Food safety laws may restrict China’s growth

In response to the melamine/milk crisis China has been under huge international and national pressures to tighten up food safety legislation. It seems the government have taken note with foreign food manufacturers wishing to sell their products in China potentially forced to register with the country’s quarantine and inspection department every four years. The food safety law, which comes into effect on June 1, will oblige all foreign food exporters to register with the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ). A draft implementation of the rule states...