Official questions possibility of food safety in China

BEIJING - A senior health official said on Monday that more breaches in food safety, such as the latest melamine-tainted milk scandal in Northwest China, are likely given China's size and unbalanced development.

Su Zhi, director of the health supervision bureau under the Ministry of Health, made the remarks at an international food safety forum, held by the ministry and an EU delegation to China, after more melamine-tainted milk products were recently seized in at least three provinces.

Su pledged that the Chinese government will look into every food safety incident and punish those responsible.