Decision of the State Council on Further Strengthening Food Safety. Country/Territory China Document type Miscellaneous Date 2004 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Food quality control/food safety Inspection Authorization/permit Processing/handling Packaging/labelling Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, Eastern Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Abstract In order to restore and improve the food reputation of China and ensure people's health and life safety, the State Council decided to take effective measures to further strengthen food safety. The measures include: strengthening the implementation of market access system for food quality and safety; Strict review the production conditions of enterprises; strengthening the supervision of food production and processing enterprises, and implementing supervision systems such as inspection, return visit, annual examination, spot check of production enterprises; Strengthening local governments' responsibility for food safety supervision; establishment and improvement of food safety standards and inspection and testing system; etc. Full text Chinese Website law.foodmate.net