CHAPTER III HYGIENE OF FOOD ADDITIVES

Article 11 The production, marketing and use of food additives must conform to the hygiene standards for use of food additives and the hygiene control regulations the food additives that do not conform to the hygiene standards and the hygiene control regulations may not be marketed and used.

Now it's largely processed and full of all sorts of additives, extra ingredients, and you know the rest of the story.

Other examples include use of additives in cattle feed to increase milk production or growth rates and decrease methane production per unit beef.

You know, the amount of additives, E numbers, ingredients you wouldn't believe there's not enough veggies at all. French fries are considered a vegetable.

Article 30 Imported foods, food additives and containers, packagings, utensils and equipment used for food must comply with the national hygiene standards and the hygiene control regulations.

When declaring such products for inspection, the importer shall submit the relevant data and inspection reports on the pesticides, additives, fumigants and other such substances used by the exporting country (region).

(11) foods that contain additives not approved for use by the administrative department of public health under the State Council or residues of pesticides exceeding the tolerance prescribed by the State and

Article 16 Norms of significance to the science of health to be included in the national quality standards for food additives must be examined and approved by the administrative department of public health under the State Council.

This Law applies to all foods and food additives as well as containers, packagings, utensils and equipment used for food, detergents and disinfectants it also applies to the premises, facilities and environment associated with food production or marketing.

Countless food additives are either banned or permitted only in limited quantities, as are children s toys painted with substances that could be harmful if ingested. New York City has banned trans fats from restaurants and is now limiting the permitted serving size of sugary drinks.

Article 24 Food, food additives and containers, packagings and other utensils used specially for food may be dispatched from factory or sold only after their producers have carried out inspection and found them to be up to the standards according to the hygiene standards and the hygiene control regulations.

Now, attention has now turned to food. The world press is filled with stories about honey laced with industrial sweeteners, canned goods contaminated by bacteria and excessive amounts of additives, rice wine braced with industrial alcohol, and farm raised fish, eel, and shrimp fed large doses of antibiotics and then washed down with formaldehyde to lower bacterial counts.

Article 14 The administrative department of public health under the State Council shall formulate or approve and promulgate the national hygiene standards, hygiene control regulations and inspection procedures for food, food additives, the containers, packagings, utensils and equipment used for food, the detergents and disinfectants used for washing food or utensils and equipment used for food, and the tolerances for contaminants and radioactive substances in food.