Starting February 1st this year, the "Administrative Measures for Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Commitment Compliance Certificates" officially came into effect. Vegetables, fruits, meat, eggs, aquatic products, and other items sold in supermarkets and farmers' markets must now carry a quality and safety commitment compliance certificate to be available for sale.
To effectively utilize the certificate in linking the origin release and market access of edible agricultural products, ensuring consumers have clear and confident consumption, the Market Supervision Administration and the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau of Baotou City in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region recently launched a joint special publicity and guidance campaign. This initiative was conducted across eight major wholesale markets for edible agricultural products in the urban area.
During the campaign, materials including the Food Safety Law, the Agricultural Product Quality Safety Law, and the "Administrative Measures for Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Commitment Compliance Certificates" were distributed directly to merchants. This effort effectively enhanced business operators' awareness, understanding, and compliance with the laws, thereby strengthening the foundation for lawful operations at the source.
A relevant official from the Baotou Market Supervision Administration stated that the joint下沉 (on-the-ground) efforts by market supervision and agricultural departments represent a practical implementation of moving regulatory oversight forward. Through publicity and guidance, business entities are educated about the agricultural product quality and safety commitment compliance certificate system. They are encouraged to prioritize purchasing certified agricultural products and are urged to strictly implement systems for requesting certificates and invoices, as well as checking incoming goods. This approach aims to bridge the "last mile" of policy implementation and solidly reinforce primary responsibilities.
The collaboration between the two departments has achieved seamless integration between source supervision and the circulation process, establishing a full-chain safety barrier from farm to table. This injects new momentum into elevating the overall quality and safety standards of agricultural products citywide.
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