Corrupt officials become regulators' target in bid to make food safer

National prosecutors are to step up their efforts to investigate misconduct among officials in food safety-related crimes, the Supreme People's Procuratorate said on Wednesday.

"Contaminated and harmful food will seriously harm people's health, undermine economic order because it is sold much cheaper, and affect social stability. We will resolutely fight against such crimes," SPP spokeswoman Xiao Wei said during a news conference on Wednesday.

She said national prosecuting departments began a two-year campaign in March to target any corrupt officials found to be involved in food-safety crimes and punish them severely according to the law.