Literature Review on Current Status and Countermeasures of Food Safety in China
Abstract
Food safety has become one of the widespread concerns around the world. Food is now generally considered an ordinary commercial commodity, with companies producing and manufacturing food more for economic benefits. Therefore, many illegal activities were carried out by food producers and manufacturers for profits. This has led to frequent food safety problems in China. This literature review aims to analyze the current situation and countermeasures of food safety in China through the review of the literature related to China’s food safety in recent two decades. The results show that in recent years, China's food safety problems have occurred frequently, which has exposed the defects of China's food safety system. The scope, extent and measures of government intervention are considered to be important factors in determining the state of food safety.
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