Nestle has
opened a food safety research centre in Beijing as part of its drive to support
the Chinese government and "strengthen" food safety efforts in the
country.
The
Nestle Food Safety Institute will work "closely" with Chinese
authorities to help provide a "scientific foundation" for policy and
standards, Nestle said. Support will include
early management of food safety issues and collaboration with local
universities, research institutes and government agencies. Food safety
and consumer trust are key priorities for Nestle. The new Food Safety Institute
will help meet China's growing demand for healthy and safe food, one of the top
three concerns among Chinese consumers," Nestle said.It will also promote scientific communication and help run food safety training programmes.
The NFSI is located in nestel existining resarch and development center in Beijing part of the company global network of 34 R&D and product technology center.The institutue will have expert in risk assesement early warning scientific affaris it will also be linked to Nestle network of 25 quality assurance centers the final stage of food safety assurance system that begins when raw material arrive in the factories and continue throughout the production process. Nestle has the largest private food and nutriction resarch with about 5,000 people involved in R&D as well as numerous resarch partnership with business partners and universities.
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Nice post Jennifer
ReplyDeleteTo add on to Jennifers blog-One of the main reason for Nestle to choose Beijing to open food safety facility because Food safety is a huge issue in China after scandals involving tainted milk, recycled "gutter oil" used for cooking and donkey meat found to contain traces of fox meat.
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