AR-News: China strives to enhance food safety

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www.chinaview.cn 2003-11-27 17:12:01

    BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- China will establish a digital monitoring 
system for agricultural food products to ensure food sanitation and safety. 
    Fang Aiqing, deputy director of the market circulation and adjustment 
department of the Ministry of Commerce (MOC), said Thursday the system should 
also help avoid technical trade barriers set by other countries. 
    He said that food safety in China is good on the whole, but problems such 
as insecticide residue on fruit and vegetables, and fake products still 
remain in a few areas. 
    The MOC will cooperate with other ministries to create the monitoring 
system with the help of information technology, and the network will collect and 
analyze data on food safety in slaughter houses, wholesale and retail markets. 
    Credit will be given to enterprises that perform well, and a "black list" 
of unsafe enterprises would be publicized via the Internet, Fang said. 





full story:
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2003-11/27/content_1202027.htm


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