Implementation of No. 1 Central Document of Central Government Released
On February 24, 2025, the Implementation Opinions of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs on Further Deepening Rural Reform and Solidly Promoting Comprehensive Rural Revitalization Work Deployment of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council was released. The opinions put forward a total of 40 measures, among which Article 24 emphasizes several opinions on improving the quality and safety level of agricultural products, which has potential and far-reaching impact on our third-party food testing institutions. We summarize the following points for reference:
1. Strengthening Food Safety Supervision: The improvement of rural infrastructure helps to enhance the standardization level of rural food production and circulation. The government will focus on rapid testing, brand certification, and standard revision to further strengthen the supervision of rural food safety. This will promote the business growth of third-party food testing institutions in agricultural product source testing, processing testing, rapid testing services, certification testing services, and also help enhance the industry status of testing institutions.
2. Upgrading of Rural Food Industry: The improvement of infrastructure provides conditions for the upgrading of rural food industry, such as deep processing of agricultural products, development of specialty foods, etc. These emerging fields require professional food testing services, providing new market space for third-party testing institutions to develop specialized testing services for these areas.
3. Policy Support and Industry Standardization: While promoting rural infrastructure construction, the government will also introduce relevant policies to support the development of the food safety testing industry, such as increasing support and standardizing testing standards. This will create a more favorable policy environment for third-party food testing institutions, who need to seize policy opportunities to enhance their service capabilities and market competitiveness.
4. Promote Technological Upgrades in Testing Industry: The government aims to enhance the quality and safety of agricultural products and promote green and sustainable agriculture by addressing key issues of drug residue and reducing the use of veterinary antibiotics. This requires testing institutions to have higher technical standards and focus on innovation and application of testing technologies to provide robust technical support for food safety supervision.
In short, the implementation opinions of the Central Document No. 1 and the Agricultural Department have brought new development opportunities for third-party food testing institutions. It offers great opportunity to seize the opportunity of improving rural infrastructure and upgrading the food industry, enhance service capabilities, and expand market presence.
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