Joint food safety test center starts operations

GUANGZHOU: A Sino-US food safety testing center begin operations in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, on Wednesday.

The center, said to be the first of its kind in the country, adopts food safety standards that are accepted by the Chinese authorities as well as the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

The new facility was jointly set up by the US Oregon Department of Agriculture, Zhuhai branch of China Certification and Inspection (Group) Co Ltd, the Peace Synthesis Market of Logistics in Zhuhai and South China Agriculture University.