date:Dec 18, 2012
In 2012, China published 88 new standards on food safety and expanded the monitoring network on chemical contaminants and pathogenic microorganisms in food from 25 per cent of county-level administrative regions to 47 per cent, according to Vice Minister of Health Chen Xiaohong.
Speaking at a forum on health supervision, Mr Chen pledged that 60 per cent of counties would be covered by the end of 2013.
In July, China updated its standard on water safety, which now consists of 106 indicators ins