GLOBAL FOOD SAFETY CONFERENCE COVERAGE CHINA’S FOOD SAFETY LAWS NEED BETTER OVERSIGHT, SAYS YUM EXECUTIVE
July 1st, 2012
BY MARK GODFREY, IN BEIJING
A major China food safety conference has been told that weaknesses in the country's cold chain are undermining its already weak food safety standards.
Joaquin Pelaez, VP with responsibility for supply chain management at Yum China, was speaking at a first Focus Day for China conference, hosted by the Global Food Safety Initiative, in Beijing.
He said the absence of a strong national cold chain is an obstacle to improving food safety, with small suppliers often delivering fresh produce out of standard vans or even cars, unchilled to ...
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