Jinmi, director of the Lhasa City Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau's assistant food office, told the reporter that the relevant departments plan to work in Heba Forestry Market, Meteorological Bureau Farmers Market, Yaowangshan Farmers Market, Bayi Farmers Market, Nianghou Road Vegetable and Fruit Wholesale Market, Baiyi. Supermarkets such as Xijiadian and LeBron supermarkets have set up testing rooms to detect pesticide residues and animal products. In addition, the agricultural and animal husbandry department in Lhasa City will also conduct a flow inspection of agricultural products from small farmers' markets.
“We will set up LED publicity columns in large farmer's markets and supermarkets. In addition, publicity cards will be set up before each booth, and the test results will be announced in a timely manner so that consumers can see at a glance.†Jin Mei said.
The reporter learned that, in addition to setting up a new testing room, the agricultural and animal husbandry departments will allocate new instruments and equipment for the original testing room, so that the fruits, vegetables, and meat of the wholesale market will enter the inspection site for the farmers market. Focused species are subject to spot checks.
“For the products produced by Lhasa’s agricultural product production base, we conducted a market-based inspection, which was allowed to enter the market only after passing the inspection. A further inspection before entering the wholesale market can be said to be a double guarantee.†Jinmei told reporters.
According to Jin Mei, the equipment to be dispensed will be put into use within this month. It will then be able to carry out pesticide residue testing on vegetables and meat products such as clenbuterol. The testing instruments of all farmer's markets shall be uniformly distributed by the government, and the inspectors shall be trained by the agricultural and animal husbandry departments. The agricultural and animal husbandry departments will conduct random inspections of the test results on a daily basis.
According to reports, in addition to testing instruments will be shipped to Lhasa this month and put into use, all other preparations are in progress. At present, the Lhasa City Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Department is making publicity columns, billboards, warm tips, admission signs. Etc.; The training work for the staff of the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau has been completed. After the inspection instruments arrive in Lhasa, the Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Bureau's non-staple food office will train the farmer's market and supermarket inspection staff.
Jin Mei said that after testing instruments are put into use, unqualified agricultural products will be destroyed after re-inspection to ensure that products entering the market are tested. "In the farmers' market in Lhasa, there will no longer be any agricultural and animal products that have not been tested," Jin said. If the public does not trust after purchasing the product, they can also go to the testing room of the farmers' market or supermarket to request testing. The testing room will provide free testing services for the public.
The reporter learned that in the next step, Lhasa City's agricultural and animal husbandry department plans to test the results of the farmers' markets and supermarkets' test rooms in real time, and use the Internet to publicize the test results to the public. Citizens can also visit the website at any time to check the results of agricultural products testing.