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China Adopts Food Safety Law
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by Blue Crush | February 27, 2009 at 11:30 pm
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BEIJING - China's legislature has enacted a new food safety law Saturday, to go into effect on June 1st. The National People's Congress has approved the law, which will ensure food safety "from the production line to the dining table," China's Xinhua News Agency said.
The law calls for a monitoring and supervision system, a set of national standards on food safety, severe punishment for offenders and a food recall system, Xinhua said. It will also impose strict supervision over additives.
China's government has been trying to restore confidence in the country's food system since the disclosure in September that infant formula was contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine. The tainted milk is blamed in the deaths of at least six Chinese babies and the sickening of nearly 300,000 others.
Previously, China's regulatory system had come under scrutiny after exports of pet food ingredients killed and sickened pets in North and South America. The chemical in the dangerous pet food was the same as in the milk scandal - melamine.
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at 00:05 on February 28th, 2009
Well, it was to be expected. The next step would be to counter corruption with in the apparatus. Since all Countries have that problem to a lesser or greater degree.
at 00:24 on February 28th, 2009
It is good news! But I know of people that are still tied up in the Pet Food Lawsuit. That covered a whole lot of pets, and those people won't be forgetting too soon.
at 00:28 on February 28th, 2009
We lost 300 Sheep because of Purina feed that killed them, received less then what a lamb is worth in damage payment, I am still furious at them. Had I the Money I would suit them into the ground. We lost way to much due to that. Yet for pets they pay.
at 00:37 on February 28th, 2009
Basically just their vet bills, the lawyers are the ones winning. What else is new?
at 00:59 on February 28th, 2009
I don't trust this at all. We have a very corrupt country policing itself.. What the Chinese did before was illegal as well. How is a new law going to create enforcement?
What we need is a tariff on incoming goods that pays for inspections done in the US to protect our people and pets.
at 08:00 on February 28th, 2009
This is really good news
at 14:25 on February 28th, 2009
Legislation is one thing, enforcement is another. Mexico once had some of the toughest environmental laws in the world but they meant nothing. We'll see if China is enacting these new rules as window-dressing or the real deal.
at 15:17 on February 28th, 2009
That is laughable. China already has both freeedom of speech and freeedom of the press. And how well are they doing with those? This is posturing to give the impression to western countries that buy Chinese products that they will be safe. In reality nothing will change while the Communists will issue press releases about how safe their food products are now under the new inspection system. A total sham.....they are Communists and all Communist regimes rutinely lie about how good their "system" works.
at 18:57 on March 4th, 2009
I hope they include lead paint on toys and products in their changes.
They KNOW that lead paint is not allowed on products exported to the USA, but they just allow it to keep happening...
When I see somthing I like in a store, the first thing I do is look where it was made and if it says, "China", I keep shopping around.
Some things I have no choice except to buy, like particular electronic equipment. And it makes me feel helpless that I don't really have a choice on many products.