China’s State Administration for Market Regulation said nationwide market
regulators completed food-safety supervisory sampling of 2.291 mln batches in 1H
2026. Compliance for staples (rice, flour, oil, meat, eggs, milk) was 99.51%, up
0.17 ppt YoY. Compliance rates for 18 categories including catering food, fresh
eggs and aquatic products rose YoY and overall food-safety conditions were
Main noncompliance types were pesticide described as stable and improving.
residues (3.95% noncompliance), organic pollutant contamination (1.60%),
microbial contamination (1.12%), veterinary drug residues (0.87%) and
over-limit/unauthorized use of food additives (0.86%). SAMR said regulators have
launched follow-up investigations and remediation to contain food-safety risks.
