A report jointly released by the country’s major economy website www.ce.cn, the Chinese Institute of Food Science and Technology and the Sharpen Research Institute, is based on an online quiz conducted at universities in 31 provincial-level regions from July to November 2018.Questions on the sources and production of food materials saw the highest error rate, according to the report.
As for categories, the students were more unfamiliar with the laws and regulations, bakery products, packing materials and sweeteners in terms of food safety.While stronger action has been taken on the back of a number of notorious food safety incidents in recent months, it is equally important to further popularise knowledge on food safety and raise people’s awareness, the Economic Daily said upon the release of the report.