Inspection of aquatic food quality improved

The Ministry of Agriculture will intensify aquatic product quality regulation next year, publicly releasing quality inspection data, issuing quality inspection marks and monitoring harmful substances in shellfish, a senior official said yesterday.

"The Sanlu milk formula incident offers us all a lesson, and we have to be vigilant of aquatic food safety," deputy minister of agriculture Niu Dun said at an annual aquatic food-production conference.

The melamine incident, which was uncovered in September, affected about 290,000 children, hospitalizing more than 50,000.