774 arrests over food safety

Over the past 2 months China has arrested 774 people over food safety issues. Which is a good start on the crackdown to the sale of tainted food, much of which is exported and can find its way to the dinner table of one us perhaps. The government has vowed to revamp its food and drug safety regulations and close down any violators. This all sounds nice but what astonished me is that 82% of food tested in medium and large cities in China meets minimum safety standards, that means 18 % does not, or one out of 5 meals every person in one of those cities eats is not deemed safe. Nearly 30 percent of restaurants failed inspections, also pretty bad. I think what astonished me most is that the Chinese seem to domestically sell food that they wouldn't export the article quoted that they believe that 99% of food exported is safe, while only 80% of food sold domestically meets minimum safety standards.