Selling fake agricultural materials? Seven departments including the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs took action

Notice of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives on printing and distributing the "Key Points of the National Agricultural Materials Crackdown and Supervision in 2024".

To all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and cities specifically designated in the state plan, agriculture and rural (agriculture and animal husbandry) departments (bureaus, committees), courts, procuratorates, departments in charge of industry and information technology, public security departments (bureaus), market supervision departments, supply and marketing cooperatives, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Agriculture and Rural Bureaus, courts, procuratorates, bureaus of industry and information technology, public security bureaus, market supervision and administration bureaus, supply and marketing cooperatives:

In order to implement the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, effectively strengthen the supervision of agricultural material production and circulation, strictly rectify substandard products, severely crack down on counterfeit and shoddy behaviors, purify the agricultural materials market, safeguard the rights and interests of farmers, and ensure national food security, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the State Administration for Market Supervision and the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives jointly formulated the "2024 National Agricultural Materials Counterfeiting and Supervision Work Points". It is hereby issued to you, and you are requested to conscientiously implement it.

If you have any questions and suggestions in the work, please contact the Office of the National Inter-ministerial Coordination Group for Combating Counterfeiting of Agricultural Materials (Department of Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs). Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone].

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Supreme People's Court

Supreme People's Procuratorate

Ministry of Industry and Information Technology

Public security

State Administration for Market Regulation

All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives

April 29, 2024

Key points of the national anti-counterfeiting and supervision of agricultural materials in 2024

Agricultural materials are the foundation of agricultural production, which is related to the stable production and supply of grain and important agricultural products, and to the stability of rural society and the vital interests of farmers. To do a good job in 2024 national agricultural materials counterfeiting and supervision, to Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as a guide, fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 20th Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee, conscientiously implement the Central Economic Work Conference, the Central Rural Work Conference deployment requirements, adhere to the problem orientation, highlight a "strict" word, play the role of the coordination mechanism, continue to promote the special management of agricultural materials counterfeiting, strictly rectify substandard products, severely crack down on counterfeit and shoddy behavior, purify the agricultural market, and safeguard the rights and interests of farmers. It will provide strong support for ensuring the stable and safe supply of grain and important agricultural products.

First, strict rectification of unqualified agricultural products

1. Centralized investigation and rectification. In the spring ploughing, autumn and winter planting and other key agricultural time, the organization of agricultural quality dragnet investigation, inspection of agricultural production enterprises and business unit qualifications, purchase inspection system, purchase and sale ledger records, product labeling, etc., once found unqualified products, immediately clean off the shelves. In view of the problems of "flickering groups" running around and committing crimes, fake and inferior seeds pitting farmers and harming farmers, special rectification actions were carried out. From the end of the use of agricultural materials to find fake and inferior agricultural materials illegal clues, through unannounced inspections, secret inspections, mass visits, etc., take the initiative to improve the problem detection rate (the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the State Administration for Market Supervision and Administration is responsible for the division of labor according to the responsibilities).

2. Strengthen the supervision and random inspection of agricultural products. Organize the implementation of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, veterinary drug product quality supervision and spot checks, increase sampling of substandard products found in previous years, and online sales of agricultural products should also be included in the scope of supervision and spot checks. Carry out feed product quality supervision and spot checks, risk early warning monitoring and on-site inspection of feed enterprises. Promote the coordination and linkage of the provincial spot check work of the Ministry of Agricultural Materials and other agricultural products such as fertilizers, and share the results in a timely manner (the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs is responsible). 11 kinds of agricultural products such as compound fertilizers, phosphate fertilizers, nitrogen fertilizers, potassium fertilizers, organic fertilizers, pumps, motorized threshers, corn combine harvesters, seeding machinery, mobile dryers, and agricultural mulch films will be included in the 2024 national supervision and random inspection plan (the State Administration for Market Regulation is responsible).

3. Standardize the online sales of agricultural materials. Cooperate with the construction of online sales of agricultural materials supervision system, urge the e-commerce platform in accordance with the relevant provisions of the e-commerce law of the People's Republic of China and relevant laws and regulations, strengthen the management of agricultural materials such as pesticides and veterinary drugs on the Internet, organize the e-commerce platform to carry out self-inspection and clean-up, strengthen the verification of the qualifications and filing information of agricultural operators on the platform, and take timely warnings and measures such as removal from the shelves of illegal products. Strictly implement the "Seed Law of the People's Republic of China", "Measures for the Administration of Crop Seed Production and Business Licenses" and other relevant provisions, strengthen the supervision of "online and offline integration", online seed operators shall obtain crop seed production and business licenses in advance or carry out seed business filing in accordance with regulations, seriously rectify problems such as false publicity and illegal advertising related to seeds on the Internet, severely crack down on illegal online sales of seeds, and strictly prevent the promotion of planting outside suitable planting areas (the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the State Administration for Market Regulation are responsible for the division of labor according to their duties).

