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(1) The Fujian Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee has passed the Fujian Provincial Regulations on Agricultural Product Quality Safety (Announcement No. 38 of the Standing Committee of the 14th People's Congress of Fujian Province) on March 25, 2025. The regulations will take effect on July 1, 2025. The regulations aim to implement the overall national security concept, ensure agricultural product quality safety, protect public health and safety, promote high-quality agricultural and rural economic development, and promote rural revitalization.
(2) The regulations apply to agricultural product production, operation, and supervision management within the province's administrative area. They also apply to agricultural product quality and safety management, agricultural input product quality, and use management, as well as food safety management.
(3) The regulations require county-level and above governments to lead, organize, and coordinate agricultural product quality safety work in their respective administrative areas. They must establish a sound agricultural product quality safety management system and improve the level of agricultural product quality safety.
(4) County-level and above governments are responsible for supervising and managing agricultural product quality safety. They must establish a grid-based supervision and management system, strengthen the construction of grid supervisors and coordinators, and allocate necessary funds in their budgets.
(5) The regulations specify the responsibilities of various departments in county-level and above governments, including the agricultural and rural departments, the ocean and fisheries departments, the forestry departments, the health and hygiene departments, the grain and reserve departments, and the market supervision departments.
(6) The regulations require township and street governments, as well as village and neighborhood committees, to implement agricultural product quality safety supervision and management responsibilities. They must publicize agricultural product quality safety knowledge, guide farmers to adopt safe production practices, and support grid coordinators in their work.
(7) The regulations require agricultural product producers and operators to take responsibility for the quality safety of their products. They must follow laws, regulations, and agricultural product quality safety standards, take measures to prevent and control quality safety risks, and ensure the quality safety of their products.
(8) The regulations require agricultural product associations to strengthen self-regulation, cooperate with government departments in building a credit system, organize agricultural product quality safety education and training, provide quality safety information and agricultural input product use technology, and submit suggestions and opinions on improving agricultural product quality safety work.
(9) The regulations require county-level and above governments and relevant departments to support scientific and technological research on agricultural product quality safety, promote advanced, applicable, and safe agricultural production technologies and scientific quality safety management methods, support the development of large-scale and standardized agricultural production, and encourage farmers to apply for green food, organic agricultural products, and other quality safety labels.
(10) The regulations require local governments to strengthen the promotion and education of agricultural product quality safety laws and regulations, guide farmers to improve quality safety management, and raise public awareness of food safety.
(11) The regulations specify the responsibilities of county-level and above governments and relevant departments in monitoring and evaluating agricultural product production areas, promoting green food production bases, agricultural standardization production bases, and areas free of animal diseases. They must also establish a system for monitoring and evaluating agricultural product production areas.
(12) The regulations require agricultural input product producers, operators, and users to follow national and provincial regulations on the recycling and proper disposal of packaging materials and waste. They must also follow regulations on the collection, utilization, and disposal of animal manure.
(13) The regulations require county-level and above governments to establish a reasonable network for the recycling of agricultural film, packaging materials, and other waste, and to promote the resource utilization and harmless treatment of waste.
(14) The regulations specify the responsibilities of county-level and above governments and relevant departments in designating areas where certain agricultural products are prohibited from being produced due to pollution. They must set up warning signs in these areas and report to the public.
(15) The regulations require agricultural product producers to establish production records, including the type, quantity, and date of production, as well as the use of agricultural input products. They must also establish a quality safety management system.
(16) The regulations require agricultural input product operators to establish sales records, including the name, quantity, and date of sale of the product, and to provide guidance on the use of the product.
(17) The regulations require county-level and above governments to strengthen the supervision and management of agricultural input product use, and to guide farmers to use agricultural input products safely and scientifically.
(18) The regulations require farmers to follow laws and regulations, national standards, and production technology procedures when using agricultural input products. They must not use prohibited or toxic substances.
(19) The regulations allow for the temporary use of unregistered pesticides in cases where there is no registered pesticide available for a specific crop or pest, but only if the risk can be controlled.
(20) The regulations require county-level and above governments to promote the development of green and high-quality agricultural products, create regional brands, and protect geographical indications and trademarks.
(21) The regulations require food producers, wholesalers, and retailers to verify and keep records of the origin and quality of the food they sell.
(22) The regulations require food producers and retailers to use a