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WHO urges Beijing to establish code of ethics on food safety.

Asia Africa Intelligence Wire

| September 15, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

(From South China Morning Post)

Byline: Eva Woo in Shanghai

WHO officials have urged China and the rest of Asia to implement more effective measures to improve food safety, after a scandal involving substandard infant formula on the mainland earlier this year left at least 12 babies dead.

"China should build up its national food-control system, with basic elements like laws, inspections and an understanding of contamination levels," Tony Hazzard, a food-safety adviser to the World Health Organisation's Western Pacific regional office, said on the sidelines of a meeting in Shanghai.

WHO Western Pacific director Shigeru Omi urged countries to …

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