Liability insurance programme in food safety soon

China: Chinese Food and Drug Administration will promote a food- safety liability insurance programme in high-risk industries such as those involving dairy and meat products, to help improve supervision, an official said.

According to a draft amendment to the Food Safety Law reviewed recently by the top legislature, the country will encourage the establishment of such an insurance programme and urge more food production enterprises to take part in liability insurance plans, said a China Daily report.

Xu Jinghe, director of legal affairs for the China Food and Drug Administration, said: “Liability insurance could increase supervision from insurance companies over food companies.”