According to the introduction, GB 31602-2015 "National Standard for Food Safety Dried Sea Cucumber" was released on November 13, 2015 and implemented on November 13, 2016 by the National Health and Family Planning Commission.

China is the main producer and consumer of sea cucumbers in the world, with the total output accounting for more than 90% of the world, and the output value of the whole industrial chain exceeding 40 billion yuan. Due to high prices and large profit margins, while the sea cucumber industry is booming, various adulteration and counterfeiting problems have emerged, seriously affecting the development of the industry.

On November 1, the "Implementation of National Standard for Food Safety of Dried Sea Cucumber" was held in Qingdao, which was jointly sponsored by the Aquatic Products Sub-Technical Committee of the National Aquatic Products Standardization Technical Committee, China Aquatic Products Circulation and Processing Association, and the Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Fisheries Sciences. More than 70 people attended the meeting, including leaders, scientific research experts, representatives of trading enterprises and news media from the Bureau of Agricultural Products Quality and Safety Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture, National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, China Aquatic Products Circulation and Processing Association, National Aquatic Products Standardization Technical Committee, Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Aquatic Sciences, Shandong Provincial Department of Ocean and Fisheries, Ocean University of China and other units.

According to the introduction, GB 31602-2015 "National Standard for Food Safety Dried Sea Cucumber" was released on November 13, 2015 by the National Health and Family Planning Commission and will be implemented on November 13, 2016.

The meeting was chaired by researcher Xin Fuyan, deputy director of the Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Fisheries Sciences and chairman of the Aquatic Products Processing Sub-Technical Committee of the National Technical Committee for Aquatic Products Standardization, who delivered a welcoming speech. First of all, he welcomed Dong Hongyan, Director of the Bureau of Agricultural Products Quality and Safety Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture, Cui He, Vice President of China Aquatic Products Circulation and Processing Association, Fang Jincen, Secretary General of the National Technical Committee for Aquatic Products Standardization, Chen Xiao of the National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, etc., and expressed his thanks to the experts and enterprise representatives for their strong support for the drafting of the standard for sea cucumber over the years. He pointed out that the National Standard for Food Safety of Dried Sea Cucumber is the first national standard for food safety of a single species of aquatic products in China, which is an important milestone for the development of sea cucumber industry.

Cui He, Vice President of China Aquatic Products Circulation and Processing Association, made a speech, saying that in recent years, sea cucumber industry has gradually stepped into a rational development track after experiencing rapid expansion and great impact, and the introduction of the National Standard for Food Safety of Dried Sea Cucumber conforms to the requirements of the product market, meets the needs of producers and consumers, and fundamentally solves the problem of the lack of standards, or the problems that do not conform to the production practice, which is important for standardizing the enterprise operation, guiding reasonable consumption, and protecting the interests of consumers, Guide reasonable consumption and protect consumer interests have special significance. The introduction and implementation of the new standard is the first step of the standardization work. It is hoped that people in the industry will make joint efforts, give full play to their respective advantages, and effectively implement the standard into all aspects of production and operation, so as to promote the healthy and benign development of the sea cucumber industry.

Mr. Fang Jincen, the secretary-general of the National Aquatic Products Standardization Technical Committee, delivered a speech, in which he said that the introduction of the standard was of great significance, and that it was not common to formulate the product standard into a mandatory national food safety standard in the industry, which showed the importance that the state attached to the sea cucumber industry and hoped that the delegates would take this opportunity to give feedbacks and exchanges on the problems that might be encountered in the implementation of the standard with the drafters in time in order to achieve the expected effect of the publicity.

Subsequently, Dr. Chen Xiao of the National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment made a speech on the "current planning and status of the construction of national food safety standards in China", pointing out that sea cucumber products have become more and more recognized by consumers in recent years, and that the release of the national food safety standard for dried sea cucumber is timely in response to the needs of social development, and is in line with the planning outline for the construction of a food safety city in China. He pointed out that the release of the national standard for food safety of dried sea cucumber is timely in response to the needs of social development and is in line with the current national planning program for building food safety cities, and briefly introduced the framework of the national standard for food safety.

Researcher Wang Lianzhu, Secretary General of Aquatic Products Processing Sub-Technical Committee of National Aquatic Products Standardization Technical Committee, interpreted the content of the standard in detail and put forward specific suggestions for the implementation of the standard. She said that the sea cucumber industry has reached a new bottleneck after more than 20 years of accumulation and precipitation, and the implementation of the national standard for food safety of dried sea cucumber will have a great impetus to standardize the production and processing technology of dried sea cucumber in accordance with the law, improve the quality and safety of dried sea cucumber products, and lead the healthy development of the brand enterprises of dried sea cucumber.

At the meeting, there were interactive exchanges and Q&A sessions with experts on the problems that may arise during the implementation of the standard, and the atmosphere at the scene was active and the exchanges were sufficient, which also solved the problems and confusions in the actual production work of many enterprises. The experts at the meeting expressed their affirmation and support for the development of standards, indicators set scientifically rigorous. Representatives of enterprises have said that they have benefited greatly from attending this meeting.

At last, Mr. Xin Fuyan, deputy director of the institute, made a concluding speech, pointing out that China is a big country producing sea cucumbers, which has a very important status and influence in the country, and the sea cucumber industry is already a force in the aquatic products processing industry, and it is also one of the sunrise industries and key industries for the development of aquatic industry in China in the future. The introduction and official implementation of the National Standard for Food Safety of Dried Sea Cucumber is an industry spring breeze to standardize the sea cucumber industry, improve the product quality level and purify the product market. The success of this meeting will play a positive role in promoting the correct understanding and implementation of the new standard.