Shanghai and Beijing are set to introduce tougher laws for food companies, in order to prevent food safety violations.
In Shanghai, the companies engaged in unsafe food safety practices will be blacklisted and prevented from continuing in the food business. They will be barred from getting subsidies or any other benefits from the government and preferential government policies. The executives of the companies will also face charges.
Meanwhile, Beijing plans to roll out its new food-safety laws under which, food companies producing or selling unsafe food will face lifetime ban from the industry, reported Xinhua.
The executives of these companies will not be allowed to operate in the sector for a span of five years.
Beijing will also ban the reuse of discarded oil, called gutter oil, which has become a persistent problem in the country.
This move marks a new effort by local authorities to increase food safety in the country, and follows reports of antibiotics being used by chicken suppliers of local KFC outlets.
