The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology recently announced 410 industry standard plan projects and 64 national standard plan projects, including the formulation of chemical industry standard recommended by Chemical Fertilizer Traceability System Specification.

It is understood that some domestic fertilizer manufacturers have initially realized the construction of fertilizer traceability system in enterprises, which is used to crack down on counterfeit and inferior products and standardize market order. However, each enterprise only establishes its own traceability system according to its own situation, lacks a unified standard, lacks credibility of traceability information, and is difficult to connect with the information of the regulatory authorities, thus unable to achieve information interconnection and interoperability.

According to the arrangement of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, a number of fertilizer manufacturers participated in the pilot project of product traceability system construction. On April 19, 2018, the National Chemical Fertilizer Electronic Anti-counterfeiting Traceability System Service Platform was officially launched, which has met the access requirements of enterprises. The successful implementation of the pilot project and the promotion of the whole industry urgently need the criterion of "Standard for Traceability System of Chemical Fertilizer" as the criterion and guidance.

In April 2018, the National Fertilizer Standard Committee deliberated and approved the standard formulation of "Standards for Traceability System of Chemical Fertilizers". The project was implemented from October 1, 2018 to September 1, 2020 with the participation of China Nitrogen Fertilizer Industry Association, China Phosphorus and Compound Fertilizer Industry Association and National Industrial Information Security Development Research Center.