Shanghai's wet markets might soon be turning over fresh, new leaves.
A digital monitoring database is going to be introduced in one of Shanghai's biggest wet markets. The new technology will be used to track food from farm to retailer in order to have better safety control.
The new tracing system will check for pesticide residue as well as show the route the products have taken during distrubution.
The current food tracing system just shadows pork, but the new one will reach out to agricultural products like veggies.
In 2001 an inspection center was set up to create stricter rules concerning food safety from the distribution end. A third party inspection company is also scheduled to come in and conduct more advanced tests in the inspection system.
“Food which fails the tests will be sealed and blocked from the market,” said the director of the market's inspection center, Yang Jianping. He continued to explain that if retailers are discovered offering unsafe food, local authorities will be informed and will be given the products for futher processing.
Looks like the five-second rule won’t be very popular in Shanghai’s wet markets.
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