Food safety and government regulation in rural China

food safety issues in china.

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Food Safety Issues in China

As a global problem, food safety significantly affects the public health in both developed and developing countries, especially in countries with large populations, e.g. China. A 2011 survey reported that food safety was the most concerned issue in Chinese people, surpassing public security, traffic safety, medical safety, etc. (1). Food can be contaminated by many harmful factors at any step i...

Microbiological Food Safety Surveillance in China

Microbiological food safety surveillance is a system that collects data regarding food contamination by foodborne pathogens, parasites, viruses, and other harmful microbiological factors. It helps to understand the spectrum of food safety, timely detect food safety hazards, and provide relevant data for food safety supervision, risk assessment, and standards-setting. The study discusses the mic...

Food Price Bubbles and Government Intervention : Is China Different ?

The last decade has witnessed different price trajectories in the international and Chinese agricultural commodity markets. This paper compares and contrasts these dynamic patterns between markets from the perspective of price bubbles. A newly developed right-tailed unit root testing procedure is applied to detect price bubbles in the CBOT and Chinese agricultural futures market during the peri...

Food and Drug Administration regulation of food safety.