Food safety website launched in Shanghai

SHANGHAI, Jan. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Citizens in this east China metropolis can now access information on food safety problems via an authoritative website launched Wednesday.

by the Shanghai municipal food and drug administration, the website at http://www.spaq.sh.cn will provide safety warnings, consumption suggestions, expert advice, demonstration of food safety cases, food science and technology, and relevant rules and regulations, according to officials with the administration.

website, the first authoritative one of its kind in Shanghai, will also regularly publicize a blacklist of unsafe food categories and companies violating rules and regulations in the sector, in an effort to provide a safe living environment for local residents.

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