《中华人民共和国食品安全法》英文译文最新校对版.docx

《中华人民共和国食品安全法》英文译文最新校对版.docx

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《中华人民共和国食品安全法》英文译文最新校对版

BEIJING,April24（Xinhua）

FoodSafetyLawofthePeople’sRepublicofChina

（Adoptedatthe7thSessionofthe11thStandingCommitteeoftheNationalPeople’sCongressofthePeople’sRepublicofChinaonFebruary28,2009andrevisedatthe14thSessionofthe12thStandingCommitteeoftheNationalPeople’sCongressofthePeople’sRepublicofChinaonApril24,2015）

TableofContent

Chapter1:

GeneralPrinciples

Chapter2:

FoodSafetyRiskSurveillanceandAssessment

Chapter3:

FoodSafetyStandards

Chapter4:

FoodProductionandTrading

Section1:

GeneralProvisions

Section2:

ProcessControlofProductionandTrading

Section3:

Label,ProductDescriptionandAdvertisement

Section4:

SpecialFoods

Chapter5:

FoodTesting

Chapter6:

FoodImportandExport

Chapter7:

HandlingofFoodSafetyIncidents

Chapter8SupervisionandAdministration

Chapter9:

LegalLiabilities

Chapter10:

SupplementaryProvisions

Chapter1:

GeneralPrinciples

Article1ThisLawisformulatedtoassurefoodsafetyandsafeguardpeople’shealthandlife.

Article2ThefollowingbusinessactivitiescarriedoutwithintheterritoryofthePeople’sRepublicofChinashallabidebythisLaw:

1）Foodproductionandprocessing（hereinafterreferredtoas“foodproduction”）;foodsalesandcateringservice（hereinafterreferredtoas“trading”）;

2）Productionandtradingoffoodadditives;

3）Productionandtradingofpackingmaterials,containers,detergents/disinfectantsforfoods,aswellastoolsandequipmentusedinfoodproductionandtrading（hereafterreferredtoas“food-relatedproducts”）;

4）Foodadditivesandfood-relatedproductsusedbyfoodproducersandtraders;

5）Foodstorageandtransportation;

6）Safetymanagementoffood,foodadditivesandfood-relatedproducts.

Thequalityandsafetymanagementofprimaryagriculturalproductsforconsumption（hereinafterreferredtoas“edibleagriculturalproducts”）shallabidebytheLawofthePeople’sRepublicofChinaonQualityandSafetyofAgriculturalProducts.However,themarketingandsalesofedibleagriculturalproducts,developmentofrelevantqualitysafetystandardsandpublishingofrelevantsafetyinformationaswellasthequalityandsafetymanagementofagriculturalinputscoveredbythisLawshallabidebythisLaw.

Article3Foodsafetyworkshallfollowtheprinciplesof“puttingpreventionfirst,risk-basedmanagement,whole-processcontrol,andmakingeffortsbythewholesociety”,aimingtoestablishthescientificandstrictsupervisionandadministrationsystem.

Article4Foodproducersandtradersshalltakeresponsibilitiesforfoodproducedandtraded.

Foodproducersandtradersshallfollowlaws,regulationsandfoodsafetystandardsintheiroperation.Theyarerequiredtoensurethefoodsafety,behonestandself-disciplined,beresponsibleforthesocietyandthepublic,acceptsupervisionandadministrationbethepublic,andbearthesocialresponsibilities.

Article5TheStateCouncilestablishestheFoodSafetyCommittee,andassignsresponsibilitiestotheCommittee.

TheChinaFoodandDrugAdministration（CFDA）undertheStateCouncil,inaccordancewiththisLawandtheresponsibilitiesidentifiedbytheStateCouncil,supervisionandadministrationsfoodproductionandtradingactivities.

TheStateCouncilhealthadministrativedepartment（theNationalHealthandFamilyPlanningCommission,NHFPC）,inaccordancewiththisLawandtheresponsibilitiesidentifiedbytheStateCouncil,conductsfoodsafetyrisksurveillance,riskassessment,anddevelopsandpublishesnationalfoodsafetystandardsjointlywiththeCFDA.

OtherministriesundertheStateCouncilshallundertakerelevantfoodsafetyworkinaccordancewiththisLawandresponsibilitiesidentifiedbytheStateCouncil.

Article6Countyandabovelevelgovernmentsshallberesponsibleforthefoodsafetysupervisionandmanagementintheregion;itshalllead,organizeandcoordinatefoodsafetysupervisionandadministrationwork,aswellasrespondtofoodsafetyincidents,establish/improvethewholeprocessfoodsafetymanagementmechanismandtheinformationsharingmechanism.

Countyandabovelevelgovernments,inaccordancewiththisLawandprovisionsoftheStateCouncil,determinestheresponsibilitiesofthefoodanddrugadministration,thehealthadministrativedepartmentandotherrelevantdepartmentsofthesamelevels;relevantdepartmentsshallberesponsibleforfoodsafetysupervisionandadministrationaccordingly.

Thecounty-levelfoodanddrugadministrationcouldestablishresidentagenciesintownsorcertaindistricts.

