Government tighten food safety controls

A co-ordination group for food safety today decided on a string of measures to further tighten controls on food safety. These include stricter supervision of food imports, establishing communication mechanism with neighboring regions, centralising the arrangement of laws on food inspection, and providing training for food inspectors. The Health Bureau and the Economic Services Bureau would continue to examine dairy products and announce results as they become available. Past test results are posted on the Macao Government website (www.gov.mo) and the Health Bureau website, where there is a specific information zone about melamine (http://www.ssm.gov.mo/foodsafety/melamine/cn/index.html). People could also call the hotline (2856 1122) operated by the Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for information.