Amid talks among Asia-Pacific economies of establishing a regional food security mechanism, a Taiwanese businessman with operations in China said Wednesday that the problem of food safety in the Chinese market was worse than that of food security. Food stock in China is enough to meet demand, said Mark Han, chairman and executive director of DaChan Food (Asia) Ltd., which operates on both sides across Taiwan Strait. Food safety issues, however, put the health of consumers in jeopardy, Han told reporters at the first food security forum of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) , which opened in Taipei earlier Wednesday. The three-day forum aims to establish a regional security mechanism to protect against possible food shortages worldwide due to global climate change. Han said that the problem of food security -- concerning the safe stock of food staples in a nation -- is not urgent in the region compared with that of food safety, and suggested regional economies actively make efforts to build a food traceability system on the APEC platform. Taiwan's Minister of Agriculture Chen Wu-hsiung praised the idea of a system to ensure food safety in the Asia-Pacific region. 'But it's easier said than done,' Chen said. Taking Taiwan as an example, Chen said that after years of efforts the island still lags behind in traceability and certification of organic products. Even in Japan, a developed country with modern agriculture, only 1 percent of its cropland is certified as organic, Chen said. According to the Council of Agriculture, which organized the forum, 95 delegates from 20 economies are attending the meeting. 