Author：Bioexcellence　Source：China Youth Daily　Date：2013/12/26 15:07:25　Click：590　Belong：Industry News

Core Tip : Today , the State Food and Drug Administration issued a " infant formula milk powder production license examination rules ( 2013 edition ) " ( hereinafter referred to as the "New Articles " ) , a new association to raise the access threshold for milk production enterprises emphasizes enterprises should establish quality and safety traceability system .

Enterprises must establish a quality traceability system

    Food and Drug Administration issued the "new rules" to improve milk production threshold

    Beijing, December 25 (Reporter Hao Shuai ) today , the State Food and Drug Administration issued a " infant formula milk powder production license examination rules ( 2013 edition ) " ( hereinafter referred to as the "New Articles " ) , new Article lift high barriers to entry milk producers , emphasizing the enterprise to establish quality and safety traceability system .

    "Strengthening infant formula milk quality and safety supervision , in particular, to grasp the source of governance ." State Food and Drug Administration , deputy director Teng Jia said timber , which is important to improve the licensing system , strict license conditions , strict licensing mark. Thus, " we revised the infant formula milk powder production license examination requirements ."

    The press conference , Director of the National Dairy Quality Inspection Center Jiang Yujun describes the situation of the new association , he said , the new association focused on improving the quality and safety management, production equipment and facilities , raw materials control, process control and other requirements .

    In the use of raw materials sectors , the main raw material requirements of the new Articles living milk business, its raw milk should all be controlled from the enterprise self milk base , the main raw material for the whole milk , skim milk powder enterprises, the quality of its raw materials to respond to take strict control measures to establish a system of raw material supplier audits , regular audits .

    In production management , the new association requirements, manufacturers must establish and improve production quality and safety management system of the whole process , the new management system to increase the product formulation , material storage and distribution systems , information management and product traceability system. Proposed enterprise must set up an independent food safety and quality management institutions, with a full-time infant formula milk quality and safety management personnel , and establish authorized the implementation of enterprise quality and safety system .

    For security responsibility to be borne by the authorized person , give a clear description of the new association , " commitment to product quality and safety authorized release of liability " and to " ensure that each batch has been released for production, inspection and are in line with national regulations and food safety standards in the pre- release product , quality and safety of the product release must be issued by an authorized person audit records . "

    The release of the new association among the most interesting part is the proposed " to achieve quality and safety traceability , established consumer complaint handling mechanism ." Jiang Yujun , the new association requirements for infant formula milk powder production processes or key create key information formed electronic information recording system . Consumers should be able to query from the corporate website to the label , packaging , quality standards, factory inspection reports and other information. Enterprises should ensure that the procurement of products from raw materials to final product and product sales can be effective for all aspects of traceability and recall. Articles also requires companies to establish new consumer complaint handling mechanism to properly handle comments and complaints made ​​by consumers .

    " Traceability system must be established enterprises , this time in the association which requires that all infant formula milk powder production enterprises to establish a traceability system" , the State Food and Drug Administration Food govern Secretary马纯良that manufacturers raw materials and the entire production process , all have a perfect record , until the sale of delivery, infant formula milk powder to achieve traceability .

    For the past companies limited testing milk packaged products, and this new association made ​​it clear that "infant formula milk powder test not only for the finished product , but also raw materials testing and inspection process ." Jiang Yujun said factory All items should be self- batch inspection, inspection reports be kept for 3 years .

    " Meanwhile, in order to ensure that if there are problems , can accurately find the cause , like requiring a product to stay saved until the shelf life expires. Request under inspection certificate number and the product can be traced back to the corresponding factory inspection report ."Jiang Sujunsaid.

    The new rules introduced on purpose , Teng Jia material believes that the introduction of rules to further enhance the corporate barriers to entry, the upgrading of domestic enterprises, including the level and standard of product quality management joint venture in China to establish foreign . He believes that implementation of the new association will further enhance the confidence of consumers to buy domestic brands of milk powder .

    According to the new requirements of the Articles , the production license to replace infant formula milk powder enterprises and re- audit work to be completed at the end of May next year , will not reach the standard enterprise will likely quit or converting. Thus , the new rules introduced by the number of enterprises has become an issue of concern eliminated , Ma Chunliang responded that the question was not predicted .

    "We are unified in accordance with this new association for review and re-examination , we all large enterprises and small businesses alike , adhere to an open , just and fair principles for review, as long as required to achieve the Articles are issuing production licenses ." Ma Chunliang said that individual companies can not reach a temporary association requirements , allowing it to stop production for rectification, and given a two-year rectification time . "So many companies quit , to May 31 next year after the completion of our audit , will focus on publicity to the community ."

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