BEIJING — Chinese officials have canceled 621 food production licenses from 564 producers in an ongoing campaign to improve food safety, the country's top quality watchdog said in a statement posted on its website on Tuesday.
The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said 355 food makers failed to renew licenses after relocation, restructuring or their licenses expired.
The AQSIQ cancelled licenses in another 249 food companies because they went bankrupt or stopped production.
Production licenses in 17 firms were canceled as their production conditions failed to meet official standards and the remaining three were revoked for severe offences.
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