Recently, the State Food and Drug Administration, in conjunction with the National Health and Family Planning Commission, issued a notice on the implementation of the National Food Safety Standards and General Hygiene Standards for Food Production (Food and Drug Administration [2013] No. 234), requiring food production enterprises to organize relevant employees to receive training and learning on hygiene standards and related food safety knowledge, so as to truly improve the awareness and responsibility of employees to comply with food safety laws, regulations, standards, and implement various food safety management systems, enhance their corresponding level of food safety knowledge, and consciously regulate production behavior; Strictly follow hygiene regulations regarding site selection and factory environment, factory buildings and workshops, facilities and equipment, hygiene management, food raw materials, food safety control, inspection, food storage and transportation, product recall management, training, management systems, personnel, record and document management, etc., organize self-examination, formulate pollution prevention measures from the perspective of preventing biological, chemical, and physical pollution, avoid cross contamination in food production, and avoid potential pollution risks brought by the environment; From the perspective of preventing pollution in the production and processing process, establish a monitoring system for key control links in the production process to prevent systemic risks from occurring; 

From the perspective of establishing a quality and safety control system, establish a sound internal food safety management and corresponding assessment system for the enterprise. Enterprises should, based on their self inspection results, complete comprehensive rectification of food safety production, management defects and loopholes identified during self inspection in accordance with hygiene regulations before the implementation of hygiene regulations, and form a rectification report to report to the local food and drug regulatory department.

The notice also requires the health and family planning department to organize experts in food safety laws, regulations, standards, and other aspects to carry out publicity and training on hygiene standards, answer questions and clarify doubts about standards, and track and evaluate work. The food and drug regulatory authorities should organize regulatory personnel to participate in the promotion and learning of hygiene standards, improve their ability to govern according to law and conduct scientific supervision. After the implementation of the standards, they should carry out supervision and inspection of the implementation situation, urge food producers to strictly implement this standard, further urge food production enterprises to improve their own food safety management level, and ensure food safety.