Digest China : What scares Chinese about food safety

Topic "Min yi shi wei tian"- This ancient Chinese idiom describes food as the most important thing in a person's life. Two of our recent polls on Digest China's website seemed to have proven this wisdom. Our viewers twice ranked food safety as the most concerning issue in life -- ahead of other things like housing prices, healthcare and education. What concerns people so much about food safety? How safe is our food?