Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Bureau conducts safety supervision over imported Asian foods

On September 20, the inspection and quarantine department of Guangdong began to organize the sampling of the first batch of imported Asian foods for illegal drug testing in accordance with the requirements of the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games on illicit drug testing and testing items and standards for animal-sourced foods. . This batch of food comes from New Zealand, Germany and other countries and is imported from ports such as Guangzhou and Shanghai. The inspection and quarantine department of Guangdong, through checking the list of ingredients, etc., screened the first batch of Asian-for-Asian foods imported by the Asian Games Food Logistics Center, and identified a list of animal-sourced foods. The list included 12 varieties such as cheese. The inspection and quarantine supervision on the safety of imported Asian foods has entered a substantive stage.

Nearly 100 varieties of inspection and testing standards

On September 6, the local technical specification of Guangzhou, proposed by the organizing committee of the 16th Asian Games, was officially implemented. The Code stipulates the principles applicable to the implementation of the standards for pre-packaged foods for the 16th Asian Games and Guangzhou 2010 Asian Disabled Persons' Games, inspection items, inspection methods and determination basis, and is applicable to the supply of pre-packaged foods from the three major Asian Games restaurants in Guangzhou. Including the Asian Games City section, the competition venues section and the designated reception restaurant section.

According to the division of responsibilities, the Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Bureau is responsible for the inspection and supervision of imported Asian foods. In order to do a good job in food safety assurance for imports into the Asian Games, the Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Bureau established the Import and Export Asian Food Technical Support Group, centering on the contents of the Asian Games Prepackaged Food Acceptance Code and the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games animal origin food. The requirements of the illicit drug inspection and testing items and standards in the “China banned drugs inspection and testing standards and standards”, all of the nearly 100 varieties of the list of imported foods provided by Asian Games catering service providers were all studied and combed the applicable standards and regulations. Through risk assessment, the specific inspection items and determination basis of each product were determined. The food laboratory of Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Technology Center made corresponding technical preparations for more than 110 projects to be tested to ensure the smooth development of the inspection work.

Using electronic tag technology to implement seamless supervision

On September 7, the "2010 Guangzhou Asian Games Imported Food Traceability Management System" based on RFID (electronic tag) technology developed and organized by the Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Bureau was officially opened at the Guangzhou Port. Through the logistics and inspection and quarantine information platform, the system can instantly collect information from designated port inspections, designated warehouse inspections, and designated receiving site flow records, and is bound with electronic tags to realize electronic data reading, import automation, and document flow. The three-in-one combination of workflow and cargo flow will seamlessly supervise the Asian Games' imported food. In the event of an incident concerning the import of food safety by the Asian Games, the inspection and quarantine department can quickly trace the origin of the food involved and check the food, narrow the scope of the analysis, and help determine the causes quickly and take appropriate treatment measures.

Fully investigate hidden dangers in port food safety risks

In order to ensure food hygiene and safety at the Asian Games Port, the Guangdong Inspection and Quarantine Department has recently adopted various methods such as daily hygiene supervision, inspection of inspections, questionnaire surveys, corporate self-examination, on-site inquiries, and surprise inspections at ports such as Guangzhou Tianhe, Airport and Huangpu. 74 catering and 3 aviation catering companies conducted comprehensive and in-depth food safety risk investigations. The problems found during the investigation were: excessive microbial indicators for food and tableware, imperfections for the cable for raw materials for food raw materials, inadequate maintenance of equipment and facilities, and failure of employees to comply with hygienic norms and regulations.

In response to the existing problems, the inspection and quarantine department of Guangdong required the relevant port food production and operation units to rectify within a time limit, and set up a special task force to track and supervise the implementation of the rectification; at the same time, it instructed relevant companies to formulate risk control measures to improve the issuance of licenses and acceptance of purchases. Enhance employee hygiene knowledge training, regulate cooked food preservation and transportation management, strengthen the establishment of uniform standards in the maintenance of refrigeration equipment, disinfection facilities, and media protection facilities, strengthen detailed management, and start from the details to eliminate potential food safety hazards.