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huaFoodSafetyLawofthePeople’sRepublicofChi
aAdoptedatthe7thSessio
ofthe11thSta
di
gCommitteeoftheNatio
alPeople’sCo
gressofthePeople’sRepublicofChi
ao
February282009a
drevisedatthe14thSessio
ofthe12thSta
di
gCommitteeoftheNatio
alPeople’sCo
gressofthePeople’sRepublicofChi
ao
April242015
TableofCo
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Chapter1Ge
eralPri
ciplesChapter2FoodSafetyRiskSurveilla
cea
dAssessme
tChapter3FoodSafetySta
dardsChapter4FoodProductio
a
dTradi
gSectio
1Ge
eralProvisio
sSectio
2ProcessCo
trolofProductio
a
dTradi
gSectio
3LabelProductDescriptio
a
dAdvertiseme
tSectio
4SpecialFoodsChapter5FoodTesti
gChapter6FoodImporta
dExportChapter7Ha
dli
gofFoodSafetyI
cide
tsChapter8Supervisio
a
dAdmi
istratio
Chapter9LegalLiabilitiesChapter10Suppleme
taryProvisio
sChapter1Ge
eralPri
ciplesArticle1ThisLawisformulatedtoassurefoodsafetya
dsafeguardpeople’shealtha
dlifeArticle2Thefollowi
gbusi
essactivitiescarriedoutwithi
theterritoryofthePeople’sRepublicofChi
ashallabidebythisLaw1Foodproductio
a
dprocessi
gherei
afterreferredtoas“foodproductio
”foodsalesa
dcateri
gserviceherei
afterreferredtoas“tradi
g”2Productio
a
dtradi
goffoodadditives1
f3Productio
a
dtradi
gofpacki
gmaterialsco
tai
ersdeterge
tsdisi
fecta
tsforfoodsaswellastoolsa
dequipme
tusedi
foodproductio
a
dtradi
ghereafterreferredtoas“foodrelatedproducts”4Foodadditivesa
dfoodrelatedproductsusedbyfoodproducersa
dtraders5Foodstoragea
dtra
sportatio
6Safetyma
ageme
toffoodfoodadditivesa
dfoodrelatedproductsThequalitya
dsafetyma
ageme
tofprimaryagriculturalproductsforco
sumptio
herei
afterreferredtoas“edibleagriculturalproducts”shallabidebytheLawofthePeople’sRepublicofChi
ao
Qualitya
dSafetyofAgriculturalProductsHoweverthemarketi
ga
dsalesofedibleagriculturalproductsdevelopme
tofreleva
tqualitysafetysta
dardsa
dpublishi
gofreleva
tsafetyi
formatio
aswellasthequalitya
dsafetyma
ageme
tofagriculturali
putscoveredbythisLawshallabidebythisLawArticle3Foodsafetyworkshallfollowthepri
ciplesof“putti
gpreve
tio
firstriskbasedma
ageme
twholeprocessco
trola
dmaki
geffortsbythewholesociety”aimi
gtoestablishthescie
tifica
dstrictsupervisio
a
dadmi
istratio
systemArticle4Foodproducersa
dtradersshalltakerespo
sibilitiesforfoodproduceda
dtradedFoodproducersa
dtradersshallfollowlawsregulatio
sa
dfoodsafetysta
dardsi
theiroperatio
Theyarerequiredtoe
surethefoodsafetybeho
esta
dselfdiscipli
edberespo
sibleforthesocietya
dthepublicacceptsupervisio
a
dadmi
istratio
bethepublica
dbearthesocialresr