Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China (Revised in 2015)
Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China (Revised in 2015)
Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China (Revised in 2015)
Order of the President of the People's Republic of China No.21
April 24, 2015
The Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China was revised and adopted at the 14th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on April 24, 2015, and the revised Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China is hereby promulgated for implementation as of October 1, 2015.
Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China
Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China
(Adopted at the Seventh Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress on February 28, 2009 and revised at the 14th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People's Congress on April 24, 2015)
Table of Contents
Chapter I General Provisions
Chapter II Monitoring and Assessment of Food Safety Risks
Chapter III Food Safety Standards
Chapter IV Food Production and Trading
Section 1 General Rules
Section 2 Control of Production and Trading Processes
Section 3 Labels, Descriptions, and Advertisements
Section 4 Special Foods
Chapter V Food Inspection
Chapter VI Food Import and Export
Chapter VII Responses to Food Safety Incidents
Chapter VIII Supervision and Administration
Chapter IX Legal Liabilities
Chapter X Supplementary Provisions
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1 This law is enacted to assure food safety and ensure public health and life safety.
Article 2 Anyone engaging in the following activities within the territory of the People's Republic of China shall be governed by the Law:
1. food production and processing (hereinafter referred to as "food production"), and food sales and catering services (hereinafter referred to as the "food trading");
2. production of and trading of food additives;
3. production of and trading of packaging materials, containers, detergents, and disinfectants used for food and of tools and equipment (hereinafter referred to as "food-related products"); used for food production and trading;
4. use of food additives and food-related products by food producers or traders;
5. storage and transportation of food; and
6. safety management of food, food additives and food-related products.
The quality and safety management of primary edible products derived from agriculture (hereinafter referred to as "edible agricultural products") shall comply with the provisions of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Agricultural Product Quality Safety; however, the market sales, formulation of related quality and safety standards, and the release of related safety information of edible agricultural products as well as agricultural inputs as provided for in the Law are subject to the provisions of this Law.
Article 3 A scientific and strict supervision and administration system featuring prevention first, risk management, whole-process control and social governance shall be established for food safety work.
Article 4 Food producers and traders shall be liable for the safety of the food produced or traded by them.
Food producers and traders shall produce and trade food in accordance with relevant laws and regulations and food safety standards.
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