Review of section 7 in the Guidelines Draft with a reference to general comments on the whole guidelines

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Review of section 7 in the Guidelines Draft with
a reference to general comments on the whole
guidelines
Tu Wanli Xin Anjing Pesticide
Eco-Alternatives Center 540 Bai Yun Road, 501
Jie Cheng Building, Kunming, Yunnan, 650224 P. R.
China Tel[phone] Fax[phone]
2769 Email peac_panchina_at_hotmail.com
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Section 7 Information, Education, Communication
and Training Communication with the public and
the food industry in emergency situations is an
increasingly important component of the national
food-safety system Informing the public and the
food industry about trends in food and foodborne
diseases is an emerging role of government
authorities. Giving consumers advice regarding
how to avoid food poisoning is an educational
function of the national food-safety program.
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pesticide-related food safety issues are
different from those related to foodborne
diseases Pesticide are widely use Pesticide
residues Informing the public
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Section 7 On-going training for inspectors,
laboratory personnel, and the food industry is
critical to ensure that existing inspection
programs are prepared to handle emerging hazards
and to integrate new technologies to reduce
hazards. Consumer education and training also is
very important
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Promoting consumer participation through
communication,education training
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General Comments Suggestions on the Guidelines
we wish for special chapters in this Guidelines
or separate chapters in the Guidelines to state
special points of food safety issues related to
pesticide residues on food, and solutions to
solve these problems.
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• Pesticides have so widely been applied to food
  crops and to stored food since decades ago.
  Pesticide users and producers think that
  pesticide use is very reasonable
• Chronic poisonings will perhaps result in more
  serious healthy problems in a long run than acute
  poisonings related to pesticide residues on food,
  but it is not easy to be measured in the short
  term compared with the acute poisonings

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• we very clearly know the sources and origins of
  problem food related to pesticide residues in
  most situations because most of food supply come
  from around our cities where lots of pesticide
  overused.
• Too many people think that pesticide use aims to
  protect crops and is very reasonable, while know
  little about healthy impacts (specially chronic)
  of pesticide residues on food.

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• all pesticide producers,too many
  scientists,technicians and officials encourage
  farmers to use pesticides on crops, as well as
  support production of pesticides.
• is so difficult to control pesticide use on crops
  because it needs a set of much more complicated
  technological system related to ecologically
  friendly alternatives and ecosystem restoration.
• It is relatively easy to detect foodborne
  diseases on food, but not easy to detect residues
  of all pesticides on food

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Suggestion

• Establishing independent sector for pesticide
  related food safety in national food safety
  system
• Connecting the safe food campaign with pesticide
  reduction campaign at national level and global
  level
• Strengthening education and training in pesticide
  risks for farmers,consumers and policy makers
• Reforming the rural technique extension system
• Developing the appropriate policy to advance
  ecologically friendly alternatives and ecosystem
  restoration technology at national level and
  international level

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Thanks!
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Brief Introduction to food safety system in China

• Governmental Bodies related to Food Safety,
• Agriculture Department (national/local level)
• Sanitation Administration (national/local level)
• Food Drug Surveillance Administration
• Quality Control Surveillance Administration
• Import/Export Detection Quarantine
  Administration
• Commercial administration
• Consumer Association

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Brief Introduction to food safety system in China

• Agriculture Department
• Sanitation Administration
• Food Drug Surveillance
• Administration
• Quality Control Surveillance
• Administration
• Import/Export Detection
• Quarantine Administration
• Commercial administration
• Consumer Association

Responsibilities with a focus on quality
control,surveillance,certification(,including
pesticide residues on food) of agricultural
products, as well as animal plants
quarantine,information,and promoting eco-farming
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Brief Introduction to food safety system in China

• Agriculture Department
• Sanitation Administration
• Food Drug Surveillance
• Administration
• Quality Control Surveillance
• Administration
• Import/Export Detection
• Quarantine Administration
• Commercial administration
• Consumer Association

Responsibilities with a focus on surveillance
and control of foodborne diseases,information
,food registration and management.
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Brief Introduction to food safety system in China

• Agriculture Department
• Sanitation Administration
• Food Drug Surveillance
• Administration
• Quality Control Surveillance
• Administration
• Import/Export Detection
• Quarantine Administration
• Commercial administration
• Consumer Association

Developing and implementing laws and regulation
related to food and drug?
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Brief Introduction to food safety system in China

• Agriculture Department
• Sanitation Administration
• Food Drug Surveillance
• Administration
• Quality Control Surveillance
• Administration
• Import/Export Detection
• Quarantine Administration
• Commercial administration
• Consumer Association

Providing technical support for food quality, and
information etc.
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Brief Introduction to food safety system in China

• Agriculture Department
• Sanitation Administration
• Food Drug Surveillance
• Administration
• Quality Control Surveillance
• Administration
• Import/Export Detection
• Quarantine Administration
• Commercial administration
• Consumer Association

Food Detection,surveillance and registration and
management for import/export
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Brief Introduction to food safety system in China

• Agriculture Department
• Sanitation Administration
• Food Drug Surveillance
• Administration
• Quality Control Surveillance
• Administration
• Import/Export Detection
• Quarantine Administration
• Commercial administration
• Consumer Association

Responsibilities with a focus on food enterprise
registration,surveillance, and law regulation
implementation etc
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Brief Introduction to food safety system in China

• Agriculture Department
• Sanitation Administration
• Food Drug Surveillance
• Administration
• Quality Control Surveillance
• Administration
• Import/Export Detection
• Quarantine Administration
• Commercial administration
• Consumer Association

Notes There are responsibility Overlapping in
many aspects for the mentioned agencies.
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Promoting consumer participation through
communication,education training
There are many problems in our food safety
system.For example, the existing food safety
system is not very effective in controlling
pesticide residues on food.Pesticide-related food
safety issues are very different from those
related to foodborne diseases(see submitted
comments on the Guidelines). Among all problems,
a very big problem is the lack of consumer
participation in pesticide-related food safety
issues.Therefore communication,education and
training is of very very importance to promote
consumer participation in food safety campaign.
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• The acute chronic poisonings resulting from
  pesticide residues on food are very common(see
  our report for details)
• It is very urgent to establish an effective
  mechanism to control pesticide residues on food
  in our food safety system

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