Edible agro-products quality and safety in China

Ensuring an acceptable level of edible agro-products quality and safety is necessary to provide adequate protection for consumers. It is the first time that we analyzed the edible agro-products quality and safety issues in the supply chain,including production,processing,circulation,and consumption. The results indicate that the agro-products quality and safety levels improves steadily,and the supervision system and standardization system are both enhanced significantly,however,certain challenges still remain in each stage of the supply chain and the entire s upervision process. Finally,five recommendations regarding four aspects(production,processing,circulation,and consumption) are concluded.

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