Abstract:

Since the Food Safety Law came into effect, serial institutional construction projects have been made in China.
This paper summarizes details on the construction of the legal system concerning release of information about food safety
risk monitoring, assessment and early warning, and focuses on an analysis of two important phases in the development
of the national food safety risk monitoring network and the fundamental platform for food safety risk assessment. It is
demonstrated that a primary food safety risk monitoring network has been completed in the country. Considering that new
food safety problems and potential risks constantly appeared, a serial of risk assessment programs for routine and emergency
conditions have been performed, gradually normalizing the release of early warning information. However, due to the weak
basis work, the country’s capacity for risk assessment needs to be enhanced as early as possible. In light of this, this paper
puts forward four countermeasures against the current main problems.

Key words: national level, food safety, risk monitoring, risk assessment, early warning information