Enhanced food safety urged ahead of holidays
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-09-28 10:55
BEIJING -- As the National Day holidays and the Mid-Autumn
Festival draw near, the Chinese government has urged localities to strengthen
food and drug safety and prepare emergency response measures.
Local food and drug authorities should remain on duty 24 hours a day during
the holidays and the response mechanism must be ready for food poisoning and
adverse drug reaction incidents, according to a circular issued by the State
Food and Drug Administration (SFDA).
Supervision of food vendors, including grain, meet, dairy products, alcohol,
seafood and health foods must be strengthened and illegal trade of those
products must be stopped, said SFDA.
The key places of inspection include tourist spots, towns, rural areas
adjacent to cities and areas with dense population.
Wholesale markets, food shops, supermarkets and restaurants must be
supervised while sales of drugs and medical equipment at tourist spots must be
regulated, it required.
Public awareness of fake and substandard drugs and healthcare product
advertisements should be raised to prevent mass drug and food incidents from
happening, according to SFDA.
The National Day holidays start from Oct. 1 and end on Oct. 7 and the
Mid-Autumn Festival, which celebrates the harvest moon and for centuries has
been a time for family re-unions, falls on Oct. 6 this year.
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