Chinese Food Safety: A Case Study of Pig-Raising Industry

Minghong CHEN, Ge HE

Abstract


This paper introduces the Shuanghui scandal, which is affected Chinese food safety to some extend. On that base, the causes of the food safety problems in pig-raising industry in China are explained. Finally, some suggestion was presented to improve the safety in china.
Keywords: Food safety; Pig-raising industry; Chinese agricultural


Keywords


Food safety; Pig-raising industry; Chinese

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3968/j.mse.1913035X20120602.4002

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