|
|
|
| Labeling of Meat Products Imported into China: Current Situation and Countermeasures |
| LIU Hong-jing, YANG Zhao-liang, XIE Geng-fa |
| Tianjin Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Tianjin 300457, China |
|
|
|
|
Abstract In recent years, China’s import volume of meat products has continued to hit record highs in response to the high market demand for meat products. In the whole year of 2013, the Beitang Office of the Tianjin Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau examined 527, 400 tons of imported meat products and identified 286 batches (1.3%) of unqualified labels. Standardized examination of imported meat product labels is not only an effective means of safeguarding the interests of consumers, but also is the need for regulating administrative law enforcement. In this paper, based on the legal basis for inspection and quarantine of imported meat products, the authors analyze unqualified labels for imported meat products in terms of country of origin, registered producers, and unqualified label items. Moreover, considering the actual situation of the port inspection and quarantine agencies, it is suggested that the regulators should strictly deal with unqualified labeling, trace the origin, and establish a multi-pronged mechanism to supervise the whole process from the registered manufacturers to consumers. These suggestions may help ensure the quality and safety of imported meat products.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2014, Vol. 28 
