More than 80pc of China's products up to standard
Thursday, 5 July 2007
BEIJING, July 4 (CEIS): China's quality watchdog said yesterday that a sample survey shows 80.9 per cent of products made in China for domestic consumption were up to quality and safety standards in the first half of 2007.
The survey covered 7,200 different products from 6,362 enterprises, with an emphasis on food, everyday commodities and farming machinery and fertilizers, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (GAQSIQ) said at a news conference yesterday.
The administration found that 93.1 per cent of products made by large enterprises are up to standards-the figure was 84.2 per cent for medium- sized enterprises and 72.9 per cent for small enterprises.
The survey revealed that 19.1 per cent of products made in China for domestic consumption are substandard in the first half of 2007, moving down from 21.6 per cent from a year ago.
Tinned and preserved fruit and dried fish registered the lowest quality scores with key problems being excessive amounts of microorganisms or additives, the administration said.
The quality watchdog cracked 23,000 cases of fake and low- quality food from December 2006 to May 2007 and a total of 180 food manufacturers were shut down for making substandard food or using inedible materials for food production.
Meanwhile, "99 per cent of food exported to the United States was up to safety standards over the past two years, which is a very high per centage," said Li Yuanping, a senior official in charge of imported and exported food safety in the GAQSIQ, in June.
The survey covered 7,200 different products from 6,362 enterprises, with an emphasis on food, everyday commodities and farming machinery and fertilizers, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (GAQSIQ) said at a news conference yesterday.
The administration found that 93.1 per cent of products made by large enterprises are up to standards-the figure was 84.2 per cent for medium- sized enterprises and 72.9 per cent for small enterprises.
The survey revealed that 19.1 per cent of products made in China for domestic consumption are substandard in the first half of 2007, moving down from 21.6 per cent from a year ago.
Tinned and preserved fruit and dried fish registered the lowest quality scores with key problems being excessive amounts of microorganisms or additives, the administration said.
The quality watchdog cracked 23,000 cases of fake and low- quality food from December 2006 to May 2007 and a total of 180 food manufacturers were shut down for making substandard food or using inedible materials for food production.
Meanwhile, "99 per cent of food exported to the United States was up to safety standards over the past two years, which is a very high per centage," said Li Yuanping, a senior official in charge of imported and exported food safety in the GAQSIQ, in June.