Editor’s note: On Oct.1, China's new Food Safety Law (FSL) took effect, with the goal of overhauling the country’s food standards. On April 24, 2015, in response to several high-profile food safety scandals and the need to harmonize with the global practice of food safety management, China passed sweeping amendments to its FSL. The National Review provided the following summary.
The FSL effective date has now arrived and, therefore, it is important to be aware that a number of significant changes have been made to China's food regulations and new mechanisms have been established to deepen the reforms.
As the fundamental law regulating food safety in China, the revised FSL builds up the basic legal framework for food safety supervision and management; however, like most framework documents, it is short on detail. To put some meat on its bones, in the past few months, the National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC), China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) and General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), along with other administrative agencies, published several important regulations and national food safety standards. The purpose of this article is to alert you to what has transpired since the FSL was passed, what we can expect to see in the future, and what the prospects are for several key food industries under China's new food regulatory regim
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