The article intends to figure out how agricultural product laws in China could be improved to ensure edible agricultural product safety and reduce potential food trade conflicts. The article first presents the backgro...The article intends to figure out how agricultural product laws in China could be improved to ensure edible agricultural product safety and reduce potential food trade conflicts. The article first presents the background and legal framework for addressing the safety issues of edible agricultural product in China, with the conclusion that market-entry regulation has failed to perform this task. The article moves on to discuss the disadvantages of market-entry regulation （end-control measures） and the necessity of agricultural producing area safety regulation （source-control measures） on the following six aspects： gap between Chinese and Foreign standards, gap between domestic and export markets, small farms and diffused peasants, historical pollution and extrinsic pollution, lack of government enforcement and lack of consumer supervision. To improve agricultural producing area regulation, this article analyzes the primary drawbacks of current laws, primarily including unreasonable prohibited agricultural producing area standards, unclear pollution prevention rules, and regulatory overlaps and gaps. Finally, this article come up with corresponding solutions which contribute to a growing field of scholarship that examines food safety governance issues in the context of developing countries.展开更多
Synthetic biology,gene editing and transgene technologies that involving gene manipulation are widely used in food research and development.In recent decades,China has formulatedmany policies and regulations to govern...Synthetic biology,gene editing and transgene technologies that involving gene manipulation are widely used in food research and development.In recent decades,China has formulatedmany policies and regulations to govern the safety of genetically modified agricultural organisms.Based on the comparative analysis of technical connotations on synthetic biology,gene editing and transgenes and related risksregarding the safety of food,environment and the management of genetically modified agricultural organisms,this paper puts forward the following suggestions on 1)management of synthetic biological and gene-edited foods(in this paper,“food”refers to“edible agricultural products and food”),2)promoting the gradual process of industrialization on gene-edited and synthetic biological foods through lessons learned from the practice on genetically modified crops,3)speeding up the industrialization of gene-edited foods and prudently promoting the application of synthetic biological foods,4)urgently establishing and updating policies and regulations related to gene-edited and synthetic biological foods,5)unifying the legislation and supervision of synthetic biological,gene-edited and genetically modified foods 6)establishing ethical principles and bottom lines for genetically manipulated foods.展开更多
文摘The article intends to figure out how agricultural product laws in China could be improved to ensure edible agricultural product safety and reduce potential food trade conflicts. The article first presents the background and legal framework for addressing the safety issues of edible agricultural product in China, with the conclusion that market-entry regulation has failed to perform this task. The article moves on to discuss the disadvantages of market-entry regulation （end-control measures） and the necessity of agricultural producing area safety regulation （source-control measures） on the following six aspects： gap between Chinese and Foreign standards, gap between domestic and export markets, small farms and diffused peasants, historical pollution and extrinsic pollution, lack of government enforcement and lack of consumer supervision. To improve agricultural producing area regulation, this article analyzes the primary drawbacks of current laws, primarily including unreasonable prohibited agricultural producing area standards, unclear pollution prevention rules, and regulatory overlaps and gaps. Finally, this article come up with corresponding solutions which contribute to a growing field of scholarship that examines food safety governance issues in the context of developing countries.
文摘Synthetic biology,gene editing and transgene technologies that involving gene manipulation are widely used in food research and development.In recent decades,China has formulatedmany policies and regulations to govern the safety of genetically modified agricultural organisms.Based on the comparative analysis of technical connotations on synthetic biology,gene editing and transgenes and related risksregarding the safety of food,environment and the management of genetically modified agricultural organisms,this paper puts forward the following suggestions on 1)management of synthetic biological and gene-edited foods(in this paper,“food”refers to“edible agricultural products and food”),2)promoting the gradual process of industrialization on gene-edited and synthetic biological foods through lessons learned from the practice on genetically modified crops,3)speeding up the industrialization of gene-edited foods and prudently promoting the application of synthetic biological foods,4)urgently establishing and updating policies and regulations related to gene-edited and synthetic biological foods,5)unifying the legislation and supervision of synthetic biological,gene-edited and genetically modified foods 6)establishing ethical principles and bottom lines for genetically manipulated foods.
