China will formulate a new batch of food product safety standards

Chen Rui, deputy director of the Food Safety Comprehensive Coordination and Health Supervision Bureau of the Ministry of Health, pointed out at a regular press conference on July 13 that the Ministry of Health will formulate a new batch of food product safety standards and initially establish a national food safety standards system.

Chen Rui introduced that the Ministry of Health, in accordance with the 2010 National Food Safety Standards Review Work Plan, will organize within this year the review and publication of limit standards for food contaminants, fungal toxins, food additives, pathogenic microorganisms, pesticide residues and veterinary drug residues, as well as the Standard for the Labeling of Prepackaged Foods and the Safety Standard for Nutrition Labeling of Prepackaged Foods; it will also organize the review and improvement of standards for rice, flour, oil, condiments and other products consumed daily by the public, and promptly review and publish them.

In addition, China will accelerate the improvement of the national food safety standards management system, and publish and implement the Measures for the Administration of National Food Safety Standards, the Measures for the Administration of Local Food Safety Standards, and the Measures for the Administration of Projects for the Formulation and Revision of National Food Safety Standards.