China will establish a nationwide grocery tracking system to
ensure food safety, said State Administration for Industry and
Commerce Director Zhou Bohua at a news conference?Tuesday.
By the end of this year, all food markets and supermarkets in
cities above the county level will set up the system of requiring
invoices and documents attached to the purchased commodities, he
said.
All township, street-side and community groceries shall set up
the system of keeping real-time records when purchasing and selling
commodities.
(Xinhua News Agency September 18, 2007)