新《食品安全法》实施一年大事件

正2015年10月1日,新修订的《食品安全法》正式实施。新法在食品安全监管制度、机制、方式等方面进行诸多创新,在我国食品安全法治建设史上具有里程碑意义。一年来,我国食品安全形势稳定向好,配套法规制度逐步完善,全程追溯制度正在建立,风险管理初成体系,网络食品交易走向规范。这一年中的这些事儿,你还记得吗?1.超过13年历史的官方"QS"标志取消2015年10月1日起,食品生产许可管理办法与新食品安全法同步实施,明确规定食品生产许可证编号由SC     

看新法框架下美国食品安全保护策略

正2007年,美国食品药品监督管理局(以下简称FDA)发布《食品保护计划》,系统阐述了美国食品安全面临的来自人口变化、国际供应链、新食源性疾病、蓄意污染以及FDA监管压力等方面的挑战,提出了改革思路和计划。2011年1月4日,美国出台了《食品安全现代化法》(以下简称"新法")。新法对美国食品安全监管体系进行了重大变革,形成了以预防、干预、反应为三大核心要素,贯穿应用在整个食品生命周期中,以锁定高风险为目标,同时     

新形势下提高餐饮环节食品安全监管效能

正近年来,恶性食品安全事件屡有发生,不仅触动着老百姓敏感的神经、影响社会的和谐安定,也考验着政府的信誉度。2015年10月1日,最新修订的《食品安全法》正式施行,这部被誉为"史上最严"的《食品安全法》对八个方面的制度进行重新修定,完善食品安全监管机构;明确建立最严格的全过程监管制度,进一步强调食品生产经营者的主体责任和监管部门的监管责任;实行食品安全社会共治,充分发挥媒体、广大消费者在食品安全治理中的作用;建立最严格的法律     

严格遵守《食品安全法》 全力保障人民群众的食品安全

<正>随着我国经济的发展和进步,人们的生活水平不断提高,对食品安全的要求也在不断提升。自2015年10月1日起施行的新版《食品安全法》提出了科学有效的食品安全监管措施,并明确了相关部门的职责分工,为解决当前矛盾突出的食品安全问题提供了法律保证。一、我国食品安全监管现状在进行食品安全监管时,由于各个部门的职责不明确,进而影响到监管效果。同时,由于监管机制不健全、食品安     

修订后《食品安全法》的亮点与不足

2015年4月24日,新修订的《中华人民共和国食品安全法》已由全国人大常委会表决通过,并将于2015年10月1日起正式实施。与2009年的《食品安全法》相比,新法引入了新的立法理念,对婴幼儿配方乳粉、农药使用等进行了比较全面的规制,但是对诸如《食品安全法》与其他法律的衔接、协调等争议性问题没有很好地解决。本文从《食品安全法》修订的背景入手,对新法的立法理念、亮点与不足之处进行探析,发现新《食品安全法》在与其他法律衔接、机构整合以及政府管理模式方面存在着许多不足;进而从如何形成统一协调的法律链条,如何合理整合机构,掌握监管主导权、厘清市场与政府的界限及如何改变传统的监管方式等视角提出建议措施,以期为更好地贯彻执行新《食品安全法》,提高食品安全监管水平提供借鉴。     

中国食品安全监管中的问题探讨

<正>近十年,中国食品安全事故频发,政府在积极完善食品安全监管法律,建立起以《食品安全法》为统领的上位法,以《食品安全法》为指导,其他相关法律法规为配合的点面结合的法律监管体系,增强了食品安全领域监管,但是还是有不足,存在监督弱点。本文选取转基因食品、外卖食品两点来分析现行食品安全问题及改进对策。从2015年10月1日我国《食品安全法》正式实施以来,食品安全问题     

继承发扬延安精神 铸就食品安全长城

2009年2月28日颁布的《中华人民共和国食品安全法》被称为"我国食品监管法制化进程中的重要里程碑"。如今,它已经颁布两年了,在3.15期间记者走访了去年在陕西率先开展"一票清"和"流通环节食品电子监管系统"的延安市工商行政管理局,就《食品安全法》实施两年来在基层的落实情况等相关问题,采访了延安市工商局食品办负责人张延军。     

谈食品安全监管的现状与发展

正食品安全关系到广大群众的身体健康和生命安全。我国政府高度重视食品安全问题,近年来不断从法律法规、监管机构等方面强化食品安全监管工作。2015年,国家修订出台了新的《中华人民共和国食品安全法》,对食品安全给出了明确的定义:"食品安全,指食品无毒、无害,符合应当有的营养要求,对人体健康不造成任何急性、亚急性或者慢性危害。"同时,在第三条中明确     

