Food Safety in China ─ A Comprehensive Review

"This book provides a comprehensive review of the efforts put forth by China to prevent food safety concerns, including the abuse of food additives. Looking at food producers and operators, consumers, and government agencies as part of an organic system,the book examines the complete system of the food supply chain from multi-scientific systematic points of view. It begins with the production of agricultural products and investigates the changing track of food safety (including imported and exported products) in the key aspects of production, circulation, and consumption between 2006 and 2011"--

Linhai Wu, PhD, graduated with a bachelor of science from the department of chemistry of Jilin University. In July 2000, he graduated with a doctor of management degree in agricultural and forestry economics from Nanjing Agricultural University. Subsequently, he took a postdoctoral fellowship position at Nanjing University and Renmin University of China. Dr. Wu has been working in the government system for government policy-making consultation since 1987. Since September 2012, he has worked as a full-time researcher in food safety management at Jiangnan University. Dr. Wu is a leading expert and well-known management scholar in this field.

Dian Zhu, PhD, met Professor Linhai Wu from the Jiangnan University in 2010, and began postdoctoral research in the area of food safety management. For more than three years, he has conducted a number of studies on food safety management based on China’s realities with the purpose of gaining a better understanding of the food safety situation in China. With a bachelor’s degree in economics, a master’s degree in agricultural economics, and a doctorate in economics from Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, Dr. Zhu is currently an associate professor at Suzhou University. Moreover, he is now engaged in postdoctoral research of food safety management at the School of Food Science at Jiangnan University.