Food safety will occupy higher place on agenda

Beijing - The Chinese government's capacity to secure food safety will be improved by constant efforts to solve problems in the field, especially in supervision, said a key official of the central government.

Zhang Yong, who heads the office of the State Council Food Safety Commission, told Xinhua News Agency that China's food safety situation is generally stable and improving.

The level of food safety in the country improved in 2010, with no major crisis, Zhang said. Nearly all major food items that have been tested, including vegetables, livestock and aquatic products, were up to national standards, official statistics showed.