Article 17 It is prohibited to produce, fish or collect edible agricultural products or to establish production bases of agricultural products in the areas where poisonous and harmful substances are in excess of the prescribed standards.

Article 18 It is prohibited to discharge or dump waste water, waste gas, solid wastes or other poisonous and harmful substances to producing areas of agricultural products in violation of laws and regulations.

The water used for agricultural production and the solid wastes used as fertilizers shall meet the criteria of the state provisions.

Article 19 Such chemical products as chemical fertilizers, pesticides, veterinary drugs and agricultural films shall be used in a reasonable way by producers of agricultural products to prevent such chemical products from polluting the producing areas of agricultural products.

Chapter IV Production of Agricultural Products

Article 20 The requirements on production technologies and operational rules shall be constituted by the administrative department of agriculture of the State Council and the administrative department of agriculture of the people's government of each province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government so as to guarantee the agricultural product quality safety. The administrative department of agriculture of each people's government at the county level or above shall strengthen its guidance to the production of agricultural products.

Article 21 For the pesticides, veterinary drugs, feeds and feed additives, fertilizers and veterinary devices, which might affect agricultural product quality safety, a licensing system shall be carried out in light of relative laws and administrative regulations.

The administrative department of agriculture of the State Council and the administrative department of agriculture of the people's government of each province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government shall, at a regular time schedule , make a random inspection on such agricultural input products as pesticides, veterinary drugs, feeds and feed additives as well as fertilizers, which might endanger the agricultural product quality safety, and shall make public the results.

Article 22 The administrative department of agriculture of the people's government at the county level or above shall enhance administration and guidance on the use of agricultural input products, as well as setting up and improving a system for safe use of agricultural input products.

Article 23 Agricultural research and education institutions and agricultural technology promotion institutions shall strengthen trainings on quality safety knowledge and skills for producers of agricultural products.

Article 24 An enterprise engaging in agricultural production or a professional farmers cooperative economic organization shall set up records on production of agricultural products and the contents as follows shall be included:

(1) The names, sources, usage, dosage of agricultural input products in use, the date of using it and the date disusing it;

(2) The information on occurrence, prevention and control of animal epidemic diseases as well as plant diseases, pests and disasters; and

(3) The date of harvest, slaughter or fishing.

The records on agricultural production shall be preserved for two years. Any forgery of records on agricultural production is prohibited. The state encourages other producers engaging in agricultural production to set up records on agricultural production.