China - Food safety among Beijing residents' top concerns

BEIJING (CHINA DAILY/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Food safety ranked among the top 10 topics capital residents are concerned about and one of the topics most discussed by local political advisers, an online poll found.

According to a poll on the official website of the ongoing plenary meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Beijing Committee, food safety ranked seventh among the 15 hot topics that netizens chose.

Political advisers urged the municipal government to increase rewards for people who report food safety violations, and recommended other measures to encourage the public to help prevent tainted food from ever reaching people's dining tables.

'The government should rely on customers to discover and report any food safety breaches, which cost less than a surprise inspection from the food safety watchdog,' said Ms Li Rong, a delegate to CPPCC Beijing Committee and expert from the Office for Public Health Management under the Chinese Centre For Disease Control and Prevention.

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