[Synopsis of Chinese food hygiene situation from 1912 to 1927]

The primary food hygiene work had been conducted from 1912-1927 in China. Some scholars advocated learning from the West to pay attention to food hygiene. There were a few administrative agencies and regulations of food hygiene in China. Due to the restriction of politics, economy, culture and science, the work of food hygiene was in its young stage. The food born-diseases were one of the main causes of death. Guangzhou's work of food hygiene was better, because of its superior geographical position. Most areas of China were worse on food hygiene. Scholars appealed to society to pay more attention to food hygiene, make regulations which were in conformity with Chinese conditions and train more public hygiene specialists.