Article 8 The state guides and popularizes standardized production of agricultural products, encourages and supports production of high-quality agricultural products, and prohibits production and sales of agricultural products which do not meet the agricultural product quality safety criteria prescribed by the state.

Article 9 The state supports scientific and technological researches on agricultural product quality safety, implements scientific quality safety administration methods and promotes advanced and safe production technologies.

Article 10 The people's government at any level and the relevant departments shall strengthen publicity of knowledge on agricultural product quality safety, improve the consciousness on agricultural product quality safety of the general public, guide producers and sellers of agricultural products to intensify quality safety management and guarantee the safety of agricultural product consumption.

Chapter II Agricultural Product Quality Safety Criteria

Article 11 The state establishes and improves the system of agricultural product quality safety criteria. The agricultural product quality safety criteria shall be compulsory technical norms.

The agricultural product quality safety criteria shall be formulated and promulgated in light of relative laws and administrative regulations.

Article 12 When formulating the agricultural product quality safety criteria, the relevant departments shall take into full consideration the risk evaluation results of agricultural product quality safety and give audience to the opinions of producers, sellers and consumers of agricultural products, in order to guarantee the consumption safety.

Article 13 The agricultural product quality safety criteria shall be revised in a timely manner based on the scientific and technological development level and the requirements of agricultural product quality safety.

Article 14 The agricultural product quality safety criteria shall be organized to implement by the administrative department of agriculture together with other relevant departments.

Chapter III Producing Areas of Agricultural Products

Article 15 The administrative department of agriculture of a local people's government at the county level or above shall, as per the requirements of agricultural product quality safety as well as in accordance with factors such as variety characters of the agricultural products and poisonous and harmful substances in the atmosphere, soil and water body of the production area, propose areas banned from production which it considers unsuitable for production of certain agricultural products, and publicize such areas upon approval of the people's government at the same level. The specific measures shall be formulated by the administrative department of agriculture of the State Council together with the administrative department of environmental protection of the State Council.

The adjustment of areas banned from production of agricultural products shall be made in light of the procedures prescribed in the preceding paragraph.

Article 16 The people's government at the county level or above shall adopt measures to enhance construction of agricultural product bases and improve the production conditions of agricultural products.

Measures shall be taken by the administrative department of agriculture of the people's government at the county level or above to propel construction of comprehensive demonstration areas for standardized production, demonstration farms, breeding areas and areas without prescribed epidemic animal or plant diseases, so as to guarantee the agricultural products quality safety.