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Implementation of Administrative Accountability System for Food Safety from the Perspective of Institutional Reforms of the Food Safety Regulatory System and Function Transformation

YIN Hong-qiang1,2,LIAO Tian-hu3   

  1. 1. Law School, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China;
    2. Law and Politics School, Shijiazhuang University of Economics, Shijiazhuang 050031, China;
    3. Law School, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang 621010, China
  • Online:2013-07-15 Published:2013-06-28
  • Contact: YIN Hong-qiang

Abstract:

The establishment of the new Chinese Food and Drug Administration means the formation of an integrative
regulation mode for food safety supervision in China so that the law enforcement efficiency will be enhanced by integrating
supervisory functions. Meanwhile, the boundary of duties among all the food safety supervisory authorities will be clarified,
providing the fundamental conditions to implement the food safety supervision accountability system. This paper argues that
the food safety supervision accountability system should be implemented in a legal and scientific manner and start with legal
accountability. It is necessary for lawmakers to revise and improve the contents, principles of imputation and accountability
procedures of the administrative accountability system. Scientific impelmentation of the food safety supervision
accountability system needs increased investment in financial and talent resources and a culture of food safety accountability
in the whole society.

Key words: food safety regulation, system reform, administrative accountability, principles of imputation

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