In order to regulate rapid detection of food (hereinafter referred to as "food fast check") method using management, reasonable play food quickly seized a role in food safety supervision, recently Food Administration and Drug Supervision issued "Administration on Regulating rapid detection of food-use management views ( food and Drug Administration [2017] Section No. 49) ", in which the meaning of food snapshot detection target, given the scope of other relevant comments.
Opinions are mentioned: the food quickly seized the main applications that require a short time to display the results of the Restriction of pesticides and veterinary drugs, prohibited drugs in animal feed and drinking water, add illegal substances, biological toxins and other qualitative testing, testing primarily for consumption agricultural products, bulk food, food catering, on-site selling food, pre-packaged food for the principles of conventional laboratory-based testing.

In addition, the opinion also clear that fast food is not a substitute food inspection food inspection agency inspection activities using conventional laboratory equipment to carry out and can not be used for food sampling inspection food safety control in deployment. Re-examination shall not use the snapshot method.

details as follows:

First, the fast food inspection is the use of rapid test facilities (including fast inspection car, room, instrument, boxes, etc.), according to the Food and Drug Administration or other regulatory authorities quickly seized method prescribed by the State Council on food (including edible agricultural products) be conduct rapid qualitative detection of a particular substance or indicators.

Second, the food quickly seized mainly applicable to ban short period of time required to display the results of restricted pesticides and veterinary drugs, prohibited drugs in animal feed and drinking water, add illegal substances, biological toxins and other qualitative detection, detection mainly for edible agricultural products, bulk food, food catering, on-site selling food, pre-packaged food for the principles of conventional laboratory-based testing.

Third, the food and drug regulatory authorities in the daily supervision of special rectification, security, and other activities on-site inspections, the random testing can be carried out using the snapshot method based on the actual situation. Regulators should be strictly in accordance with the Snapshot method requirements and standards, a detailed record of detection of food varieties and names, the number of test items, test date, test methods, testing a person's name, test results and quickly seized products are used by manufacturers, product model lot number and other information. Food and drug regulatory authorities and regulators are responsible for the inspection of food quickly seized project results.

Fourth, the site quickly seized a positive result, and spot checks edible farm operators shall suspend sales of related products, food and drug regulatory departments shall timely follow-up supervision and inspection and sampling, risk prevention and control. Spot checks edible farm operators to quickly review the results of non-objection, food and drug regulatory authorities should be prosecuted; to quickly seized disagrees with the results, he may receive or should receive detection results from the application for review within four hours. Re-examination shall not use the snapshot method.

Five provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), municipalities, deputy provincial capital city of food and drug supervision departments should develop "fast food in assessment of technical specifications" quick and appropriate inspection methods and other requirements issued in accordance with the Food and Drug Administration regulation, by the blind sample test, parallel sent to the laboratory for testing and other ways to be purchased is being used and quickly seized products were evaluated. The evaluation results show does not meet the corresponding requirements of the country to immediately stop using or not procurement.

Sixth, fast food inspection food inspection agency can not replace the use of food inspection activities carried out by conventional laboratory equipment, it can not be used for food sampling inspection food safety control in deployment.

Seven provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) food and drug regulatory departments under the food safety regulatory needs, the organization of professional and technical institutions to carry out the evaluation of food quickly seized method does not belong to the state, the evaluation results comply with the relevant requirements, it can be used for the province (region, preliminary screening City) food and Drug Administration food safety supervision departments at all levels in the.