Legal basis: Article 14 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Food Safety Law establishes a food safety risk monitoring system to monitor food-borne diseases, food pollution and harmful factors in food.
The health administrative department of the State Council shall, jointly with the food and drug administration and quality supervision department of the State Council, formulate and implement the national food safety risk monitoring plan.
The State Council, the US Food and Drug Administration and other relevant departments shall immediately verify the food safety risk information and notify the health administrative department of the State Council. For food safety risk information notified by relevant departments and food-borne diseases reported by medical institutions, the health administrative department of the State Council shall, jointly with relevant departments of the State Council, conduct analysis and study, and timely adjust the national food safety risk monitoring plan when necessary.
The health administrative departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, jointly with the food and drug supervision and management and quality supervision departments at the same level, formulate and adjust the food safety risk monitoring plan in their respective administrative regions according to the national food safety risk monitoring plan and the specific conditions of their respective administrative regions, and report it to the health administrative department of the State Council for the record before implementation.