China Food Safety Watch On Alert
30 01 2008China continues to suffer from the recent snowstorms as trains are not moving, transportation is in a state of disarray, airline flights are delayed or just canceled, and container ships delayed. To top it off this is the time of year you see masses of workers going back to their hometowns for Chinese New Year celebrations with their families. Now it appears that many workers will not be able to make the trek back to their hometowns.
Today the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) has issued an emergency alert to all the local food and drug bureaus to tighten inspection and be on the look out for both fake and inferior food. Local officials have free reign to prosecute any food violations of food safety, noting supplies of some foods were already tight because of transportation delays in getting product to the marketplace.
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