Q: What is the relationship between food safety product standards and general food safety standards?

A: In the system of national food safety standard, the general food safety standard, due to involving various food categories and covering various food safety and health hazard factors, forms the bottom of the standard system. The food safety product standard for food, food additives and food-related products specifies the scope of the corresponding product, specific pollution factors not specified in the general food safety standard and quality indicators related to food safety. When these food safety product standards involve the contents already stipulated in the general food safety standards such as food contaminants, maximum levels of pathogenic bacteria and pesticide residues, the corresponding contents of the general standards should generally be referenced.

Source: FAQs on National Food Safety Standards

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