Inspection set on food safety enforcement

China's top legislature will inspect enforcement of the new food safety law in 10 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions from mid-April to the end of May.

Legislators from the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress will check the food safety situation in such places as Tianjin, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region and Heilongjiang province after some recent scandals, such as fake-brand baby formula, triggered public outrage.

Zhang Dejiang, the top legislator, said on Tuesday that five teams will conduct the inspection, keeping safety foremost on people's minds and supervising the effectiveness of the law, which took effect in October.