Watchdogs should exercise duty well

A question remains to be answered: Why is it always the media and not the food safety regulators that uncover the illegal activities of food enterprises? The Shanghai Food and Drug Administration required the enterprises involved to remove the harmful food only, and did not order them to close down until the media put heavy pressure on them. The food safety authorities need to perform their duties better because those duties concern our health and lives.

cnhubei.cn, July 21

"The regulations are not flexible, but we are." These words of a member of staff who processed the expired meat are more shocking than the scandal itself. Everybody can be a victim without effective supervision over food safety. We expect the supervising departments to address people's concerns with full investigation so that we can be confident what we eat is safe.