Shaanxi Decentralized Food Production Licensing

To further promote the reform of administrative examination and approval, the Shaanxi Provincial Food and Drug Administration has decided that starting from April 1, a number of approvals for food production such as biscuits, canned goods and condiments should be devolved to food and drug regulatory authorities in various cities.

On April 8, the reporter learned from the Shaanxi Provincial Food and Drug Administration that in order to implement the "Decision of the People's Government of Shaanxi Province on Cancelling and Adjusting a Batch of Administrative Approval Items," and further promote the reform of the administrative examination and approval, the Bureau decided a few days ago from April. From the 1st onwards, batches of food production licenses such as biscuits, canned goods and condiments were granted to the city's food and drug regulatory authorities.

According to reports, the delegating administrative licenses for food production mainly include biscuits, canned goods, cocoa and baked coffee products, starch and starch products, processed food products, instant foods, carbonated drinks (sodas), tea beverages, and fruit juices. Vegetable juices, protein beverages, other beverages, tea, tea and condiments.

Previously, from July 1 last year, (barrels) filled with drinking water, frozen drinks, potatoes and puffed foods, other fermented wines (fermented grains, thick wines), confectionery products, vegetable products, fruit products, roasted seeds and nuts products The approval of production licenses for egg products, egg products, aquatic products, cakes, soy products, and bee products has been successively devolved to the municipal food and drug administrations.

In order to ensure the seamless connection of decentralized administrative license examination and approval matters, the Bureau requested that the relevant departments of the provincial bureau should follow the principle of responsibility of counterparts, strengthen the supervision, guidance, and training of decentralized examination and approval matters, and actively study specific measures for follow-up supervision to ensure that standards are not lowered. The supervision is not slack, and the work is in progress. The municipal councils must strengthen service awareness, optimize the examination and approval process, standardize examination and approval behaviors, implement work responsibilities, and ensure that all examination and approval and follow-up supervision works are carried out smoothly so that they can receive and manage well. It is understood that there are 28 categories, 96 units, 525 varieties, and food additives in food and food products currently under production license management. The decentralization of administrative licensing approvals to the PMC makes it easier for companies to apply for approvals, and it also saves the company's costs and time.