| China orders bar codes for safety monitoring of 69 product categories |
| 2007-12-04 05:53 |
| From:Xinhua Article type:Reproduced |
BEIJING -- China ordered 69 categories of products to be bar-coded at factories starting Monday, Dec. 3, in its latest effort to improve product safety. The products range from electronics, electrical wires and agricultural production materials to food and cosmetics. The action, announced jointly by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the Ministry of Commerce and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, is part of a program by regulators to establish a quality monitoring and tracking system. Factories technically have a transitional six-month period to use up old packaging but are actually being ordered to join the new system sooner. The monitoring system, created in 2005, allows consumers to check bar-code data by phone, text message, internet, and information terminals. The government introduced recall systems for unsafe food and toys on Aug. 31 and launched a four-month safety inspection nationwide starting in late August after several product-safety scares. The safety incidents included parasite-infested snails, ducks and hens that were fed cancer-causing Sudan Red dye to make their egg yolks red and pet food containing melamine-tainted wheat protein that killed scores of dogs and cats in the United States. |
| (Source: English Site of Department of Information Technology) |
 | China's customs revenue reaches 688.3 bln yuan by November 2007-12-03 05:58 |
| China to gradually develop corporate bonds, financial derivatives 2007-12-03 05:49 |
| China to produce 490 mln tons of crude steel this year 2007-12-03 05:46 |
| China, Vietnam meet to discuss economic corridor development 2007-12-03 05:41 |
| Air China increases frequency of flights to Brazil 2007-12-03 05:32 |
| UBS: China's economy is not overheated 2007-12-03 05:15 |
| AQSIQ: China to import 2nd batch of Japanese rice 2007-12-03 05:14 |
| Shanghai house prices drop last month 2007-12-03 05:12 |
| China vies for a piece of Alaskan gas project 2007-12-03 05:12 |
| Shanghai shares likely to remain weak 2007-12-03 05:11 |
All articles marked with "Article type: Original" posted on the website of the Ministry of Commerce and its sub-sites are copyrighted by this Website and its sub-sites. Any reproduction or use by any other websites, media or individuals must be attached with a clear indication of "Source: Ministry of Commerce Website".
All articles posted on this website or its sub-sites marked with "Article type: reproduced" or "Article type: translated" and "Article type: redistributed" come from other media, and are provided solely for the user's information, which does not mean this Website or its sub-sites endorse the ideas thereof or assume any legal liability or responsibility for their authenticity. Any other media, websites or individuals must maintain the source of information indication on this Website or its sub-sites when using the information, and shall assume legal liability for the use.
