Food safety indicator pilot project in China – Final report
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Food safety and food security have significant impact on public health and they influence the stability and sustainability of the whole society. With the largest population in the world, China is simultaneously one of the largest food exporters and importers. These years, dozens of approaches were implemented to improve food safety in China, to address the critical food safety issues and concerns, including contaminations in food, obesity and malnutrition, antimicrobial resistance, food fraud and so forth.
China launched the food safety indicator pilot project in 2019. During the kick-off workshop, six indicators were selected from a proposed set of areas to be piloted, and five technical working groups were established to work on these pilot indicators. Data and information were collected to analyse and evaluate leading food safety agencies, legal and regulatory framework, risk analysis competence, notification mechanism, foodborne illness report and accessibility of potable water.
A concrete progress was observed with the established and measured data, indicating that China improved its food safety control system from 2009 to 2019. More efforts and interventions made to the national food control system will further contribute to the improvement, including implementation of better organizational structures, integration of working mechanism in regulation development and implementation, risk assessment, risk management, risk communication, as well as activities to control and prevent foodborne diseases, and improving safety of potable water. Various follow-up activities were suggested and included in the plan of actions to verify and pilot other indicators in the next few years.