Thorough food check system urged

China's top legislators have urged the government to build a comprehensive cross-agency food surveillance system to ensure product quality.

Slack management among government institutions in turn led to the negligence of dairy brokers, who added the toxic chemicals to raw milk and sickened infants nationwide, legislators acknowledged on Sunday.

They made the remarks when discussing the third draft of the food safety bill at an ongoing session of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing on the weekend.