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China adopted a law on food safety

supreme legislative body of China adopted the first law on food safety, establishing a commission on the level of government to develop the rules after a series of scandals in this area, have undermined consumer confidence.

Standing Committee National People’s Congress on Saturday passed a law on food safety, passes Bloomberg. Until then, this body has considered four options for the bill and 10 thousand public comments, said Ksyn Chuning (Xin Chunying), Deputy Director of Committee on Legislative Affairs.

Act reflects the efforts of the Chinese Government to restore the confidence of consumers within China and abroad countries to ensure that food products of this country are safe. The reason for the activity in this area as a series of scandal, including the story of poisoned milk, the use of which has led to the illness of 300 thousand children in the past year. The Act aims to remove legislative gaps in this area and increase the responsibility of producers, said Ksyn.

«There is a clear need to establish uniform national standards for food safety», – she said to journalists, according to the online decryption of his speech at the press conference in Beijing. According to her, streamlining the regulatory system – is one of the main tasks of the new law.

Act tightens civil and criminal penalties for violations of food producers and managers. According to her, when management clearly knows that the company sells products that do not conform to quality standards, it will be obliged to compensate the consumer price of the product in the amount tenfold.

In China there are about 500 thousand tons of manufacturers food products, including 2,6 thousand large companies, which account for 72% of the market, said Ksyn. The law tightens accounting requirements that will improve the ability of regulators to find the problem.

Milk containing melamine has led to the deaths of at least 6 children in China last year. China has sentenced two managers of the dairy company to the death penalty and compensate the families of the victims and the dead.