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Fractured supply lines hinder food safety in China

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-06-14 09:58

BEIJING -- A salient reason for China's current food safety crisis is fractured supply lines between the agricultural sector and food manufacturers, said head of China's leading food producer on Monday.

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There is insufficient coordination between enterprises in the upper and lower links of the supply chain, said Yu Xubo, president of China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO), China's leading food manufacturer.

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A COFCO survey of 95,191 interviewees shows 90.3 percent of Chinese are not satisfied with the country's current level of food safety.