China weighs regulation on Muslim foods
26 February 2007
China's State Ethnic Affairs Commission is in the process of enacting a national regulation on the management of Muslim foods that will see Muslims involved in the management of companies or factories producing Islamic food, state media reported. The law also has particular
criteria for Islamic food producers and orders the use of special logos
that are approved by the city's ethnic affairs authorities. Many local governments in China have already issued their own rules governing the production of Muslim foods, the first regulation in this arena having been introduced by Guangzhou in 2003.