Pesticide residue testing rooms should be built in farmers’ markets

Our newspaper, June 16th, how to avoid pesticide residues in grocery shopping has troubled many people. On the 15th, the Food Safety "One Law, One Regulation" Law Enforcement Inspection Team of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People’s Congress launched an inspection in Hengyang. Chen Junwen, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People’s Congress, proposed that each farmer’s market should establish a pesticide residue testing room to prevent "problematic" vegetables from entering the people. dining table.

According to reports, most of the 8 vegetable production bases and more than 60 farmer’s markets in Hengyang urban area are not equipped with pesticide residue testing rooms. The municipal agricultural product quality inspection stations that have been put into use can only conduct random inspections, and cannot fundamentally eliminate "problem" vegetables.

"Every vegetable that enters the farmer's market must be tested, and it must be set as a rigid indicator." Chen Junwen emphasized that the word "strict" must be taken to ensure food safety, the equipment of testing facilities must be improved, and the detection of pesticide residues must be strengthened. Reporter Lu Julan

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More than 180 tons of frozen meat from unknown sources are destroyed in a centralized manner

This morning, the Provincial Food and Drug Administration in Changsha County destroyed more than 180 tons of frozen meat from unknown sources, including beef, tripe, chicken feet, duck feet and other 9 varieties, all of which flowed in from illegal channels. In my country, there are mainly problems such as no inspection and quarantine certificate, no customs clearance form for entry and exit goods, no Chinese label or irregular label on the outer packaging, and the value of the goods is more than 6 million yuan.

It is understood that since the reform of the food regulatory system at the end of 2013, the Provincial Food and Drug Administration has attached great importance to the safety of meat and meat products, and has successively carried out special inspections on meat and meat product safety and special rectification of frozen meat products in conjunction with public security, customs and other departments. , A series of special rectification actions such as the special campaign to combat the sale of sick and dead pork, and the centralized campaign to combat the smuggling of frozen meat. More than 500 cases were filed in the province, more than 80 suspects were arrested, and more than 20 dens were destroyed.

The Provincial Food and Drug Administration calls on all sectors of society and the general public to increase their awareness of self-protection, and promptly report any illegal clues to the food and drug regulatory authorities. You can call the complaint hotline "12331".