Food sustainability in the context of Chinese food regulation

Abstract

Facing the challenges like limited natural resources, increasing population and climate changes, it is still an urgent call to produce food in the harmony with the needs of sustainability. Therefore, having a perspective of food policy and law, this chapter is dedicated to elaborate a concept of food sustainability by taking into account food related concepts, including food security, food quality and food safety. Based on this, the case of China is further provided to state how policies and laws concerning agriculture, quality labels and food safety put into practice, with a view to make sure the harmony between food supply and sustainability.