Pesticide residue production industrial salt inflow into 12 provinces and cities part of the flow table

The case of illegal production and sale of "pesticide residue salt" by a Jiangsu company was recently held in the People's Court of Qiquan District, Fuyang City, Anhui Province. The defendant illegally produced and sold 14,000 tons of “pesticide waste residue salt” and flowed into the salt market in 12 provinces and municipalities across the country. Some of the “pesticide waste residue salt” flows into the dining table as salt.

"Slag salt" is mainly used to make small foods. Last year, Anhui Yongyang Salt and public security departments intercepted 18 tons of private salt on the road and drove them along. They found that a poor-quality "pesticide waste residue salt" had flowed into the food market. A company in Jiangsu illegally produced and sold 14,000 tons of "pesticide waste residue salt" and went to the salt industry market in 12 provinces and cities across the country. The company does not have the qualification for production and operation of salt products. Its raw materials come from waste residue produced by Zhenjiang Jiangnan Chemical Co., Ltd. after producing pesticides. .

Zhenjiang Jiangnan Chemical Co., Ltd. mainly produces herbicide “glyphosate”, which will produce a highly polluted industrial waste that is difficult to handle. In 2009, businessmen Xu Jingdong, Tao Xianchu, Liu Wei and others established the “Haitian Salt Chemicals” company in Zhenjiang to purchase pesticide residue.

According to Wang Zhiyong, a member of the task force and the officer of Fuyang Municipal Public Security Bureau's Minquan Branch, “Haitian Salt” produced industrial salt by washing and drying pesticide residues without the qualification to produce and sell industrial salt. According to the survey, the “pesticide residue salt” intercepted by Fuyang, Anhui Province, was sold to local small traders for making sesame seed cakes, dumplings and other foods.

"Slag salt" is similar to "melamine" in milk

According to an analysis by the China Agricultural University and an environmental toxicology laboratory, the content of “glyphosate” in “Pesticide Residue Salt” is as high as 55 mg/kg, similar to “melamine” in dairy products, which is significantly higher than that of the United States, the European Union, Japan's agricultural product trade has a safety standard of 20 milligrams per kilogram. No cases have been found in Fuyang, Anhui Province, due to the consumption of "pesticide residue salt," but some experts believe that there may be potential hazards.

According to the survey, “Haitian Salting” purchased raw materials at RMB 10 per ton, with a total production cost of approximately RMB 100 per ton, and sold to private salt wholesalers at prices ranging from RMB 350 to RMB 400 per ton; private salt wholesalers re RMB 700 was distributed to unscrupulous grain and oil shops, and grain and oil stores were finally sold to small vendors for processed foods at a price of RMB 1,400 per ton. As a result, the "pesticide waste salt" industry chain has generated a 100% or higher profit rate at every link.

â–  Status Quo According to the salt administrations of Anhui, Jiangsu, and Shanxi Provinces, the current large-scale sales of unqualified salt, industrial salt, and salt-free products serve as salt sales. According to statistics, in 2011, Anhui Province seized a total of 1,914 illegal salt-related lawsuits, seized 947 tons of illegal salt products, and received fines of 850,000 yuan, 22 detainees and 14 prisoners.

According to the analysis, the counterfeiting and trafficking in the salt industry mainly presents three major new features.

1 Smuggled Salt Impurity A large number of industrial and inferior salts seized in large markets are all inconsistent with the national edible salt standards. The first is the absence of iodine, which has a great impact on the iodine removal of salt that is being implemented in China to eliminate iodine deficiency. The latest iodized salt monitoring results reported by the health department of Anhui Province showed that the iodized salt rate in some areas of Anhui Province was low, and a few areas were close to the lower limit required for the prevention and control of iodine deficiency disorders. Secondly, the industrial salt and inferior salt impurities that were investigated and disposed of were extremely high, and the heavy metals exceeded the standards, especially for pregnant women and children, and severe cases can cause poisoning.

Ding Ruming, director of the Salt and Law Department of the Salt Administration of Jiangsu Province, said that industrial salt is increasingly harmful to the human body. At present, due to the rapid development of the chemical industry, industrial salt is no longer in the traditional sense of “work food”. A considerable portion of industrial salt is similar in appearance to salt, but contains a certain amount of toxic and hazardous substances, once inflow Salt market, the consequences can be imagined.

