Retailers on alert for product quality

Retailers in China are cleaning up their act amid rising concerns about food safety and other domestically-made products at home and abroad.

Leading retailers including Carrefour, Wal-Mart, and Tesco are sending staff to courses on food safety, while improving their own food management systems to ensure the goods they sell are up to standard.

"We hope we can change the situation by improving ourselves and encouraging suppliers to pay attention to food safety," Guo Geping, chairwoman from China Chain Store & Franchise Association (CCFA), said at a press conference yesterday.