Edible agro-products quality and safety in China

doi:10.1016/S2095-3119(15)61116-9

Journal of Integrative Agriculture

2015, Vol. 14

Issue (11): 2166-2175 DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(15)61116-9

Section 1: Policy and regulations

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Edible agro-products quality and safety in China

LI Zhe-min, SU Nian-si, DONG Xiao-xia, YANG Yan-tao, WANG Yu-ting, XIAO Hong-li

1、Agricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, P.R.China
2、Key Laboratory of Digital Agricultural Early-Warning Technology, Ministry of Agriculture, Beijing 100081, P.R.China
3、Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, P.R.China
4、Beijing Senior Expert Technology Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100046, P.R.China

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摘要 Ensuring an acceptable level of edible agro-products quality and safety is necessary to provide adequate protection for consumers. It is the first time that we analyzed the edible agro-products quality and safety issues in the supply chain, including production, processing, circulation, and consumption. The results indicate that the agro-products quality and safety levels improves steadily, and the supervision system and standardization system are both enhanced significantly, however, certain challenges still remain in each stage of the supply chain and the entire supervision process. Finally, five recommendations regarding four aspects (production, processing, circulation, and consumption) are concluded.

Abstract Ensuring an acceptable level of edible agro-products quality and safety is necessary to provide adequate protection for consumers. It is the first time that we analyzed the edible agro-products quality and safety issues in the supply chain, including production, processing, circulation, and consumption. The results indicate that the agro-products quality and safety levels improves steadily, and the supervision system and standardization system are both enhanced significantly, however, certain challenges still remain in each stage of the supply chain and the entire supervision process. Finally, five recommendations regarding four aspects (production, processing, circulation, and consumption) are concluded.

Keywords: edible agro-products quality and safety food safety supply chain supervision

Received: 02 April 2015 Accepted:

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This work was supported by the Special Program of Agricultural Information (Agricultural Information Monitoring and Early Warning) supported by the Ministry of Agriculture of China, as well as the Science and Technology Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China (CAAS-ASTIP-2015-AII-02).

Corresponding Authors: LI Zhe-min, Tel: +86-10-82105203,E-mail: lizhemin@caas.cn E-mail: lizhemin@caas.cn

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