SHANGHAI GOVERNMENT DEVELOPS FOOD CONTROLS AS CHINESE POLICE UNCOVER MORE MEAT SCAMS
May 1st, 2013
THE GOVERNMENT of China’s largest city, Shanghai, is building a black list of fraudulent food traders targeted for law enforcement, as a series of meat frauds have emerged nationwide. Officials are also developing a food tracking system to deal with chronic food chain transparency problems, as down by the recent dumping of 15,000 dead pigs in the Huangpu River.An official at the Shanghai Food Association, which represents manufacturers and traders welcomed the move, but said the national government also needed to take more action: “Pre-packed foods, like ...
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