Food Safety Law in China
Subtitle: Making Transnational Law
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 620
ISBN-13: 9789004306929
Subjects: Law, china; Food law and legislation; International law
Description: "This book is the first major study of the making of transnational food safety law in China. Francis Snyder shows how the 2008 melamine infant formula crisis led to China's first food safety law and new food safety standards, substantial reforms in government policy and closer relations with international organisations. He also identifies current and future challenges and makes recommendations for dealing with them. Chinese food safety law today is influenced strongly by cross-border factors. While transnational regimes help to shape domestic decisions, many institutions deeply embedded in Chinese society have played key roles in this transformation. Francis Snyder emphasises that, in finding its own path toward ensuring food safety, China can both learn from and teach other countries"--Unedited summary from book cover.