Food safety tops public's concerns

By Wang Hongyi in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2013-08-21 07:34

Staff from Foshan Supervision Testing Centre of Quality and Metrology in Guangdong province test additives from a food sample on June 26. Illegal additives and unsanitary conditions in the food industry have become major problems in China. Provided to China Daily

Illegal additives, poor hygiene and unsafe materials in the manufacturing process were the major concerns of the public in 2012, while private and multinational companies were the major sources of the worry, a new report says.