Friday, August 24, 2007

Food Standards Instituted

This is interesting, but leaves many questions unanswered:

Foreign food importers will be able to tell certified Chinese food products from fake ones thanks to a "CIQ" mark that all legal food exports are required to carry on their packaging from next month.

The mark stands for China Inspection and Quarantine, which guarantees that the exports have passed quality tests, according to a regulation unveiled by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ).
What quality standards is the government proposing to use and what tests will it take? US standards? Hopefully.

And why are those standards only used on export goods?

Keep in mind that the Chinese are capable of making a copy of a Rolex watch down the the smallest insignia on the back. 80% of all Microsoft products sold in China re counterfeit. They are able to make "antique" pottery so that even seasoned researchers have difficulty authenticating age. What prevents someone from replicating a CIQ mark?

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