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| US helping China establish food safety standards |
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| Written by Richard |
| Tuesday, 18 November 2008 22:20 |
 The BBC is reporting that the US will help China set food safety standards after all the recent problems that have come to light its agricultural and food processing industries.
As China is developing rapidly and struggling to feed all its people correctly (especially the peasants growing much of the food) it's understandable that loopholes have been found. It's good to see that a country with a more mature system of regulation can help; however it's not a panacea. China risks importing many of the bad things from the western food system rather than concentrating on creating a pure and Zen system. Concentrating, to a certain extent, on getting China's agricultural system to be organic with a minimum amount of processing would ensure that China's citizens are as healthy as can be and would avoid the future problem of obesity that the US is struggling with today.          |
| Last Updated on Thursday, 28 January 2010 20:36 |
