Building food safety governance in China

Europe and China share a lot of similarities regarding food, which has always been at the centre of their respective cultures. The European Union totally reshaped its food safety regulatory framework at the beginning of this century following a series of food crises, which were the clear sign that the law was not anymore matching the reality. China is experiencing the same phenomenon today and is methodically rebuilding brick by brick its entire food safety control system since 2008, year of the melamine milk scandal. This book provides a very comprehensive overview of the Chinese Food Safety Law and analyses the rationale and background which guided the Chinese authorities to build a unique food safety regulatory system, learning lessons from crises and taking inspiration in particular from the European model. This is really a must-read for anybody who wishes to understand the rationale, the objectives, the architecture and the functioning of the Chinese food safety system, including the latest reform of March 2018.