利川掀起学习宣传新《食品安全法》热潮

<正>"新修订的《食品安全法》进一步完善统一权威的食品安全监管机构,明确建立最严格的全过程监管制度,突出对特殊食品的严格监管,实行社会共治,建立最严格的法律责任制度"10月12日,湖北省利川市食品药品稽查大队大队长左保华正在为食药监管系统执法人员专题讲解《食品安全法》。连日来,该市大力宣传新食品安全法,掀起了学习宣传新《食品安全法》高潮。截至目前,共发放《食品安全法》单行本5000册,宣传资     

论我国食品安全监管主体体系的完善

我国食品安全监管主体体系的概念食品安全监管,是一个从农田到餐桌的过程。这个过程中行使食品安全监管职权的主体的有机统一,构成食品安全监管主体体系。食品的概念和特征依照《中华人民共和国食品卫生法》(以下称《食品卫生法》),食品是指各种供人食用或者饮用的成品和原料以     

Reliable identification of grapevine rootstock varieties using RAPD PCR on woody samples

Since grapevine ( Vitis spp .) rootstock material is being traded increasingly as disbudded woody material a lack of distinctive morphological features on such material necessitates an alternative and reliable means of identification. Methods described here were developed for rapid and efficient extraction of DNA from woody samples rich in phenolic compounds and polysaccharides, and for subsequent identification of varieties by RAPD PCR. Using these methods, and with the application of only one selected RAPD primer, we were able to differentiate sixteen rootstock varieties, including the seven varieties most commonly used in Germany. Problems commonly encountered with reproducibility of RAPD patterns were avoided by choosing primers with a dinucleotide sequence and a high G/C content that allowed a rather high annealing temperature of 45°C. Methods described here should also be useful for other horticultural crops, especially those with woody tissues rich in phenolic compounds and polysaccharides.     

An internet compendium of analytical methods and spectroscopic information for monomers and additives used in food packaging plastics

An internet website (http://cpf.jrc.it/smt/) has been produced as a means of dissemination of methods of analysis and supporting spectroscopic information on monomers and additives used for food contact materials (principally packaging). The site which is aimed primarily at assisting food control laboratories in the European Union contains analytical information on monomers, starting substances and additives used in the manufacture of plastics materials. A searchable index is provided giving PM and CAS numbers for each of 255 substances. For each substance a data sheet gives regulatory information, chemical structures, physico-chemical information and background information on the use of the substance in particular plastics, and the food packaging applications. For monomers and starting substances (155 compounds) the infra-red and mass spectra are provided, and for additives (100 compounds); additionally proton NMR are available for about 50% of the entries. Where analytical methods have been developed for determining these substances as residual amounts in plastics or as trace amounts in food simulants these methods are also on the website. All information is provided in portable document file (PDF) format which means that high quality copies can be readily printed, using freely available Adobe Acrobat Reader software. The website will in future be maintained and up-dated by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) as new substances are authorized for use by the European Commission (DG-ENTR formerly DGIII). Where analytical laboratories (food control or other) require reference substances these can be obtained free-ofcharge from a reference collection housed at the JRC and maintained in conjunction with this website compendium.     

Aroma characterization of various apricot varieties using headspace–solid phase microextraction combined with gas chromatography–mass spectrometry and gas chromatography–olfactometry

The characterization of the aromatic profile of several apricot cultivars with molecular tracers in order to obtain objective data concerning the aromatic quality of this fruit was undertaken using headspace–solid phase microextraction (HS–SPME). Six apricot cultivars were selected according to their organoleptic characteristics: Iranien, Orangered, Goldrich, Hargrand, Rouge du Roussillon and A4025. The aromatic intensity of these varieties measured by HS–SPME–Olfactometry were defined and classified according to the presence and the intensity of grassy, fruity and apricot like notes. In the six varieties, 23 common volatile compounds were identified by HS–SPME–GC–MS. Finally, 10 compounds, ethyl acetate, hexyl acetate, limonene, β-cyclocitral, γ-decalactone, 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one, linalool, β-ionone, menthone and (E)-hexen-2-al were recognized by HS–SPME–GC–O as responsible of the aromatic notes involved in apricot aroma and considered as molecular tracers of apricot aromatic quality which could be utilized to discriminate apricot varieties.     

