Empirical study on the assessment of SPS protection level of agricultural products in China(PDF)
《长安大学学报（社科版）》[ISSN:1671-6248/CN:61-1391/C]
- Issue:
- 2018年01期
- Page:
- 45-54
- Research Field:
- 农村问题研究
- Publishing date:
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- Title:
- Empirical study on the assessment of SPS protection level of agricultural products in China
- Author(s):
- DONG Yin-guo; FENG Li-feng
- School of Business,East China University of Science and Technology,Shanghai 200237，China
- Keywords:
- SPS protection level; Sanitary and Phytosanitary; soybean; AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process) and gray fuzzy evaluation; International Code Council
- PACS:
- F744
- DOI:
- -
- Abstract:
- With the increase of imports of agricultural products, the probability of entry of exotic diseases, pests and dangerous substances increased, resulting in a significant increase in economic losses, which tested the safety of China’s Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS). The scientific methods were used to assess the protection level of SPS measures of agricultural products in China, and to explore and strengthen the weak links of SPS protection in China, which provided theoretical and empirical evidence for building a scientific and effective defense system and protecting consumer food safety and national ecological security. Taking soybean which is the most import of agricultural products in China as an example, 87 indexes that include the degree of prudence of genetically modified soybeans, the maximum residue limit of soybean pesticide, the maximum residue limit of soil heavy metals and the regulated quantity of SPS, were selected by adopting the method of Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and gray fuzzy evaluation. In the end, 23 indexes were formed though principal component analysis and dimensionality reduction. The standard of International Code Council (ICC) and the international average level were used as the reference system to assess the security protection level of soybean in China. The results show that the SPS measures of soybean in China are in middle level of protection and at the same level as the international standards. The degree of prudence in genetically modified soybeans, the residues of pesticide and heavy metal are all in middle level of protection, while the regulation quantity of SPS is in the low level of protection, and it needs to be strengthened; Chinese SPS protection level is affected by some factors such as national conditions and history, economic level, scientific and technological strength and efficiency of regulatory agencies and so on.
Last Update: 2018-03-06