date:Feb 20, 2014
ducts. This is a hangover from a trust crisis in 2008 when a dairy firm was found to have added cancer-causing melamine in baby formula.
Zheng Xinli, vice executive secretary with China Center for International Economic Exchanges, a leading Chinese think tank, believes one key problem compromising the country's food safety is the lack of a share-holder mechanism to drive farmers to ensure food quality.
Firms and farmers should work together for mutual benefits, and cooperatives can pave the wa