On Jan. 21, 2018, Shanghai FDA released The 2017 Shanghai Food Safety Annual Report (thereinafter White Paper). Altogether 15.91 million batches amounting to some 512.81 million tons of food were imported through Shanghai port, worth more than 12.9 billion US dollars. The import value was 23.6% more than 2016.
Risk assessment results included in The White Paper show that the overall qualification rate was 97.5%. 16 types of food were 100%, including dairy products, food for special medical purpose, infant formula, beverage, and etc. indicating a high level of safety for these.
In terms of food supervision sampling, Shanghai inspected 207 thousand pieces of food throughout 2017. The qualification rate was 98.8%, which represented an increase of 0.3% compared to the same period last year.
Regarding imported food inspection, reasons for non-compliance are listed below:
1. Tested food was found to contain prohibited animal source products and non-registered transgenic ingredients.
2. Some imported food is found containing non-compliant food additives, unqualified physical and chemical values and exceeding permitted microorganism levels.
3. Labels do not conform to related requirements.
4. Failing sensory inspection, including broken package, exceeding shelf life, mildew, no production date, etc.
In addition, the White Paper shows that the top 3 food safety concerns among citizens are food poisoning (57%), food spoilage (49.5%), and pesticide residues in vegetable (40%).
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