Tests of potential functional barriers for laminated multilayer food packages. Part I: Low molecular weight permeants

The advent of the functional barrier concept in food packaging has brought with it a requirement for fast tests of permeation through potential barrier materials. In such tests it would be convenient for both foodstuffs and materials below the functional barrier (sub-barrier materials) to be represented by standard simulants. By means of inverse gas chromatography, liquid paraffin spiked with appropriate permeants was considered as a potential simulant of sub-barrier materials based on polypropylene (PP) or similar polyolefins. Experiments were performed to characterize the kinetics of the permeation of low molecular weight model permeants (octene, toluene and isopropanol) from liquid paraffin, through a surrogate potential functional barrier (25 μm-thick oriented PP) into the food simulants olive oil and 3% (w/v) acetic acid. These permeation results were interpreted in terms of three permeation kinetic models regarding the solubility of a particular model permeant in the post-barrier medium (i.e. the food simulant). The results obtained justify the development and evaluation of liquid sub-barrier simulants that would allow flexible yet rigorous testing of new laminated multilayer packaging materials.     

Chlorohydrins of bisphenol A diglycidyl ether (BADGE) and of bisphenol F diglycidyl ether (BFDGE) in canned foods and ready-to-drink coffees from the Japanese market

BADGE.2HCl and BFDGE.2HCl were determined in 28 samples of ready-to-drink canned coffee and 18 samples of canned vegetables (10 corn, 5 tomatoes and 3 others), all from the Japanese market. HPLC was used as the principal analytical method and GCMS for confirmation of relevant LC fractions. BADGE.2HCl was found to be present in one canned coffee and five samples of corn, BFDGE.2HCl in four samples of canned tomatoes and in one canned corn. No sample was found which exceeded the 1mg/kg limit of the EU for the BADGE chlorohydrins. However the highest concentration was found for the sum of BFDGE.2HCl and BFDGE.HCl.H₂O at a level of 1.5mg/kg. A Beilstein test confirmed that all cans containing foods contaminated with BADGE.2HCl or BFDGE.2HCl had at lest one part coated with a PVC organosol.     

European priorities for research to support legislation in the area of food contact materials and articles

A strong science base is required to underpin the planning and decision-making process involved in determining future European community legislation on materials and articles in contact with food. Significant progress has been made in the past 5 years in European funded work in this area, with many developments contributing to a much better understanding of the migration process, and better and simpler approaches to food control. In this paper this progress is reviewed against previously identified work-areas (identified in 1994) and conclusions are reached about future requirements for R&D to support legislation on food contact materials and articles over the next 5 or so years.     

Analysis of benzo[a]pyrene in spiked fatty foods by second derivative synchronous spectrofluorimetry after microwave-assisted treatment of samples

A simple, rapid and inexpensive method has been developed for the determination of benzo[a     

The development of reference materials for paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins in lyophilized mussel. II: Certification study

This paper describes the second part of a project undertaken to develop certified mussel reference materials for paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins. In the first part two interlaboratory studies were undertaken to investigate the performance of the analytical methodology for several PSP toxins, in particular saxitoxin and decarbamoyl-saxitoxin in lyophilized mussels, and to set criteria for the acceptance of results to be applied during the certification exercise. Fifteen laboratories participated in this certification study and were asked to measure saxitoxin and decarbamoyl-saxitoxin in rehydrated lyophilized mussel material and in a saxitoxin-enriched mussel material. The participants were allowed to use a method of their choice but with an extraction procedure to be strictly followed. The study included extra experiments to verify the detection limits for both saxitoxin and decarbamoyl-saxitoxin. Most participants (13 of 15) were able to meet all the criteria set for the certification study. Results for saxitoxin.2HCl yielded a certified mass fraction of <0.07 mg/kg in the rehydrated lyophilized mussels. Results obtained for decarbamoyl-saxitoxin.2HCl yielded a certified mass fraction of 1.59+/-0.20 mg/kg. The results for saxitoxin.2HCl in enriched blank mussel yielded a certified mass fraction of 0.48 +/- 0.06 mg/kg. These certified reference materials for paralytic shellfish poisoning toxins in lyophilized mussel material are the first available for laboratories to test their method for accuracy and performance.     

Announcing a new international peer-reviewed journal:Food Science and Human Wellness now accepting manuscript submission in English

<正>We are pleased to announce the launch of a new international peer-reviewed journal-Food Science and Human Wellness,ISSN 2213-4530,which is an open access journal,produced and hosted by Elsevier B.V.on behalf of Beijing Academy of Food Sciences.Food Science and Human Wellness is an international peer-reviewed English journal that provides a forum for the dissemination of the