President Hu Jintao Urges Chinese Farmers, Factory Owners To Improve Food Safety - Reuters

[hatrack]

Whew! Problem fixed - I'd been worried there for a second!

Chinese President Hu Jintao has urged farms to improve food safety and develop the organic sector, state media said on Wednesday, reflecting widespread anxiety after a series of health scandals.

The Party's Politburo listened to reports about food safety and Hu issued his warning, promising stricter rules on growing and processing, the official People's Daily reported.

"Resolving the food problems of 1.3 billion people and improving agricultural returns and farmers' incomes demands that we accelerate implementation of agricultural standardisation," Hu said. "Without agricultural standardisation, there can be no agricultural modernisation and no assurance of food safety," he added.

Last August, nearly 40 people in Beijing contracted meningitis after they ate raw or partially cooked snails at a chain of Sichuan restaurants.

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http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-04/25/content_859798.htm

[napi21]

1. URGED???? Cute. I'd say he should have said something like:

If you don't eliminate these contamination problems, you'll all be f-ing starving within a month, and all your product will rot away!

[Benhurst]

2. ...

:rofl:

If things go wrong over there, I'm sure Bush* could make use of Hu's talents in his administration.

[piedmont]

3. Yeah, good luck with that. Meanwhile I'll do everything I can to avoid Chinese ingredients. nt

[hogwyld]

4. It's kinda hard to promise food safety

When your food is bathed in air and water not suitable for a superfund site...