The Chinese government recently shone a light on the state of food safety within its borders. Alongside the release of a proposed a timeline and roadmap for China’s domestic food safety strategy, the China National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment (NCFRA) has published a research paper that examines China’s concept of food safety and what is required to advance the nation’s food safety systems.
The proposal was announced in response to the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) updated Global Strategy for Food Safety (GSFS), which was adopted at the 75th Session of the World Health Assembly. The updated GSFS requests that member states of the United Nations take initiative to support the realization of food safety commitments made at the United Nations Food Systems Summit.