Microbial blends in the environmental protection

To import microbial inoculants for environmental protection, an application shall be made for obtaining the Environmental Safety Certificate of Microbial inoculants Samples in accordance with the provisions of the Measures for the Administration of Environmental Safety of Microbial inoculants for Import and Export for Environmental Protection, and health quarantine approval and on-site inspection shall be carried out in accordance with the law on the basis of the environmental safety certificate of the samples.

(2) The competent administrative departments of environmental protection of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall, in accordance with these Measures, supervise and administer the environmental safety of the import and export of microbial inoculants for environmental protection within their jurisdiction;

(3) The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China (AQSIQ) shall uniformly administer the health quarantine supervision and administration of the national import and export of microbial agents for environmental protection;

(4) The entry-exit inspection and quarantine institutions established by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China (AQSIQ) in various regions shall exercise health quarantine supervision and administration over the import and export of environmental friendly microbial agents within their jurisdiction.

(2) Copies of the professional education or qualification certificates of the competent personnel and professional technicians of the import business operators for the production, application and safe operation of microorganisms;

(3) Environmental safety control measures and emergency plans for production, use, storage, transportation and treatment of microbial agents;

(4) Environmental safety certificate of microbial inoculants issued by the competent government department of the exporting country;

(5) Production and application of microbial agents in exporting countries;

(6) The minimum quantity and specification of samples to be imported for testing and environmental safety assessment;

(7) Other evidential materials for the environmental safety of microbial agents.

The materials listed in the preceding paragraph shall be in Chinese or in both Chinese and English, in triplicate.

The entrusted testing and environmental safety assessment institution shall be a qualified laboratory (GLP) engaged in microbiological research, or a national professional institution recognized by the National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment.

(1) Microbiological detection and identification of microbial agents;

(2) Safety test of microbial agents;

(3) Evaluation of microbial agents;

(4) Hygienic safety evaluation of microbial agents;

(5) Ecological safety assessment of microbial agents and end products;

(6) Evaluation of the production or use environment of microbial agents.

The inspection and environmental safety assessment report shall also be attached with the following contents:

(1) Existing environmental safety assessment data of microbial inoculants exporting countries;

(2) Qualification information of testing and environmental safety assessment institutions and their agents.

Sample test and environmental safety assessment report in triplicate.

(1) Whether the main components of the microbial inoculants declared by the import operator are consistent with the testing results of the testing agency;

(2) Whether the microbial agents contain microbial species (groups) that pose a danger or greater risk to human health and the ecological environment;

(3) Whether the microbial inoculants have been produced and used safely in the exporting country;

(4) Whether the project leader and staff have professional education or qualification in microbial production, application and safe operation;

(5) Whether the environmental safety control measures and emergency plans for the production, use, storage, transportation and treatment of microbial agents are feasible.

Importers and exporters shall keep records of the production, use, storage, transportation and disposal of microbial agents for environmental protection.

Article 26 Import and export business operators shall, before January 31 of each year, submit to the competent administrative departments of environmental protection of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government for the record the environmental safety management of the production or use of microbial agents for environmental protection in the previous year and the import and export plan of microbial agents for environmental protection in the current year.

Article 27 In case of any abnormality in the process of import, export, production or use of microbial inoculants for environmental protection, or if there is a new scientific basis to prove that they pose a hazard to human health and the ecological environment, the Ministry of Environmental Protection shall revoke its Environmental Safety Certificate of Samples of Microbial inoculants for Environmental Protection, supervise the import entities to destroy the microbial inoculants, and notify the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the relevant information.

Article 28 The import and export business operators shall file a record with the competent administrative department of environmental protection of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government where the production or use of microbial agents for environmental protection is located. Any change in the location of production or use of microbial inoculants for environmental protection shall be filed with the competent administrative department of environmental protection of the province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government where the production or use of microbial inoculants is located before and after the change.