China food safety inspection results ‘alarming’ (AsiaInspection.com)
By Mark Astley, 02-Feb-2012
Over half of food processing and packaging firms on the Chinese mainland failed safety inspections in 2011 – a figure food quality control company AsiaInspection has called “alarming.”
According to a report by the China-based company, 51% of all food facility check-ups conducted in the country failed, with ‘major’ defects including cases of rodent faecal contamination accounting for around 10%.
This figure covers food products inspected in food processing and packaging facilities.
Chemical contamination has also become a worrying factor – with incidents in the Chinese food processing sector becoming commonplace, the company said…
