Research and analysis on feedback from national food safety special follow-up evaluation

Abstract

Objective To obtain the comprehensive evaluation from stakeholders by carrying out special follow-up evaluation on national food safety standards, so as to provide reference for further improvement of China's national food safety standards system. Methods Questionnaire was designed, and the opinions of stakeholders were collected through National Food Safety Standards Follow-up Evaluation and Feedback Platform. Excel 2013 was used to sort out the original data and make descriptive statistical analysis. Results The analysis of 5 467 questionnaires showed that more than 90% of the respondents thought that the food classification in the current national food safety general standards was clear and the limits were scientific and reasonable. The food products could be covered by the corresponding food safety standards and code of practice standards. The comprehensive score of food safety product standards was 4.37 (out of 5), and the comprehensive score of code of practice standards was 4.42 (out of 5). Conclusion China’s current food safety standards system framework is basically perfect, and the convergence between standards is smooth. The coverage rate of general standards, product standards and code of practice standards for all kinds of food products exceeds 90%, and the system setting is reasonable and perfect. It is suggested to further improve the national food safety standard system, make full use of the result of food safety standard follow-up evaluation, and continue to actively explore follow-up evaluation method to be brought in line with international practice.

Keywords

• national food safety standards
• special follow-up evaluation
• food safety