Three Things To Watch For In Chinese Food Safety Regulation In 2014
Having begun a new year on Jan 1 and now the year of the horse on the lunar calendar, China’s food consumers have been cooking for their celebrations and wondering whether their food is safe. Indeed,...
View ArticleBefore the Food Gets to Market: Are We Paying Enough Attention to the...
By John Balzano Discussion of Chinese food safety law and regulation frequently focuses on the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) and the laws and regulations that it administers. CFDA, and its...
View ArticleChina Focuses Regulatory Enforcement on Expired Food and Village Markets
If you made a list of the top food safety problems in China, illegal sales of recycled or expired food, illegal use of food additives, and unregulated village markets and stores would likely be in your...
View ArticleThe Food Police: China Proposes a Plan for a Special Unit for Food and Drug...
Those who actively watch food safety in China are abuzz with an announcement by the China FDA (CFDA) and the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), i.e., the police, that China is creating a special police...
View ArticleDoes China have Good Manufacturing Practices for Food?
Late last month China’s National Health and Family Planning Commission (Health Commission) posted a “policy explanation” (something like a “Frequently Asked Questions”) on the General Hygiene...
View ArticleChina's Elusive Pet Food Regulation
Long-term, all-too-frequent, and severe safety issues with pet treats and pet food coming from China have led to serious questions about the state of China’s pet food regulations. The answer to those...
View ArticleChina Looks Closer At Enforcement Of Meat Product Regulations
Safety issues with the meat and meat products in China are causing controversy again. Last year a group of diseased pig carcasses came floating into rivers near Shanghai, causing concern about black...
View ArticleChina Seeks To Build Trust In The Baby Formula Industry
If there is any class of food incidents in China that has caused the greatest outcry and fueled food regulatory reform, it is the infant formula incidents. The major incidents were in 2008 when...
View ArticleAmidst Public Controversy China Debates GMO Development
Among other recent safety scandals, China is also handling public concern regarding the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food. China already has a big stake in this area, because it has...
View ArticleChina's Health Food Reforms Offer More Proposals than Solutions
The comment period has just closed for the China Food and Drug Administration’s (CFDA or the Agency) two proposed regulations on nutritional supplements. These proposed revisions to earlier regulations...
View ArticleChina Works To Regulate The Difference Between Food And Traditional Chinese...
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Chinese food share a good deal in common. This includes not only ingredients, but also combinations of food used as therapies. For example, TCM espouses the...
View ArticleIssues On The Horizon For Chinese Food Safety Law In 2015
Now that both new years have passed, it seems appropriate to discuss what is on the horizon for food safety regulatory reform in 2015. Much of what I discussed in my similar post in February 2014 is...
View ArticleRevised Food Safety Law In China Signals Many Changes And Some Surprises
China's revised Food Safety Law is being touted as its toughest one yet.
View ArticleChina Aims to Upgrade Rules on Food Manufacturing and Distribution
China began its efforts at food safety regulatory reform in 2015 with the enactment of a significant revision to the Food Safety Law (FSL). Now, it has deepened that reform with some of the first...
View ArticleNew Layers Of China's Food Safety Regulation
The China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) has been working hard. It has been just about four months since the revised Food Safety Law was released, and CFDA has already issued around 10 proposed...
View ArticleLingering Food Safety Regulatory Issues For China In 2016
As 2016 begins, and China continues implementing its revised Food Safety Law, two features of food safety regulation and their development are striking. First, it is surprising that, for a government...
View ArticleChina Grades Localities On Food Safety
The new regulation will be important to ensure not only that local officials are encouraged to do something about food safety, but also that what they do builds an effective system to maintain the...
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