FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (11): 312-316.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201211065

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Systemic View of Food Safety: Evolution, Role and Strategy

ZENG Guang-xia1,TANG Jun2,LI Hong-jun2,YANG Jia-yi2   

  1. (1. School of Politics and Public Administration, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China; 2. College of Food Science, Southwest University, Chongqing 400716, China)
  • Online:2012-06-15 Published:2012-07-27

Abstract: The view of food safety is a historical and relative concept. With the development of science and technology, as well as the development of productivity and the improvement of people, s living standards, the understanding of food safety has gained extensive attention. Food safety is also a systematic and overall concept, which is related to food production, circulation and consumption as well as the involvement of biological, chemical, medicinal, physical and other fields. Establishing systemic food safety to guide food production, circulation and consumption is a good way to solve the problem of food safety and ensure the fundamental interests of consumers.

Key words: food safety, systemic food safety, role

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