According to the State Council yesterday (11) brought to the NPC for examination of the State Council reform plan, the State Food and Drug Administration changed by the Ministry of Health management, rationalize our hope that the food and drug supervision and management system.

Fragmentation shortcomings exposed

1998 institutional reform, Yaozhengguanli from the Ministry of Health, the State Economic and Trade Commission and the management of the State Pharmaceutical Administration Bureau merger, the establishment of the National Drug Administration, health, the official separation of the two departments Drug Administration. In 2003 a new round of institutional reform at the national and Drug Administration on the basis of formation of the State Food and Drug Administration. However, with the development of market economy, experts believe that fragmentation and political doors to more regulatory approach has exposed some shortcomings, for instance, overlapping functions, powers and responsibilities out of line, buck-passing, etc. in distress. Medical and health is a complex system, the EC to facilitate the coordination of all aspects of relations.

The Ministry of Health is responsible for food safety

This time, into the SFDA, a new "Ministry of Health" In addition to the original medical administrative functions, will also be responsible for developing food safety standards, integrated and coordinated production, processing, circulation and consumption of all sectors of food safety, food organizations investigated Major security incidents; responsible for the development of drugs code, the establishment of national essential drugs system.

Currently vice-ministerial level for the establishment of national SFDA, the future will be stripping of food, medicine standard-setting, as well as the establishment of related systems and integrated management of the functions of coordination, to undertake specific permission and oversight functions, including: food sanitation license , And other food safety regulatory functions and quality control, and other drugs.

After adjusting for the new comprehensive food safety regulatory functions, the State Council hopes, the Ministry of Health develop standards and lead co-ordination, the Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for the safety aspects of agricultural production supervision, the State Administration of Quality Supervision is responsible for food production and processing part of the quality inspection and quarantine, State Administration for Industry and Commerce is responsible for food sales, supply chain security monitoring, the restaurant industry food safety responsibilities assigned countries SFDA.