China Promotes Food Safety
By: Christine Arteta
Published: May 9, 2011

China launched a five-year program for the country’s food safety education to establish a long-term mechanism for food safety awareness.  This program requires the training of workers in food production prior to hiring.  The employers, main employees, and regulators in charge of food safety monitoring must undergo at least 40 hours of training per year on food safety related laws, regulations, scientific knowledge, and professional ethics.  
The program aims to educate over 80% of the public on basic food safety knowledge in five years time by conducting educational activities in communities, villages, and schools. "Efforts will be made to reinforce management work of food producers, promote food safety awareness of the public, and strengthen law enforcement capability of the food safety regulators…A good atmosphere with every people devoted for safeguarding food safety will be set up." 
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