#Food #Safety Review China’s top legislative body, the #NPC Standing Committee, has begun its bi-monthly session. It will review a series of draft amendments, bills, and reports of critical importance. Some of the items on the agenda include: - A proposal for a unified supervision and management system to encompass state and local-level food and drug administration systems - A report on central government spending in 2013 - A draft amendment to improve security at military facilities - A bill to fast-track arbitration trials in parts of China - Reinforcing supervision over financial sectors Food reform is probably on the minds of many Chinese people who have long cried out for strengthened management of food producers after a rash of food scandals in recent years. Chinese police conducted more than 52,000 criminal food safety cases and 28,000 fake medicine cases in the past three years, according to a Chinese police official. Mondays meeting did not detail how the food safety law would be changed.
Posted on: Mon, 23 Jun 2014 12:51:07 +0000