中国官方媒体说，国务院设立了一个食品安全委员会，作为对发生一系列令人难堪的涉及有毒食品丑闻的回应。新华社说，这个新的委员会依据一项有关建立更严格食品质量标准的新法律而设立。
在食用含有工业化学制剂三聚氰胺的牛奶和其他奶制品导致6名婴儿死亡、将近30万儿童中毒后，中国加强了提高食品质量标准的努力。奶制品厂家曾用三聚氰胺来提高产品的蛋白质读数。
中国卫生部副部长陈啸宏星期二在一次视频会议上说，一些地区仍存在添加剂地下市场。他警告说，有关当局将“严惩”故意在食品中使用非法添加剂的人。
China’s state-run media say the Cabinet has established a food safety commission in response to a series of embarrassing scandals involving tainted food products. The Xinhua news agency says the new commission is part of a new law aimed at creating stricter food quality standards.
China boosted its efforts to tighten its food quality standards after six infants died and nearly 300,000 others were sickened when they ingested milk and milk products contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine. Dairy makers used melamine to artificially boost protein levels in the products.
Vice Health Minister Chen Xiaohong told a video conference Tuesday that underground markets for additives still exist in some regions. Chen warned that authorities will “severely punish” those who deliberately use illegal additives in food.