China Calls for Stricter Food Safety Regulations

The Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom; Beijing) says that the Chinese government has called for stringent regulation on the production and marketing of melamine to avoid the use of melamine in the food and feed industry. The government says a register should be established to trace all melamine in the market from the wholesalers to retailers. The government has instructed administrative agencies to strengthen supervision on dairy product safety, and local governments to send officials as resident supervisors to all dairy enterprises to enforce the safety regulations...

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