China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said since June regulators sampled 50,900 beverage batches nationwide, with a 99.45% pass rate. Inspections spanned producers, catering outlets, supermarkets, canteens, street vendors and online platforms, targeting high-consumption items such as fruit/vegetable juices, packaged drinking water and protein drinks; authorities tested 214 items across eight categories, including microbiological indicators, food additives, heavy metals and or

China’s State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said since June regulators sampled 50,900 beverage batches nationwide, with a 99.45% pass rate. Inspections spanned producers, catering outlets, supermarkets, canteens, street vendors and online platforms, targeting high-consumption items such as fruit/vegetable juices, packaged drinking water and protein drinks; authorities tested 214 items across eight categories, including microbiological indicators, food additives, heavy metals and organic pollutants.