Quality of China's farm produce improves
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-10-23 21:30
The overall quality of China's farm produce has been improving, according to
the latest quality monitoring report released by the Ministry of Agriculture.
The fourth report issued Monday showed that pesticide and medicine residue
levels in 93.7 percent of the vegetables surveyed in 37 cities were up to
international standards. This is a slight improvement on the previous survey.
About 98.3 percent of livestock inspected in 22 cities met safety standards
for clenbuterol, a feed additive that facilitates the growth of lean meat but
damages people's nervous and cardiovascular systems, said the report.
Meanwhile, 98.7 percent of aquatic products passed safety examinations for
chloramphenicol, an antibiotic.
To improve the competitiveness of its farm produce, Chinese authorities have
redoubled quality control efforts and hope to see farm produce exports reach 38
billion U.S. dollars by 2010.
Last year, China earned 27.2 billion U.S. dollars from farm produce exports,
representing 3.6 percent of total exports and 3.2 percent of the world's total
farm produce trade.
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