Recently, the Fujian inspection and Quarantine Bureau was informed that in March 31st this year, Japan's Ministry of health and labour released the 2017 fiscal year import food surveillance plan, which will take place from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018. The order inspection objects and contents include livestock products and processed foods, aquatic products and processed foods, agricultural products and processed foods, beverages, condiments and other foods and additives. All the 9 imported foods are examined. The items examined include antibacterial substances, pesticide residues, additives, pathogenic microorganisms, ingredient specifications, mycin, genetically modified foods, radiation exposure, etc. the total number of inspections is up to 975000, and the implementation frequency of the inspection plan will be raised according to the case of import and information and information abroad, and it will serve as the adjustment basis for the monitoring plan in the coming year.

According to the briefing, the products issued by Japan's monitoring and control plan for China's command inspection include: Vibrio parahaemolyticus from raw sea urchin, dieldrin (including Aldrin), isodrin, chlorpyrifos, some enterprises, and irradiation of specific products, etc. in spinach and its products. A total of 7 items of 6 products, including taro poisoning, chlorpyrifos, cultured eel and methylene blue, have been implemented to strengthen the monitoring and control of Chinese products. Meanwhile, 15 production and processing enterprises such as taro and 9 products have been strengthened and monitored. The list of products ordered to be exempt from China's inspection includes: aquaculture and eel processing.

Japan is the traditional export market of China's foreign trade. About 70% of frozen Fujian baked eels are exported to Japan. Other bulk export products are mainly soya beans, frozen vegetables and boiled bamboo shoots. In 2016, the Fujian Bureau qualified for inspection and quarantine and exported 8604 batches of Japanese food, valued at $627 million. In the first quarter of this year, a total of 2174 exports and 147 million US dollars were exported. To this end, the Fujian Bureau reminded relevant export enterprises to communicate with Japanese customers in a timely manner, follow up the adjustment of Japanese inspection measures, fully understand and analyze the impact of the plan on their own export products, do well in risk analysis and prevention and control, and further improve the traceability system for Japanese products. The export enterprises should strictly control the quality of products exported from fields to finished products, strictly implement self inspection and self-control, conduct targeted product verification, carry out scientific planting and cultivation, reduce the use of agricultural chemicals, and improve the quality of products from the source. At the same time, we should promote product brand building, enhance the added value of products, and actively explore new markets such as "one belt along the way" and other countries, so as to find new economic growth points.

(source: "China National times")