2. Crack down on counterfeit and shoddy activities

4. Carry out special actions for agricultural law enforcement. Strengthen the law enforcement of agricultural material quality, and deploy and implement the "Green Sword to Protect Food Security" law enforcement action (the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs is responsible). Deploy the "Kunlun 2024" special action to crack down on the crime of fake and inferior agricultural materials in accordance with the law (the Ministry of Public Security is responsible). Solidly promote the revitalization of the seed industry and purify the market, continue to carry out the activities of the seed industry supervision and law enforcement year, strengthen the protection of intellectual property rights in the seed industry, severely crack down on counterfeit and shoddy, fake license infringement and other violations of laws and regulations, and ensure the safety of agricultural production seeds (led by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, with the participation of the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Ministry of Public Security). Carry out joint supervision and law enforcement of agricultural film, comprehensively investigate and rectify illegal acts such as the production and sale of non-standard plastic film and the recycling of waste plastic film in accordance with the regulations, increase supervision and crackdown in accordance with the law, strictly prohibit non-standard plastic film from entering the city, and vigorously promote the scientific use and recycling of plastic film (the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the State Administration for Market Supervision and Administration are responsible for the division of labor according to their duties).

5. Severely punish agricultural violations and crimes. Actively promote the effective connection between daily supervision and law enforcement and case handling, and find problem products such as supervision and spot checks, inspections and inspections, media exposure, and mass complaints. Severe punishment for agricultural violations in accordance with the law, constituting a crime transferred to the judicial organs. Strengthen the awareness of the whole chain of case handling, strengthen the series of agricultural cases and handling, comprehensive investigation and evidence collection, focus on the detection of a number of major agricultural cases, if necessary joint listing supervision (the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the State Administration for Market Supervision and Administration is responsible for the division of responsibilities).

6. Give play to the deterrent effect of typical cases. Publish typical cases of national agricultural administrative law enforcement, and encourage local agricultural and rural departments to do a good job in agricultural law enforcement. Organize local governments to focus on exposing a number of typical illegal acts and agricultural illegal and criminal cases with bad social impact, and play a warning and deterrent role. Through the centralized destruction of fake and inferior agricultural materials, inviting people's congress deputies to observe the trial, etc., to show the effectiveness of severely punishing the illegal and criminal production and sale of agricultural materials in accordance with the law (the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the State Administration for Market Regulation are responsible for the division of duties and labor).

7. Increase law enforcement and case-handling capacity. Improve and improve the cross-departmental and cross-regional agricultural quality law enforcement cooperation linkage mechanism, information sharing mechanism, execution connection mechanism, and actively explore the comprehensive law enforcement and industry supervision cooperation model and cooperation mechanism, and promote the deep integration of comprehensive law enforcement and industry supervision. Organize and carry out law enforcement training competitions, learn to help train, check and improve skills, and strengthen soldiers with cases, set up a national law enforcement expert database, hold local law enforcement backbone training courses and law enforcement teacher training courses, and further enhance the ability of agricultural law enforcement (the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the State Administration for Market Supervision and Administration are responsible for the division of labor according to their duties).

Third, improve the agricultural supervision system

8. Optimize the management of agricultural materials approval and certification. In accordance with the principle of "who approves and who is responsible", the implementation of pre-approval and post-event supervision will be strengthened by variety. Improve the standards for the examination and approval of major crop varieties, carry out special rectification of variety tests, and strictly manage varieties. Revise the "Measures for the Administration of Fertilizer Registration", increase the supervision of fertilizer products, and implement the responsibilities and obligations of fertilizer producers. Improve the management system of pesticide registration, production license, business license, registration test, etc., and strengthen the supervision of pesticide market (the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs is responsible). Carry out crop seed certification, encourage seed enterprises to obtain certification, and improve seed quality and seed enterprise management level. Continue to strengthen the management of agricultural machinery product certification, strengthen the supervision of agricultural machinery product certification bodies and the disclosure of information on agricultural machinery appraisal (the State Administration for Market Regulation and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs are responsible for the division of labor according to their duties).

