December 22 and 12th opening of the twelfth meeting of the NPC Standing Committee, the revised draft "People's Republic of China Food Safety Law" submitted to the NPC Standing Committee for the second time, compared with the previous, the submission of a new draft increase the production and management of genetically modified foods should be identified in accordance with the provisions of, and further increase the liability of aggravated food safety violations.
It is reported that on December 22, the NPC Standing Committee to hear about the "People's Republic of China (Revised Draft) Food Safety Law" revision report, the NPC Law Committee, said that China "genetically modified organisms safety regulations" already provides agricultural genetically modified biological labeling system, some countries are also law that genetically modified foods should be expressed on the label. Two reviewers for the protection of consumers' right to know, increase the "production and management of genetically modified foods should be identified in accordance with the" requirement.
The draft stipulates that "GM foods Failing to identify" likely to bear confiscate the illegal income from fines to suspend production or business license revoked, and various grades of punishment, but "tab flawed but does not affect food security" by the county more food and drug regulatory authorities can be ordered to correct, refuse to correct, a fine of 2,000 yuan.
The revised draft submitted to further increase food safety violations of legal liability, for example, to add drugs and other heavier penalties for four, with non-food raw materials to produce food and other six persons responsible for serious violations of the provisions of the increase in administrative detention punishment. Knowingly engaged in illegal food production and business activities, providing production and business establishments remained or other conditions, so that the legitimate interests of consumers have been infringed other four violations, increased provisions and food producers and traders jointly and severally liable. In addition, the lower part of the fine standard also increased.
It is reported that a large number of factories for Häfele similar behavior using expired raw materials, the revised draft regulations, the use of more than the shelf life of food ingredients, food additives, food production and other illegal activities to bear the corresponding legal responsibility.
