Research on Formation Mechanism and Countermeasures of Food Safety Incident

This paper first analyzes the present situation of Chinese food safety, outlines the changes of its nature and trends. Then, it establishes formation mechanism model of food safety incident, points out that adverse selection and the changes of topological structure of information dissemination system are the two important stages in the formation process of food safety incident. Finally, puts forward the control countermeasures of food safety incidents, emphasize on strengthening supervision, strengthening legislation, strengthening the independence of the judiciary, reforming the government's work performance appraisal system and information disclosure to deal with food safety incidents as important measures.