date:Jan 20, 2014
only cover the areas under the departments' jurisdictions, she said.
Some food standards have also failed to keep up with technological developments.
Some standards require outdated test methods. Some test hazardous elements, such as mercury and chromium, one by one. But it is now possible to test for all of these elements at one time, she said.
Su, director of the commission's food safety standard and supervision evaluation department, said the biggest hurdle the authority faces in combin