Because of the health scares of food, a new way is going to be used by Chinese information and game portal Netease.com to ensure pork a safe quality.

William Ding, Netease founder and CEO said his firm would start feeding over 10,000 swine in Zhejiang province with a pastoral environment and strictly organic diet.

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China and the United States reached an agreement last Friday that make their joint efforts to tackle emergencies on food security and product safety, which was included in a document outlining the results of the two-day fifth round of the Sino-US Strategy Economic Dialogue (SED).

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Last week, the highest standards of food of imports, exports and domestic consumption have been unveiled by the government.

According to the senior officials, in order to check imports from the United States strictly, China will send food and drug quality control officials to the country—as US FDA has opened its offices in China.

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After the baby milk food scandal, the latest draft of the food safety law has set stricter standards and given greater responsibility to the government. The draft requires all health departments to follow safety standards on the use of food additives and ban all harmful chemicals in food products.

Liu Xirong, deputy director of the NPC Law Committee, said on the first day of the six-day session, “Many legislators have suggested the wide, and even illegal use of additives poses a big threat to food safety. So the law should have clear stipulations on that.” He also said the latest draft requires departments to implement risk assessments and sets strict standards in every step during the process.

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