10. Explore agricultural credit management and industry self-discipline. Do a good job in the field of agricultural information collection, sharing and disclosure, the implementation of agricultural production and operation of the main body of credit status and administrative license approval, project declaration, qualification review, evaluation and other comprehensive linkage (the national agricultural materials anti-counterfeiting inter-ministerial coordination group members are responsible for the division of responsibilities). Give full play to the role of agricultural industry associations, encourage the association to carry out credit rating evaluation of member enterprises, and urge enterprises to operate in good faith (the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the State Administration for Market Regulation, and the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives are responsible for the division of labor according to their duties).

11. Strengthen social oversight. Unblock the agricultural materials to report counterfeit telephone, network reporting mailbox and other complaint and reporting channels, conditional places to establish and improve the complaint and report reward system, encourage all walks of life to actively reflect the problem of fake and inferior agricultural clues. Relying on industry associations, public welfare organizations, news media and other forces, strengthen the field of agricultural materials social supervision and rights protection service guidance (the members of the National Agricultural Materials Anti-Counterfeiting Inter-ministerial Coordination Group are responsible for the division of responsibilities).

Fourth, smooth and assured agricultural material supply channels

12. Give play to the role of supply and marketing cooperatives as the main channel. In-depth implementation of the "green agricultural materials" upgrade action, relying on the supply and marketing cooperative system of agricultural business outlets, agricultural service centers, crop hospitals, etc., to expand the coverage of green and high-quality agricultural materials supply. Announce the list of key enterprises of agricultural materials supply and supply of supply and marketing cooperatives in 2024, better play the role of the main channel of agricultural material supply in the supply and marketing cooperative system, promote the docking of various business entities and supply enterprises, and enable farmers to use high-quality agricultural materials in a timely manner (the All-China Federation of Supply and Marketing Cooperatives is responsible).

13. Enrich the form of anti-counterfeiting propaganda of agricultural materials. Widely carry out propaganda activities such as reassuring agricultural materials to go to the countryside and enter the village, not only go deep into the field to promote the front line of agricultural production, but also seize the rural life scenes such as fairs and temple fairs, and popularize the knowledge of agricultural materials to the farmers. Innovate publicity carriers, make better use of short videos and other methods that the masses like to see, and do a solid job of reminding and preventing them. Continue to carry out the supervision of agricultural machinery quality complaints, carry out in-depth agricultural mechanization policy publicity, and promote the supervision of agricultural machinery quality complaints (each member unit of the National Inter-ministerial Coordination Group for Combating Counterfeiting of Agricultural Materials is responsible for the division of labor according to their responsibilities).

Fifth, do a good job in the implementation of the task of combating counterfeiting of agricultural materials

14. Consolidate local responsibilities. The relevant departments should start from the strategic height of ensuring national food security, adhere to the bottom line thinking, limit thinking, resolutely shoulder the responsibility of fighting counterfeiting agricultural materials, work hard to highlight the word "strict", conduct pressure at all levels, pay close attention to the implementation of the work, and make efforts to solve the outstanding problems in the production and circulation of agricultural materials. Strengthen the linkage up and down, the central government attaches great importance to the problem of strong reaction to the timely verification (the members of the national inter-ministerial coordination group for the fight against counterfeiting of agricultural materials are responsible for the division of responsibilities).

15. Strengthen communication and collaboration. Give full play to the role of the coordination mechanism of the anti-counterfeiting department of agricultural materials, strengthen the exchange of information on the fight against counterfeiting of agricultural materials, circulars, and coordination and linkage, and effectively form a joint force in work. To find cross-regional clues on the problem of fake and inferior agricultural materials, strengthen collaborative case handling, regional joint investigation, cross-regional investigation (the members of the national agricultural materials anti-counterfeiting inter-ministerial coordination group are responsible for the division of responsibilities).

16. Improve the effectiveness of your work. Strengthen the work scheduling, analysis and judgment of agricultural materials, information publicity, comprehensive use of incentives and supervision mechanisms, promote all regions and departments to take responsibility, pay close attention to the implementation, to ensure that the task of agricultural materials counterfeiting is effective (the members of the national agricultural materials anti-counterfeiting inter-ministerial coordination group are responsible for the division of responsibilities).

Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs website

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