The third part inspection and improving food safety regulatory system in China
The Sanlu milk powder scandal indicates that the food safety regulation in China should be reformed. The food quality inspection in produce sector is the key link when we try to prevent the problem foods entering market form the whole food chain. Thus, an effective and authoritative quality inspection system is helpful to improving the situation of food safety. According to international experiences, independent third part regulation is a feasible institutional arrangement for the reform of food quality regulatory system in China, since it not only mitigates the shortage of government inspection, but also promotes efficiency of quality inspection.