Adopted by the 21st Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress on April 29, 2006 and effective as of November 1, 2006

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 The present Law is formulated in order to guarantee the quality safety of agricultural products, maintain the health of the general public and promote the development of agriculture and rural economy.

Article 2 The term "agricultural products" as mentioned in the present Law refers to primary products sourced from agriculture, that is to say, the plants, animals, microorganisms and their products which are obtained from agricultural activities.

The term "agricultural product quality safety" as mentioned in the present Law means that the quality of an agricultural product meets the requirements of ensuring human health and safety.

Article 3 The administrative department of agriculture of the people's government at the county level or above shall be responsible for the supervision and inspection of agricultural product quality safety; while the relevant departments of the people's government at the county level or above shall, in accordance with the scope of duties, be responsible for the relevant work on agricultural product quality safety respectively.

Article 4 The people's government at the county level or above shall include agricultural product quality safety administration into the national economic and social development planning at the present level and offer funds of agricultural product quality safety for carrying out the work of agricultural product quality safety.

Article 5 The local people's government at the county level or above shall exercise the unified leadership over and coordinate the work of agricultural product quality safety under their own jurisdiction, adopt measures to set up and perfect an agricultural product quality safety service system and improve the level of agricultural product quality safety.

Article 6 The administrative department of agriculture of the State Council shall set up an agricultural product quality safety risk evaluation experts committee consisting of experts in relevant areas, in order to carry out risk analysis and evaluation of the potential harms which might affect the agricultural product quality safety.

The administrative department of agriculture of the State Council shall adopt relevant administrative measures in accordance with the risk evaluation results of agricultural product quality safety and inform the relevant departments of the State Council of the risk evaluation results of agricultural product quality safety in a timely manner.

Article 7 The administrative department of agriculture of the State Council and the administrative department of agriculture of the people's government of each province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government shall publish relative information on the situation of agricultural product quality safety according to their legal authority.