Using the Rule of Law to Improve the Level of Food Safety

The annual National Food Safety Promotion Week was launched on June 15. The theme for this year is "Suntech is adhering to law to comprehensively improve the level of legalization of food safety." Food safety is related to basic people's livelihood. Only with the protection of the rule of law and morality as the cornerstone, can we build a solid defense line for food safety.

Food is food to safety first. In recent years, the state has carried out intensive remediation of key areas and cracked down on criminals. The overall situation of food safety is stable and good. However, there are still a number of outstanding problems and potential hidden dangers in some areas. The situation is still grim. It is imperative to strengthen food safety work.

To ensure food safety, the rule of law is fundamental. The food industry has a long production chain and a large number of production and management entities. It is supervised by people and the cost is high and the effect is not satisfactory. The reason why some lawbreakers dare to resort to falsification and ignorance of interest and interest, the low cost of illegal actions and the high cost of enforcement are important reasons.

To improve the level of legalization of food safety, it is necessary to speed up the improvement of laws and regulations. In the face of the complex and ever-changing food safety situation, we should take the implementation of the new food safety law as an opportunity to further improve the regulatory system and fully implement the legal responsibilities of companies, governments, and the public.

To improve the level of legalization of food safety, we must speed up the establishment of a food safety governance system that focuses on prevention, risk management, overall control, and social co-governance. The implementation of food safety laws is a systematic project that cannot be achieved without the joint efforts of the public and industry associations. It is necessary to further unblock channels for social supervision and consumer rights protection, stimulate and release the great potential of the whole society to participate in food safety governance, and form a benign interaction.

To improve the level of legalization of food safety, we must strengthen supervision and law enforcement forces and capacity building, and punish food safety violations and crimes with “zero tolerance” measures. Through resolute and strict law enforcement, bad producers and operators must pay high prices and earnestly safeguard the market order based on the integrity of the rule of law, fair competition, and the survival of the fittest.