"Clenbuterol" has become China's food safety

Clenbuterol entered the table through the food, feed, veterinary medicine and other food sources. It seems to be the norm. Although the authorities have always maintained strict high pressure, they are still banned.

The Ministry of Public Security of China recently announced that it had cracked the first case of illegal addition of veterinary drugs to lean meat. In the veterinary drugs, Jiangxi Hailian Animal Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., which illegally added lean meat, was smashed and destroyed, involving criminal networks for manufacturing and selling of inferior veterinary drugs in 21 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities across the country.

Just last week, pork essence was detected in pig urine from a pig farm in Conghua City, Guangzhou. According to investigations, lean meat extract comes from a nearby feed store that sells feed to dozens of pig farms. The couples of Guoyang and Yao from Wuyang County, Henan Province, were sentenced in June this year for feeding the pigs with lean meat in the feed.

Hundreds of clenbuterol poisoning incidents in Heyuan City, Guangdong Province in 2001, and clenbuterol found in Yurun Group's foods in 2010. By 2011, Shuanghui Group was exposed by CCTV's 315 party using thin and fine pork meat.... Clenbuterol seems to be from Did not leave the public sight in China.

This kind of cheap adrenaline stimulant can promote animal growth, increase lean meat percentage, reduce fat deposition, increase feed remuneration, etc. However, after use, it will form residue in the pig's body tissue and directly harm human health after eating.

Zhou Moumou, chief technical officer of Jiangxi Hailian Animal Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., one of the companies involved, confessed that in order to enhance the efficacy of the drug and ensure market share, the national banned addition of chloramphenicol hydrochloride added to the formula.

What is puzzling is that this company, established in 2003, is a local star enterprise. In 2005, it passed the national veterinary drug production quality management standard certification.

“It is hard to maintain a positive correlation between profit-seeking and corporate scale, business volume, and even social contribution. The relaxation of certain aspects in raw materials, production, processing, and sales will make the essence of profit-making go beyond responsibility and integrity.” The president of the (private) Business Economics Research Association, Yu Yu-kuo, said that self-discipline is a fundamental safety factor, but self-discipline also requires heteronomy.

In 2011, China launched a one-year campaign to rectify clenbuterol, to a certain extent, to curb the trend of lean meat. However, it now appears that lean meat is not far away, even in a more covert and deceptive form that threatens people's health.

According to a recent survey conducted by the National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center, the Chinese public is generally highly concerned about food safety and hates allegations of counterfeiting, abuse of additives, and illegal additions.

“Illegal food additives have been repeatedly investigated and repeatedly investigated, but they cannot be punished to a certain extent. At least while measuring the economic benefits and legal responsibilities, the criminal risks and the disproportionate benefits have fundamentally led to a long-term unrest in food safety.” Vice President of the Association and Professor Liu Junhai, Deputy Director of the Institute of Food Safety Law of Renmin University of China pointed out.

Liu Junhai suggested that food production companies and industry associations that have a moral bottom line and social responsibility should formulate enterprises and industry standards that are stricter than national food safety standards or local standards.

In addition, the implementation of the transfer of food safety issues is not in place, and the phenomenon of using administrative penalties instead of criminal penalties still exists. The legal supervision departments such as procuratorial organs do not place emphasis on the implementation of the legal situation of other administrative organs.

"Under the growing deterrence of the legal and accountability mechanisms, the supervisory departments at all levels and at all levels are obliged to shoulder the burden." Liu Junhai said that the key to strengthening administrative supervision is to eliminate regulatory gaps, cast joint supervision, and improve supervision efficiency.

On May 3, the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate issued the "Interpretation on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Food Safety," and imposed the most stringent sanctions on food safety violations. The maximum penalty is death penalty. This judicial interpretation, known as "the strictest in history," underlines the attitude of strict treatment of chaos and the safety of the people's table.

It is reported that the "Food Safety Law" has already started revision procedures and plans to submit a revised draft to the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council in September. The revised food safety law will be introduced as early as April next year.

“This shows that the country attaches great importance to food safety issues and highlights the urgency of resolving food safety issues.” Liu Junhai said whether this special law can put social expectations into the law and reshape the public in food safety law enforcement. Confidence will determine whether “what to eat is safe” remains a problem.