China cracks down on food producers

An article in the Sydney Morning Herald addresses the food safety concerns in China. The Chinese Government revoked the production licenses of hundreds of companies. It is known that food safety is very high on the agenda of China’s government. Reasons for that are the coming Olympics and the negative publicity from several food scandals. In addition, countries like Japan are increasing the pressure on China to assure food safety and quality in the food chain. Japan imports a large percentage of its food products from China. All these developments increase the Chinese demand for tools to improve and assure the production of food. Standards like ISO-22000, HACCP and BRC get more and more attention, just like certification against these standards.

October 2007 by Cor Groenveld

Aporte: Mariela Pérez Olea