Following our note last report , which highlighted a study linking obesity in Chinese children to diseases found in food , the country 's food safety regulator , the Food Food & Drug Administration ( CFDA ) , has said overuse of antibiotics is a " prominent concern " for the meat industry , and claims that 3.8 % of meat tested by its regulator last year contained excessive samples of " harmful substances " . Meanwhile , the Ministry of Agriculture , which is responsible for policing the livestock sector , counters that 96 % of animals tested in its drug monitoring programme were within the national limits for veterinary drugs and therefore proof of low levels of antibiotics used in the industry .
Following our note last week, which highlighted a study linking obesity in Chinese children to antibiotics found in food, the country's food safety regulator, the China Food & Drug Administration (CFDA), has said overuse of antibiotics is a "prominent problem" for the meat industry, and claims that 3.8% of meat tested by its officers last year contained excessive samples of "banned substances". Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture, which is responsible for policing the livestock sector, counters that 96% of animals tested in its drug monitoring programme were within the national limits for veterinary drugs and therefore proof of low levels of antibiotics used in the industry.