An investigation on the current situation of food safety risk surveillance in Shaoxing / 预防医学

ABSTRACT

Objective Tolearnthecurrentsituationoffoodsafetyrisksurveillanceandtoimprovetheleveloffoodsafety riskmonitoringinShaoxingCity.Methods Wecollecteddatafromthenationalfoodcontaminantinformationsystem, foodbornediseasesurveillancereportingsystem,andthequestionnaireoffoodsafetyriskmonitoringnetwork.Results A total of 1 59 health professionals engaged in the food safety risk surveillance,and the full-time professionals was accounted for 23.90% of all the health professionals.About 90%of working equipments were equipped in the CDC of Shaoxing City, and 46% of working equipments were equipped in the county level CDC under Shaoxing′s jurisdiction.There were 483 food inspection projects in city level CDC,and 1 62 in county/district level CDC.A total of 1.595 million Yuan was allocated by the provincial special financial subsidy funds,and 1.85 million Yuan was allocated by the county special financial subsidy funds.Average 1.1 6 samples per 1 000 people of food safety risk surveillance and the positive detection rate of the foodbornediseasewas2.81%.Conclusion Theworkingfundingoffoodsafetyrisksurveillanceandprofessionalpeople were insufficient.The positive detection rate of specific pathogens foodborne disease was low and the mechanism operation was not perfect.The working mechanism should be to improved.The working funding,staffing,and monitoring ability should be strengthened.