我国食品安全形势严峻,民怨沸腾,主张以重刑治之的声音不绝于耳,这一主张对于保障食品安全的确具一定积极意义,然而,仅施以重刑并非解决问题的根本途径。一方面历史和现实告诉我们重刑的威慑力是有限的,另一方面食品安全问题的原因存在于多方面,既有监管机制的缺陷,也有相关方不当的逐利行为,以及消费者自身的原因。期望通过严厉的刑罚惩罚来达到控制食品安全问题的目标只不过是乌托邦,预防和控制这一问题必须通过消弥其原因来完成。因此必须立足现实,从制度、监管、宣传教育以及动员社会力量等多方面入手,构建预防和惩处相结合的食品安全体系。 The situation of food safety in our country is grim, people complain and complain about the fact that there is a steady stream of voices. This claim is indeed of positive significance for ensuring food safety. However, using only tion is not the fundamental way to solve the problem. On the one hand, history and reality tell us that the penalty for deterrence is limited. On the other hand, the reasons for food safety exist in many aspects, including the defects of the regulatory mechanism, improper fame and fortune, and the consumers’ the reason. The hope that the goal of controlling food safety through harsh penal sanctions is nothing more than utopia, and the issue of prevention and control must be done by eliminating the causes. Therefore, we must base ourselves on reality, start with the system, regulation, publicity and education, and mobilize social forces to establish a food safety system that combines prevention and punishment.