Binchuan County recently mobilized its Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau alongside the County Market Supervision Administration, the County Industry and Science Bureau, the County Commerce Bureau, and the County Inspection and Testing Institute to carry out a countywide special campaign targeting agricultural product quality and safety, focusing on key links including planting and production, agricultural input sales, and circulation and consumption, in a bid to promote full-chain closed-loop rectification and protect both the quality and safety of agricultural products and public health from the source.

Binchuan County is a national agricultural product quality and safety county, long known as the "Hometown of Chinese Fruit" and the "Hometown of Chinese Grapes." By the end of 2025, the county's fruit planting area had reached 427,700 mu, the green prevention and control coverage rate for fruit production remained above 99%, and the qualified rate of agricultural product quality and safety monitoring had held steady at over 99% for many consecutive years.

Training comes first, with rules clearly explained. Since 2026, two specialized training sessions have been organized around full-process quality control in agricultural production and implementation of the commitment-based compliance certificate system, covering more than 150 participants including relevant department staff, market operators, leading enterprises, and large-scale growers. The sessions focused on standardized use of agricultural inputs, green prevention and control, cold storage safety production, the list of banned and restricted pesticides, and practical guidance on issuing compliance certificates. Village-level and household outreach was carried out simultaneously, distributing materials such as lists of banned and restricted pesticides and veterinary drugs and notices on agricultural product quality and safety, posting publicity posters, explaining laws, regulations, and safe medication knowledge on site, and guiding business operators to properly establish purchase and sales ledgers. Through sustained training and household outreach, the legal awareness of production and business entities and their sense of being the first responsible party for quality and safety have been further strengthened.

Grid-based inspections bring hidden dangers to light. The County Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau, together with relevant departments, conducted grid-based inspections of agricultural input stores, veterinary drug enterprises, and planting and breeding entities across the county, focusing on verifying business qualifications of market entities, reviewing purchase and sales ledgers, and checking labels and markings of agricultural inputs and veterinary drug products item by item. They strictly supervised the setup of dedicated counters for restricted pesticides and the implementation of the real-name purchase system, urged compliance with veterinary drug business quality management standards, strengthened oversight of prescription veterinary drugs, and seriously investigated and punished acts such as the purchase and sale of banned veterinary drugs. At present, household-by-household inspections of banned and restricted pesticide use have been carried out at citrus planting bases of more than 30 mu and at agricultural input stores; full-process inspections have been completed for veterinary drug enterprises and large-scale breeding households covering procurement sources, warehouse management, medication records, and disposal of veterinary drug waste; seed stores and market stalls have been inspected with full coverage; and seed testing tasks have been completed, with the spot-check qualified rate of seeds on the market reaching 100%. For problems discovered, on-site rectification notices were issued, measures such as removal from shelves, sealing, and seizure were taken in accordance with the law, and authorities traced problems to their source and investigated them to the end, promptly eliminating risks and hidden dangers and guarding the gate of agricultural product quality and safety.

Compliance certificates take effect, giving products a visible identity. With farmers' markets, agricultural product wholesale markets, and fresh food supermarkets as priority venues, materials such as the "Warning Letter on Commitment-Based Compliance Certificates for Edible Agricultural Products Sold in Markets" and the "Announcement on Promoting the Commitment-Based Compliance Certificate System" were distributed and posted, urging production and business entities to strictly implement the certificate verification system and ensuring that edible agricultural products within the verification scope may not enter the market for sale without a compliance certificate, further enhancing the conscientiousness of law-abiding operations. Since 2020, more than 100,000 commitment-based compliance certificates have been issued, covering more than 50,000 tons of agricultural products brought to market. Through close linkage between origin release and market access, the compliance certificate has truly become the "identity card" of agricultural products.

Law enforcement takes action, holding the bottom line. Since the beginning of this year, the County Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau and the County Market Supervision Administration have focused on farmers' markets, agricultural product wholesale markets, fresh food supermarkets, agricultural input dealers, and large-scale growers, checking household by household the retention of commitment-based compliance certificates, traceable sourcing and certificate and invoice requests for purchased goods, and the operation and use of agricultural inputs. More than 460 edible agricultural product business entities and purchasing units or individuals were inspected cumulatively; nearly 400 households were inspected and urged to issue commitment-based compliance certificates; more than 400 warning letters were distributed; reminder warnings and training guidance were carried out; and clues and information were transferred and reported to relevant departments. More than 500 agricultural input stores were inspected, and a number of cases involving the sale of expired or unregistered pesticides, seeds, and fertilizers were investigated and handled in accordance with the law. The laboratory of the County Inspection and Testing Institute has passed "dual certification," with testing capacity increasing from 78 items to 167 items. It has served 124 enterprises, e-commerce businesses, and cooperatives of various types and issued more than 500 rapid pesticide residue test reports and quantitative testing reports. For substandard products found in supervisory spot checks, verification and handling procedures were strictly enforced. This has effectively standardized the production and operation order of agricultural products, improved risk prevention and law enforcement supervision efficiency, and safeguarded the bottom line of quality and safety.

Social co-governance puts supervision in the hands of the public. Since the beginning of this year, the County Agriculture and Rural Affairs Bureau and relevant departments have improved the complaint and reporting system and openly solicited clues from the public on issues in fields such as food safety and agricultural and rural production safety, with key areas including banned and restricted pesticides and veterinary drugs and agricultural product quality and safety. They have published supervision and reporting telephone numbers of the competent departments, kept reporting channels open, and increased public supervision. Every report is verified, and every case is followed through, gathering supervisory synergy through social co-governance to jointly protect the safety of the people's "bite."

Binchuan County continues to consolidate and enhance the achievements of its national agricultural product quality and safety county creation, integrating publicity and training, routine screening, law enforcement and investigation, and social co-governance throughout the entire chain. From a medication record in an orchard, to the information filled in on a compliance certificate, to a verification at market access, every key link has someone responsible and institutional constraints, safeguarding the people's "bite" safety.