Chinese consumers urged to use common sense about food safety

Chinese health officials, in a striking statement all things considered, told Chinese consumers this past week that they need to take more personal responsibility in preventing themselves from eating tainted food.

Well, that's nice. Tainted food should never find its way to a store shelf unless I am mistaken. Now, the responsibility of a normal adult to know what they're eating by reading food labels sounds fair enough, and it was another suggestion from Chinese authorities.

But then again, those same authorities suggested for Chinese consumers not to buy obviously shoddy or expired products. I guess there is very little quality control in that country when it comes to food safety, eh?