On Feb. 3, 2016, China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) released the plan for food sampling inspection in 2016, which will cover 33 food categories with 1,293,300 batches of products, which is more than 6.5 times the inspection rate seen in 2015.
In 2015, CFDA conducted sampling inspection on 172,310 batches of food products with a pass rate of 96.8%. The main problems discovered during inspections in 2015 include over limit residues of pesticides and veterinary drugs, over limit and out-of-scope use of food additives, microbial contamination, heavy metal contamination, quality index dissatisfaction, etc.
Major food categories for sampling inspection carried out in 2015 and 2016 are compared as below:
No. | Food category for sampling inspection in 2015 | Food category for sampling inspection in 2016 |
1 | Grain and grain products | Grain and grain products |
2 | Edible oil and fat | Edible oil and fat |
3 | Meat and meat products | Meat and meat products |
4 | Egg and egg products | Egg and egg products |
5 | Vegetables | Vegetables |
6 | Fruits | Fruits |
7 | Aquatic products | Aquatic products |
8 | Beverages | Beverages |
9 | Seasonings | Seasonings |
10 | Sugar | Sugar |
11 | Alcohol | Alcohol |
12 | Bakery food | Coco and bakery coffee products |
13 | Tea and its products, coffee | Tea and its products |
14 | Potatoes and puffed food | Potatoes and puffed food |
15 | Candies and coco products | Candies |
16 | Roasted seeds and nuts, nut products | Roasted seeds and nuts, nut products |
17 | Bean and bean products | Bean and bean products |
18 | Bee products | Bee products |
19 | Frozen drinks | Frozen drinks |
20 | Canned food | Canned food |
21 | Dairy products | Dairy products |
22 | Food for special dietary products | Food for special dietary products |
23 | Food additive | Food additive |
24 | Catering food | Catering food |
25 | Health food | Health food |
26 | - | Instant food |
27 | - | Biscuits |
28 | - | Quick-frozen food |
29 | - | Starch and starch products |
30 | - | Pastries |
31 | - | Food for special medical purpose |
32 | - | Infant formula |
33 | - | Edible agricultural products |
We can see from the above table that the food categories in bold will be subject to heightened sampling inspection in 2016.
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