establish a set of safety management plans and food protection plans from hazard analysis, to formulate targeted risk precautionary measures, to recall and traceability, and to carry out food safety assessment including food processing, network safety, materials (raw materials, finished products, packaging materials, etc.), storage safety, delivery and reception safety, facility safety, personnel safety and other food safety assessment.

Four, establish a perfect traceability system.

Export enterprises should strengthen the research and development of traceability techniques and methods, strengthen source management, extend the quality and safety management of food from the cultivation and breeding to the whole process of sales, establish relevant systems such as planting, processing, packaging, pportation, distribution, reception, storage, import enterprises and other related records, and document record and check, so that the planting, processing, packaging, pportation, storage, distribution and other links can be undertaken before and after.

Five, establish registration and accreditation system.

The US food enterprises should promptly and accurately register and update the enterprise information to the FDA, and pay the annual fees on time, and prepare for the FDA inspection as soon as possible, and pay close attention to the fast customs clearance guidelines that FDA will soon make to strive for quick clearance.

At the same time, some of the US food testing institutions should also strive for FDA approval, and the laboratory should remain independent, otherwise the market for export food inspection will be lost.

Six, guard against trade protectionism.

In the event of a trade dispute, we should make full use of the WTOTBT/SPS Committee and all relevant platforms to negotiate, actively maintain and win the legitimate interests of our country, and raise objections to the unreasonable contents of the technical trade measures in the new bill according to the principle of WTO.

Seven, implement the strategy of market diversification.

Export food enterprises should take the road of diversified market development, change the pattern of past export food relying too much on the US market, and actively explore new emerging export markets such as Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Russia and ASEAN, so as to minimize and disperse trade risks.