"We should continue to aim for the set-up of a
long-term mechanism to consolidate what we have achieved in the campaign to
further improve the country's product quality," Li said.
At the end of last month, China's cabinet approved,
in principle, a draft law on food safety to address the "weak points" in food
production, processing, delivery, storage and sales.
After calling for strengthened supervision over drug
production and sales as well as export products, Wu also called for increased
efforts to work out product standards in accordance with international
practices.
"We need to achieve the full success of the
campaign," Wu emphasized.
The country is expected to review the achievements of
the four-month campaign in late December or early in January, according to Li.
In the past two days, inspectors fanned out to 11
Guangdong cities to check 18 drug and medical apparatus producers, 12 drug
wholesalers and retailers, 13 export companies, 37 food and other daily consumer
goods suppliers as well as nine local quality watchdogs and their testing
institutions.
Wu herself inspected a toy factory, a drug producer
and an aquatic product company in Guangdong, a province responsible for one
third of the country's total import and export.
"The provincial government will hold the manager of a
company as the first person accountable in the event of any quality crisis and
dispatched special supervisors to most of its pharmaceutical factories," Wu said
after her inspection tour in Guangdong.
She also called for the promotion of good practices
for product quality control, such as the computerized monitoring network adopted
by Guangdong Province, which currently covers 6,500 manufacturers.
"The network has not only enabled the authorities to
carry out real-time checks, but also allowed consumers to go online to check
product information," said Wu.
EU: China makes considerable progress
in product safety
BRUSSELS, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- China has made considerable
progress in taking actions to ensure safety of toys and other products exported
to Europe, the European Union (EU) consumer chief said on Thursday.
An EU overview of China's efforts showed the Chinese authorities have made "a significant effort with respect to the enforcement actions it took as a follow-up to the RAPEX notifications of dangerous consumer goods," EU Consumer Protection Commissioner Meglena Kuneva told reporters. Full story
Food safety endeavor goes
global
BEIJING, Nov. 28 -- Delegates from 45 countries and
regions Tuesday issued a joint declaration in Beijing to boost information
exchange on food contamination and disease outbreaks.
They also agreed that developed countries should help developing nations build food safety capacities to ensure safer food for all.
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story
Int'l community pledges joint efforts
in addressing food safety issues
BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- More than 60 delegates from
around the world reached a consensus on food safety in Beijing on Tuesday, and
vowed to coordinate their efforts in addressing such issues.
Delegates from more than 40 countries and regions and a dozen of international organizations including the World Health Organization (WHO) jointly published the "Beijing Declaration on Food Safety" on Tuesday after two days of discussions at the High-Level International Food Safety Forum held in Beijing. Full story
