China Food Safety Draft
22 04 2008China is getting serious about food safety. A new draft law released by the
China government will impose severe penalties, including jail time and possibly life imprisonment.
China is going all out to improve substandard food and penalize manufactures that are not up to par. They will be fined according to the severity of the offense or possibly jailed. The new initiative will implement new traceback systems to monitor food safety.
Some food companies (Nestle, Mars, and Coca-Cola to name a few) are complaining that the new standards will not change anything, but will just increase production cost.
Other countries are setting up their own systems to protect the imported product from China. The FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) is planning on opening a office in Beijing next month just to take such action.
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