Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Food Safety Law.
Article 1 This Law is formulated to ensure food safety and public health and life safety.
Article 6 The local people's governments at or above the county level shall be responsible for the supervision and management of food safety within their respective administrative areas, uniformly lead, organize and coordinate the supervision and management of food safety and the response to food safety emergencies within their respective administrative areas, and establish and improve the whole process supervision and management mechanism and information sharing mechanism of food safety. The local people's governments at or above the county level shall, in accordance with this Law and the provisions of the State Council, determine the responsibilities of the food safety supervision and management, health administrative departments and other relevant departments at the corresponding level. The relevant departments shall be responsible for the supervision and management of food safety within the scope of their respective duties. The food safety supervision and administration department of the people's government at the county level may set up agencies in towns or specific areas.