General Administration of Market Supervision: banning the use of fresh lamps for fruit / pork "beauty", effective from December

CTOnews.com news on July 26, the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration issued the measures for Supervision and Administration of the quality and Safety of the Market sales of Edible Agricultural products (hereinafter referred to as the "measures") to further standardize the market sales of edible agricultural products and ensure the quality and safety of edible agricultural products.

The "measures" clearly mentioned that in response to the problem that the masses reflect that "fresh lamps" mislead consumers, increase the requirements for the setting and use of facilities such as lighting in sales venues: selling fresh edible agricultural products, it is forbidden to mislead consumers' sensory perception of commodities by using lighting and other facilities that cause significant changes in sensory properties such as the true color of edible agricultural products.

Tuyuan PexelsCTOnews.com query e-commerce platform found that at present, the sales of fresh lamp-related products in various stores are mostly in hundreds of pieces, and some even specifically mention that they can choose a variety of colors.

A total of 51 measures for the Supervision and Administration of the Market Sale quality and Safety of Edible Agricultural products shall be implemented as of December 1, 2023. The main contents of CTOnews.com are as follows:

The measures strengthen the food safety responsibilities of market organizers and sellers, stipulating that market organizers perform management obligations such as registration and filing of sellers, signing agreements, and entry inspection, and sellers perform principal responsibilities such as purchase inspection, regular inspection, and marking information; it defines the case notification and transfer system of local market regulatory departments and agricultural and rural departments, and details the specific notification situation.

According to the relevant provisions of the Law on the quality and Safety of Agricultural products, the measures list the certificate of commitment to meet the standards as one of the valid certificates for the inspection of the purchase of edible agricultural products, and encourage priority to purchase food agricultural products with certificates; at the same time, it is clearly proposed that on the basis of strict implementation of food safety standards, encourage sales enterprises of edible agricultural products to promote the high-quality development of edible agricultural products through the application of recommended national standards, industry standards and group standards.

In view of the fact that the masses reflect that "fresh lanterns" mislead consumers, the "measures" increase the requirements for the setting and use of lighting and other facilities in sales places, and make it clear that ready-to-eat agricultural products such as fresh-cut fruits and vegetables should do a good job in food safety protection to prevent cross-contamination. In addition, combined with the outstanding characteristics of individual retail investors in the market sales of edible agricultural products, the legal liability is set up in accordance with the basic principle of "giving priority to warning, refusing to correct and then punish", and the starting point of fines in some provisions will be moderately reduced.

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