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Regulatory Issues on Organic Food in China

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Abstract

China is a growing market in organic food consumption. The new regulations and laws and their strong enforcement have created greater confidence and mutual trust among the stakeholders. After an overall review of the developing process of organic food law system in China, this article characterises the positions of different stakeholders in the entire system. It considers the opportunities, challenges and deficiencies in the design of the organic legal system, including insufficient punishment of those who violate the law, the need to strengthen collaboration and integration among the supervising authorities, and reinforce the public transparency. In total, there is still a relatively long way to go for the construction of a more effective organic food law system in China.

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Li, H. (2020). Regulatory Issues on Organic Food in China. In: GOH, B., Price, R. (eds) Regulatory Issues in Organic Food Safety in the Asia Pacific. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3580-2_8

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