China on Saturday approved a long-awaited food safety law, state media reported, in a bid to end repeated scandals involving dangerous food products in the country.
China on Saturday approved a long-awaited food safety law, state media reported, in a bid to end repeated scandals involving dangerous food products in the country.
The law has been in the works since October last year after a huge scandal erupted over contaminated milk which killed at least six children and sickened nearly 300,000 others in China.
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China's huge and poorly regulated food industry is regularly hit by scandals involving unsafe foods which harm public health and result in product recalls both at home and abroad.
In September, the tainted milk scandal, one of the biggest to hit the industry, caused a huge outcry, leading to China-made dairy product recalls and bans across the world.
China To Launch Four-Month Food Safety Campaign
China will launch a four-month food safety campaign from Wednesday to prevent the toxic chemical melamine and other harmful substances from ending up on the dinner table, the government said.
China will launch a four-month food safety campaign from Wednesday to prevent the toxic chemical melamine and other harmful substances from ending up on the dinner table, the government said.
Two others were sentenced to death over the incident, which saw the industrial chemical melamine added to watered-down milk to make it appear higher in protein.
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China to Set Up Central Safety Body To Oversee Food Scandal
China will set up a central food safety commission to help cut down on the country's repeated scandals involving dangerous food products, state media said on Wednesday.
China will set up a central food safety commission to help cut down on the country's repeated scandals involving dangerous food products, state media said on Wednesday.
The agency also said it would prevent food safety authorities from issuing inspection exemptions to major food producers, as happened in the tainted milk scandal.
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China Needs to Revamp Food Safety After Milk Crisis: UN
China must modernise its food safety system, the United Nations said Wednesday, arguing an outdated and disjointed approach may have worsened a crisis over contaminated milk that killed four babies.
China must modernise its food safety system, the United Nations said Wednesday, arguing an outdated and disjointed approach may have worsened a crisis over contaminated milk that killed four babies.
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