BEIJING—Building on its promise to strengthen food-safety efforts in the wake of its 2008 melamine scandal, China established the Food Safety Commission (FSC) that will analyze the food-safety situation, guide and coordinate food-safety work, make food-safety policies, and urge relevant departments to fulfill their responsibilities in food supervision.
As reported by Reuters, FSC Director Li Keqiang ordered inspectors to trace and destroy all milk products tainted with melamine that killed at least six children in 2008 and nearly destroyed China’s dairy industry.
Keqiang also said all levels of government should be responsible and carry out the food safety-law and implementation. He said a campaign will be carried out across the country in 2010 on food safety focusing on food additives, consumable agricultural products, food processing, food distribution and import and export, the processing of poultry, food consumption and healthcare food.
