Reflections On Strengthening Food Safety Crimes Legislation

Country people-oriented, food to security first"Food is the masses the material basis forsurvival and development. The relationship between food safety issues throughout thedevelopment of the national economy and social unrest. Frequent occurrence of food safetyincidents in recent years: the waste oil to fight while back to life, not absolutely forbidden; theAbbott mired quality door; alcoholic liquor plasticizing agent exceeded260%; old yogurtevents; the Quick Chicken event gongs ham Quality Problem; the ternary product pretermbirth events, etc., none of startling, the light cause the disease, and severe cases, fatal. Foodsafety issues become the focus of attention of consumers nationwide.Issued by the State Food Hygiene Law of the People’s Republic of China in1995,143ofthe Criminal Code in1997,144pairs of food safety has made provisions adopted by theNational People’s Congress seven meetings in2009, the "Food Safety Law of the People’sRepublic of China", the penal code of2011the amendment (h) of143and144to make thecorrection, the constituent elements of the crime modify, perfect on the penalty part relatedoffenses. They have fully demonstrated the confidence and determination of the Party and thegovernment to govern food markets, to crack down on food safety and criminal activities.Nevertheless, food security crime phenomenon still emerging. There is an urgent need toimprove the legal protection of food safety, especially the improvement of the criminal lawprotection of food safety.Food safety crimes from criminal law science perspective through food safety crimesOverview and at home and abroad about the food safety crimes provisions, analysis of China’sfood safety crimes criminal regulation of the defects, proposed measures to improve foodsafety, criminal laws and regulations made of, forConstruction of the criminal law protectionsystem of food safety, and enhance the awareness of the whole society of food safetyprotection to do their little modest.