Saftey & Hygine

“Chinese people still face serious health risks from food safety problems. The phenomenal economic growth for the food processing market means that it is critical that new safety solutions are adopted.” - Zhang Wenkang, Chinese Health Minister

Concerns about food safety involve the use of inferior, fake or contaminated ingredients, food sold after its expiry date, and substandard food-processing conditions. China encourages the adoption of advanced international standards on food safety and is actively pushing forward the national standards to international levels - particularly concerning the production, circulation, processing, storage, transportation and selling of food.

In the past, protection depended to a large extent on the capacities of Chinese food producers, especially in regards to their technical and financial capabilities. New pressure from the government and industry associations means that implementing maximum hygiene and improved food safety solutions within the food processing chain has to be a priority if companies want to compete domestically and internationally
Points of Discussion

Working with Food
    * Hygiene and sanitation solutions: the importance of getting back-to-basics with the Hand Washing for Life Initiative and innovative cleaning to break the chain of infection.
    * Key developments in protective and hygienic work ware.
    * Meeting requirements and legislation: the adoption of a number of authentication and labelling systems, including HACCP, GMP and green food. This develops a need for quality management, consultation and training.

Food Storage and Protection
    * Facilities management: pest and rodent control.
    * Temperature control technology at every stage: how hot summers have made refrigeration and cold storage solutions increasingly prominent.

Bacterial Control
    * Microbial testing and food analysis to put a stop to contamination and infections such as Listeria, E-Coli, and Salmonella.