The potential share of food safety analysis instruments is huge

COFCO President Yu Xubo stated on the China Food Safety Initiative 2013 China Topic Day on the 26th that as of now, there are more than 34,000 food enterprises above designated size in China, more than 7 million food employees, and the total output value of the food industry reaches 9 trillion yuan. yuan.

The survey shows that although the food industry has developed at a high speed, many problems remain outstanding. Seventy percent of consumers in the country are extremely concerned about food safety issues. Yu Xubo, president of COFCO, said that food companies are the first person responsible for food safety. Whether food safety can be used as a lifeline or not, and brand value as an insurmountable red line are the roots of testing a food company.

Yu Xubo: People take food as their heaven. If we don't eat well, what kind of mood will we have to work? If the food industry is like a building, food safety is the foundation. Without a good foundation, this building cannot be built. COFCO's entire industry chain is hoping to create a system that can truly control every key link from the field to the table, and can guarantee consumers a traceable food safety system.

The international food retailer, mainly from Europe, put forward the “Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)” in May 2000 and has gradually expanded to the global scope. The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) takes food safety as a principle and its main goal is to strengthen global food safety and increase consumer trust. The main members of this organization include Coca-Cola, Nestle, Danone, Carrefour, McDonald's, Wal-Mart, and COFCO.

Potential market for food safety analysis instruments reaches 745 billion

How to provide technical inspections in the safety management process from the field to the table in the food industry chain, which tests the level of food safety and innovative technologies. At present, a group of Chinese and foreign brand-name companies are demonstrating the latest research and development achievements in this field.

According to the data from the China Food Industry Association, in 2012, the total output value of China's food industry exceeded 9 trillion yuan, second only to the petrochemical industry, and the output value of pesticides, fertilizers, feedstuffs, food additives, etc. directly related to food safety. More than 1 trillion yuan. At present, China has more than 23,000 monitoring agencies such as agricultural inspection and quarantine stations, disease control center stations, and product quality inspection centers (stations), and more than 400,000 food processing companies. Based on this, the potential market for analytical instruments in the field of food safety monitoring in China is more than 704 billion yuan, and the annual market capacity for testing consumables exceeds 50 billion yuan.

To grasp the latest food safety technology, many companies are making every effort to work hard. These include: Nestlé, the world’s largest food manufacturer; Walmart, the world’s largest private employer and chain retailer, who has ranked first in the world’s top 500 companies for three years in a row; In the bottling process, there is a Krones Germany-based equipment packaging company, a Fortune Global 500 company, and China's largest edible oil, wine, flour, and beer malt production company, COFCO; China's largest global company. Wahaha, the 5th food and beverage production company; Huaying Group, the world's largest duck processing enterprise and national leading agricultural industrialization leading enterprise; China's old state-owned enterprise gathered in time-honored brands, brand-name products, and Beijing's food industry leader. ——Beijing Ershang Group, a modern food enterprise integrating product research and development, fruit and vegetable base, food production, packaging manufacturing, logistics and distribution, and international and domestic marketing, is ranked first in the national canned citrus industry, such as Hunan Xie.

Food safety equipment with its own brand is winning the favor of customers. Its business areas include: drug residue detection and food testing, heavy metal detection, food additive testing, food quality, nutritional composition testing, genetically modified food testing, morphological analysis, physical/ Chemical analysis and other equipment, food production and processing machinery and equipment, complete food production lines, auxiliary production equipment and packaging materials, food Internet of things, traceability system equipment.

The country attaches importance to food safety testing instruments or benefits

The issue of food safety is an issue that China urgently needs to solve in recent years. Due to the frequent occurrence of food safety accidents, many consumers have questioned the regulatory authorities and have also expressed some opinions on the existing food safety standards. Recently, the General Office of the State Council promulgated the “2013 Key Work Arrangements for Food Safety”, which will deepen the hidden dangers and “hidden rules” that are common to the industry, and establish a list of potential risks. The finalization and formulation of food safety standards will be completed by the end of this year. Food pesticide residues, toxic and hazardous substances in foods, etc. will receive attention. At the same time, this policy also provides an opportunity to expect that domestic food safety testing instruments will usher in a new development climax.

In recent years, acute food poisoning caused by the ban, abuse of pesticides and veterinary drugs, and environmental pollution are common occurrences. The factors that affect the quality and safety of foods are increasing. The items and requirements to be tested are also increasing, especially for some new sources of pollution. The constant emergence of higher detection technology and instruments put forward higher requirements. Many internationally successful large-scale testing organizations have done their jobs in the field of food testing. Many suppliers of scientific instruments are looking for development trends and are eager to seize this market. Food safety inspection and testing technologies and instruments have become popular.

The problem of pesticide residues and veterinary drug residues in foods has always been a matter of great concern to the government and the public. To prevent harm to humans and animals, many countries and regions currently regard pesticide residues and veterinary drug residues as the main control items, which are listed as mandatory inspection indicators. There are 10 chemical pesticides listed as priority testing, and in recent years, 8 national standards have been released for the implementation of multi-residue pesticide testing.