Shanghai drugstores begin trial sales of baby formula

A number of drugstores in Shanghai have started to sell baby formula in a trial starting this month, part of the city's efforts to further improve food safety.

According to the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration, all drugstores selling baby formula need to get a license for sales and establish a sales section with specialized signs and the phone number for monitoring.

"To regulate baby formula's purchase, sales, delisting and recall through the drug management mode can better guarantee product quality. And our goal is to put the sales of baby formula fully into the city's drug sales monitoring and management system," said Gu Zhenhua, vice-director of the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration.