FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2004, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (11): 392-397.

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Analyze of Besic Issues Concerned to Food Safety Control System

 ZOU  Zheng-Fang, CHEN  Ling, LI  Sheng, FENG  Wan-Chun   

  1. School of Economic of Renmin University of China
  • Online:2005-11-15 Published:2011-10-24

Abstract: It is an important strategic issue among international society and various governments to strengthening food safetyfor ensuring human health and promoting international trade development. The purpose of this paper is to analyze some of basicissues concerned to establishment of food safety control system. This paper discusses basic principles of food control and mainproblems for taking into account. The major elements of national food control system should include: objectives, activities andbuilding blocks. Comparing the organizational structures of food control system, i.e. fragmented systems, unified systems andintegrated Systems. Specially inquiring into the specific problems for developing countries in the process of establishing the foodsafety control system and call on developed countries to providing necessary assistance to developing countries in the regard.

Key words: food safety, control system, risk analysis, risk assessment, general framework