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China to expose companies breaching product safety rules

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-06-17 11:49

China will publicly expose companies that breach product safety regulations, the nation's quality supervisor said Tuesday.

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China will set up a comprehensive and efficient quality evaluation and rating system within three years, said Sun Bo, head of the quality control department of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.

He said the system would focus on products that have close bearing on people's lives, such as food.

According to Sun, the administration has created files on the quality control practices of 89,699 companies in 17 categories.