The health ministry about print and distribute "food safety accidents epidemiology investigation regulations on notice

Health supervision and sends [2011] no. 86

        All provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government health TingJu, xinjiang production and construction corps health bureau, China the centers for disease control and prevention, the ministry of health, health supervision center, the national food safety risk assessment center:

        For regulating the food safety accidents epidemiological survey work, according to the law of the People's Republic food safety "and" food safety regulations for the implementation of laws and regulations, such as our ministry formulated the food safety accidents epidemiological survey standard ". Hereby printed and distributed to you, please comply with.

November 24 2011 days

Food safety accidents epidemiological survey work rules

The first chapter general

        Article 1 in order to regulate the food safety accidents epidemiological work, this regulation is enacted.

        Article 2: this regulation is applicable to take food safety accidents epidemiology investigation duties at or above the county level of institution of disease prevention and control and related institutions (hereinafter referred to as the investigation organization) to happen or possible health damage of food safety accidents (hereinafter referred to as the accident) in epidemiology investigation work.

        Article 3 the accident epidemiology investigation task is to use epidemiological methods about an investigation into factor, puts forward the prevention and control of the accident Suggestions.

        The accident epidemiology investigation including the crowd epidemiology investigation, hazard investigation and lab tests, detailed survey technology shall follow the epidemiology investigation related technical guidelines.

        The second chapter investigation organization management

        Article 4 the accident investigation agencies in epidemiology investigation shall follow the dependency management, classification, legally responsible for orderly and scientific evidence-based, collaborative principle.

        Survey agencies in accident shall be at the same level epidemiological investigation in the administrative department of health under the organization, and the relevant food safety supervision department (hereinafter referred to as the supervision department) on the investigation into the accident treatment work synchronously, and cooperate with each other.

        Article 5 the accident epidemiology investigation practice investigating agency takes responsibility. Survey agencies shall, in accordance with the relevant state the investigation and handling of accidents classification principle should bear the jurisdiction of epidemiology investigation tasks.

        Investigation organization should be prepared to accident epidemiology investigation of the material reserves, and update, ensure the normal operation of the investigation.

        Article 6 the accident epidemiology investigation of investigators system. At all levels shall, according to the poll, will need to work with accident epidemiological investigators.

        Investigators shall be made with above 1 years working experience in the epidemiology of health related professional personnel as. The professional training after assessment is eligible, from the same level of the administrative department of public health.

        Article 7 the administrative departments for public health shall for investigation agency accident epidemiology investigation ability construction to provide security.

        The survey of lower agencies responsible for the accident investigation agencies in epidemiology investigation provides the technical support. Health supervision and related institutions shall at the same level in the administrative department of health under the organization of accident epidemiology investigation give support and assistance.

In the third chapter survey procedure and content

        Article 8 the poll, the public health administrative department to develop accident epidemiology investigation of notification, shall take off quickly investigations.

        Article 9 the accident epidemiology investigation by the investigation of the accident was established institutions epidemiological investigation team (hereinafter referred to as the investigation team) specific implementation. Investigation should be made by the 3 or more investigators composition, and appoint one person in charge.

        Investigators with the accident investigation of the interested, he shall withdraw.

        Article 10 investigators according to the need of epidemiological work, have the right to enter the medical institutions, accident site, food production management place and related sites, according to investigation need and the relevant specification collection specimens and sample about the situation and the supervision department opinions about the accident happened unit, regulators and related organizations shall provide convenience for investigation and provide the factual situation.

        Respondents in supplied materials shall be signed on, refuse to sign, the investigators in conjunction with more than one witness in the relevant personnel specified on the material and sign the reason.

        Article 11 in the crowd epidemiology investigation shall include the following contents:

        (1) make case definition, and carry out case search;

        (2) unified case study method, and carry out case study;

        (3) acquisition on specimens and sample; (4) the crowd, come on time is described and come on in regional distribution;

        (5) preliminary judgment accident suspicious of pathogenic factors, suspicious meal times and suspicious food;

        (6) according to investigation need, and carry out case control study or cohort.

        The crowd epidemiological survey results can judge the accident of the relevant factors, it shall timely make accident epidemiology investigation conclusion (hereinafter referred to as the investigation conclusion).

        Article 12 the hazards in investigation shall include the following contents:

        (1) interviews related persons, consult relevant material, get the dining environment, suspicious food, formula, processing process and production management process of hazard factors control, the production and business operation records, from personnel of state of health information;

        (2) scene investigation of raw material, production suspicious food processing, storage, transportation, sale, edible and related factors in the process of harm;

        (3) acquisition suspicious food, raw materials, semi-finished products, environmental samples, etc, and related employees biological specimen.

        Article 13 the send the specimens and samples by investigators shall provide inspection items and samples related information, knowledge of inspection by the ability of technical inspection authorities. Specimen and samples shall, as far as possible in the acquisition in 24 hours after inspection.

        The laboratory shall properly preserved specimens and samples, the prescribed period and retention samples.

        Article 14 should bear the specimens and sample testing, the technical institutions shall, in accordance with the relevant inspection norms, and the timely completion inspection and issue an inspection report, be responsible for the results of inspection.

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        Without the public health administrative department agreed to, may not be released without accident epidemiological information.

        Article 16 investigation organization existing technology and resources can not meet the relevant requirements of accident investigation, the health administrative departments at the same level shall be submitted to coordinate and solve.

        Article 17 raided the investigation process, shall, in accordance with the requirements of the administrative department of public health, prompt submission stage investigation results.

The fourth chapter investigation conclusion and report

        Article 18 investigation should be comprehensive analysis the crowd epidemiology investigation, hazard factors and lab tests three aspects survey results, based on the related principle of diagnosis, make the accident investigation conclusion.

        The accident investigation conclusion should include an accident of scope, the number of pathogenic factors, pollution, food and the cause of the contamination, can not make investigation conclusion items shall be the reasons why.

        Article 19 cases of patients with definition, diagnosis and treatment should be based on the investigation data, case questionnaire and related laboratory testing results and make a decision whether the judgement of the related accidents.

        Article 20 the poll, according to the panel survey conclusion, apply to the administrative department for public health incident epidemiology investigation report.

        The public health administrative department of epidemiology investigation report the accident disagree, can be used to notify the investigation organization added investigation, or submitted to the higher-level hygiene administrative department organization of investigation conclusion expert technical identification.

Chapter 5 remarks

        Article 21 the standard case definition is sure the says investigation into the case whether the object, the basis of the accident in the epidemiology of the number for statistical, not applicable clinical treatment. Can include suspected cases, clinical diagnosis cases confirmed cases and definition.

        Article 22 the accident investigation involves infectious disease epidemiology, the survey agencies shall also be according to the law of the People's Republic of contagious diseases "of the regulations to take corresponding measures.

        The border port epidemiological investigation of the accident in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations to implement.

        Article 23 the standard since 2012 on January 1,.