Article7Thecountyandabovelevelgovernmentsshallenforcethefoodsafetyaccountabilitysystem.Higherlevelgovernmentevaluatesandappraisesthefoodsafetysupervisionandadministrationworkbythelowerlevelgovernments.Countyandabovelevelgovernmentsshallevaluateandappraisefoodsafetysupervisionandadministrationworkbythefoodanddrugadministrationandotherdepartmentsofthesamelevel.

Article8Thecountyandabovelevelgovernmentsshallincorporatefoodsafetyworkintothelocaleconomicandsocialdevelopmentplan,includetheexpensesforfoodsafetyworkintothegovernmentfinancialbudget,reinforcecapacitybuildingforfoodsafetysupervisionandadministration,andprovidenecessarysupportstosafeguardfoodsafetyworks.

Thecountyandabovelevelfoodanddrugadministrationandotherrelevantdepartmentsshallstrengthencommunicationandcoordination,exercisetherightsandbeartheresponsibilities.

Article9Foodindustryassociationsshallplaymultipleroles,suchasreinforceself-disciplineoftheindustry,establishtheindustryrulesandtheawarding/penaltymechanismpursuanttotheircharters,provideservicessuchasfoodsafetyinformationandtechnologies,guideandmotivatefoodproducersandtraderstoengageinproductionandtradingaccordingtolaws,promotethecreditbuildingofindustry,publish/popularizefoodsafetyinformation,etc.

ConsumerassociationsorotherconsumerorganizationsarethesocialpowersthatoversightactivitiesthatviolatethisLawandharmtheconsumers’lawfulrights.

Article10Thegovernmentsatalllevelsshallstrengthenpubliceducationoffoodsafety,encouragessocialorganizations,communitygroupsandfoodproducers/traderstoconducteducationalactivitiesregardingfoodsafetylawsandregulations,standardsandknowledge,toadvocatehealthydiets,andtoraiseconsumers’foodsafetyawarenessandself-protection.

Themediashalllaunchpublicityforthefoodsafetylaws,regulations,standardsandknowledge,andprovidepublicoversightonactsthatviolatetheLaw.Publicityandreportsoffoodsafetyissuesshallbetruthfulandfair.

Article11Chinaencouragesandsupportsbasicandappliedresearchrelatedtofoodsafety;foodproducersandtradersareencouragedandsupportedtoadoptadvancedtechnologiesandmanagementpracticestoimprovefoodsafety.

Chinaputsinpracticestrictmanagementsystemsontheuseofpesticides,expeditestheobsoleteofextremepoisonouspesticides,highlytoxicpesticidesandhigh-persistentpesticides,promotesthedevelopmentandapplicationofalternativeproductsandencouragestheuseofhigh-effective,low-toxicandless-persistentpesticides.

Article12Anyorganizationorindividualhastherighttoreportviolationstofoodsafety;theyhavethelawfulrighttoinquirefoodsafetyinformationfromrelevantgovernmentagenciesandprovidecommentsandsuggestionsaboutfoodsafetysupervisionandadministrationwork.

Article13Anyentityandindividualthathavemadeoutstandingcontributionsintheworkofguaranteeingfoodsafetyshallbecommendedandrewardedinaccordancewiththerelevantnationalprovisions.

Chapter2:

FoodSafetyRiskSurveillanceandAssessment

Article14Chinaestablishesthefoodsafetyrisksurveillancesystem,whichmonitorsfood-bornediseases,foodcontaminationandotherfood-relatedhazards.

NHFPC,CFDAandAQSIQjointlydevelopandenforcethenationalfoodsafetyrisksurveillanceplan.

CFDAandotherministries,obtaininginformationoffoodsafetyrisks,shallverifysuchinformationimmediatelyandnotifytheNHFPC.TheNHFPC,receivingnotifiesoffoodsafetyrisks,food-bornediseasesbythemedicalinstitutes,etc.,willworkwithrelevantministriesandcarryoutresearchandanalysis.Ifdeemsnecessary,thenationalfoodsafetyrisksurveillanceplanwillbeadjusted.

Basedonthenationalsurveillanceplan,theprovincial,autonomousregionalandmunicipalhealthadministrativedepartment,jointlywiththefoodanddrugadministrationandthequalitysupervisiondepartmentatthesamelevel,shallformulateandadjusttheregionalfoodsafetyrisksurveillanceplanthattakesintoaccounttheregionalparticularities,filethesurveillanceplantotheNHFPCforrecordandexecutetheplan.

Article15Thetechnicalinstituteshallcarryoutthefoodsafetyrisksurveillanceworkpursuanttothesurveillanceplanandworkprogramtoguaranteetruthfulnessandaccuracyofthesurveillancedata;thesurveillancedataandanalysisresultsshallbereportedpursuanttothesurveillanceplanandtheworkprogram.

Foodsafetyrisksurveillanceofficialshaverighttoenterfarmsgrowing/breedingedibleagricultureproductsandfoodproduction/tradingfacilitiestocollectdataandsamples.Thecollectedsampleshallbepaidatmarketprice.

Article16Intheeventthatsurveillanceresultrevealspossiblefoodsafetyrisks,thecountyandabovelevelhealthadministrativedepartmentshallnotifytheinformationtothefoodanddrugadministration,thegovernmentofthesamelevel,andthehigherlevelhealthadministrativedepartment.Thefoodanddrugadministrationsha