In recent years, there have been increasing concerns over the safety of the Chinese food supply. Although
many of these have only raised concern internally within China, several major food safety issues have
had international repercussions. In response, China has implemented new food safety laws and
management systems to improve its national food safety control system and reduce public and international
concerns. This paper has describes and discusses the components of the Chinese system using
the five key elements of a national food control system identified by the World Health Organization
(WHO) and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as essential for an effective system. The latest
Chinese national food safety control has made significantly improvement on its regulation framework,
however, more work need to be done on standards, law enforcement, and information exchange.