China Retail News, November 14, 2007

Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety will launch a pre-statutory voluntary notification scheme from November 1 for importers and distributors of fruit and vegetables.

"The Government is planning to introduce a food safety bill which will require local food importers and distributors to register with the CFS to facilitate the identification of the importers and distributors, tracing the source of food and taking follow-up action in case of any food incident," a CFS spokesman said.

Full story at http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2007/11/14/914-hong-kong-to-trace-source-of-vegetables-fruits/ [1]