Confidence in food safety dropping

Public satisfaction with and confidence in the country's food safety has dropped compared with last year, according to a research center attached to the China Food and Drug Administration.

Food safety experts said that despite the drop in consumer confidence, overall food safety in China improved in recent years because of stricter law enforcement and increasing company awareness of the issue.

According to the report, about 48 percent of those surveyed said they were unhappy about China's food safety, much higher than the 29.7 percent in 2012.