2 The scale of private production is increasing day by day Most of the salt products are illicitly trafficked and illicitly committed by gangs. The internal division of labor is clear. The amount of private salt involved in individual cases has grown from tens of tons to over 1,000 tons. For example, in the case of the poisonous salt seized in Anhui Province, “Haitian Salted” has its subordinate sales agencies spread across many provinces and cities across the country, and has been distributed and networked. At present six suspects have been captured. Judging from the cases investigated, most of the unqualified salt and three salt-free products have flowed into remote rural areas, suburban junctures, and small food processing companies.

3 The private means are more concealed The first step is to change the external packaging of industrial salt or inferior salt, use the wordless bag or printed on Yuanmingfen, printing and dyeing auxiliary, English logo, etc., to avoid the supervision of the salt department and the supervision of the masses; followed by Separation of goods and people, private salt traffickers are usually contact the buyer by telephone, after negotiated commissioned third-party transportation, even if the private salt was seized is also difficult to trace on the line; once again is the advance of the offensive and defensive alliance, the parties are generally seized after seizure This time, it is mobile delivery, and it is impossible to check on the line.

How "pesticide waste residue salt" flows to the table Zhenjiang Jiangnan Chemical Co., Ltd. mainly produces herbicide "glyphosate" and produces industrial waste residue "Haitian Salt" company purchases pesticide residues at a price of 10 yuan per ton for "haitian salting" pesticide residue Cleaning and drying produce industrial salt. The production cost is 100 yuan per ton. “Haitian salinization” sells industrial salt to wholesalers of private salt at wholesale salt wholesalers at a price of 350 yuan to 400 yuan per ton at 700 yuan per ton. The unscrupulous grain and grain shop grain and oil store sells to small retailers and processed food at a price of 1,400 yuan per ton. ■ Higher profit from analysis and analysis Wang Duoya, deputy director of the Salt Bureau of Liyang City, currently analyzes that lawbreakers currently buy one ton of industrial salt from RMB 300 to 500. Yuan varies, if you pretend to sell salt, the price can range from 700 yuan to 1,500 yuan, and the profit is high. A one-off purchase and sale of 20 tons of industrial salt as salt sales constitutes a crime, otherwise it can only be confiscated and fined. Administrative fines are generally less than three times the value of salt products, so crime costs are low. The lure of high profits and low costs has led to high rates of such crimes.

Ding Ruming, director of the salt legal affairs division of the Jiangsu Salt Administration Bureau, said that the current salt industry regulations provide for a permit system for salt transportation, while the industrial salt will be cancelled. In addition, only strengthening supervision over the salt market is not effective. The salt market has a large number of products and spreads throughout the country. According to statistics, there are as many as tens of thousands of salt retail outlets in Jiangsu Province alone. Industrial salt license holders and industrial salt users can easily sell a variety of industrial salt to salt retail outlets, making it easier to sell to food processing companies, various canteens, and catering industries.

■ Proposal Urgently Needs Legislative Supervision The existing salt industry regulations are implemented in 1990, and there is a certain lag. According to reports, taking Jiangsu as an example, the management of industrial salt is mainly based on the “Measures for the Implementation of the Salt Industry Regulations of Jiangsu Province”. The "Implementation Measures" stipulates that if salt, smuggled, privately purchased, infringed, or counterfeited products are sold, the administrative department of salt industry reserves the right to seal on site, confiscate salt products and illegal income, and impose fines. However, the above provisions conflict with the "Administrative Punishment Act." Since the "Regulations on the Administration of Salt Industry" does not provide for administrative penalties for the illegal operation of industrial salt, the "Implementation Measures" cannot provide for an administrative penalty for the act.

Salt management officials at various places recommended that the management of the industrial salt market should be strengthened through the legislative form of the National People's Congress and the punishment for salt crimes should be strengthened. At the same time, a normalized law enforcement linkage mechanism for the salt and public security departments should be established to combat all types of private businesses. Private activity.