China Overhauls Food Safety Laws

China puts in place drastic new laws to try to stop the rash of food contamination scandals - but do they need something else? We hear from Michael Roberts, a food law expert at UCLA.

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Roger Hearing is joined by David Moser - acting director of Chinese studies at CET in Beijing, and Diana Furchtgott-Roth of Economics21 in Washington DC.

(Picture: Vegetable vendors carrying their produce to sell in China's southwest metropolis of Chongqing. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)