At present there are more than 5,000 species of food additive in the world.

Shanghai will introduce tough new laws to blacklist firms that flout food safety rules.

Beijing will introduce tough new laws to punish firms that flout food safety laws,a significant move in China's struggle to get its abysmal food safet

The Food and Drug Administration needs to fulfill its mandate to fight food fraud. That means enforcing laws that are already on the books.

Global Foodmate has compiled the food-related laws, regulations and standards executed in January, 2019.