Navigating Food Safety Standards in China

This chapter explores new food safety regulations in China aimed at enhancing transparency in food labeling, particularly addressing misleading claims like 'zero additives'. It highlights consumer anxieties over food additives, discussing the complexities behind terms such as 'no added sucrose' and the often hidden effects of processed foods on health. The conversation stresses the need for clearer labeling and confronts the challenges of public perception regarding the safety of additives versus natural chemicals.