City to require the recalling of substandard food
10/5/2006 17:13
Wendy Zhang/ Shanghai Daily news
Shanghai will
issue a regulation next month requiring producers to recall food which may pose
a threat to people's health, according to the Shanghai Food and Drug
Administration yesterday.
In developed countries, such a system has become
important in managing product quality. However, in China, the laws and
regulations are not comprehensive enough.
The new regulation, covering all
food traded in the city and including that entering the city and having been
sold to consumers, will set-out legal guarantees to the recall system. All food
having, or likely to have, the potential to harm people's health, or which fails
to meet certain standards, will be recalled.
Substandard food will also be
rated according to the degree of harm they could do to people's health, and food
in the different categories will be required to be withdrawn within differing
time limits. Food proven to seriously harm people's health or which could lead
to deaths is expected to be withdrawn within 72 hours.
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