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Guest post by <\/span><\/i>chinadialogue intern Yaorun Zhang.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Recently, I came across a not very funny joke: a student keeps taking pictures of the food she is eating. A foreigner sitting next to her finds this strange and finally asks, “Can your phone detect what’s in the food?” The girl sighs and says, “If only that were so.” <\/p>\n

It’s true, if every Chinese person had a phone that could detect the harmful substances in food, not only would the issue of food safety disappear, but the Ministry of Health could breathe a sigh of relief and the media report on fewer cases. But more than that, the joke reflects the failures of government oversight, which mean everyone has to become a food expert to protect his or her own health.<\/span> <\/p>\n

The food safety incidents that have occurred in China over the past few years are still fresh in people’s minds: 2008’s melamine-poisoned milk powder; gutter cooking oil; Shuanghui’s clenbuterol-contaminated pork; dyed steamed buns in Shanghai; dyed swallows’ nests; and, most recently, bottled water containing carcinogens. Incidents like these are a source of constant concern for the public.<\/span> <\/p>\n

In the three years I’ve lived in the United Kingdom, I have not once seen a news report concerning food safety. If there have been stories, they must have been few and far between. Here, food safety isn’t a topic of public debate – but you still know the regulations and controls are being strictly implemented. I believe that this is the reason the British public don’t need to be concerned about food safety.<\/span> <\/p>\n

There are probably people who will say it’s because Western society has high moral standards. Rather, I think it’s about oversight: if you have a functioning supervision system that severely punishes those who produce counterfeit or illegal goods, almost everyone will prefer to comply with high moral standards than take desperate risks.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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