SGS Group, a global inspection and testing company headquartered in Switzerland, established on Monday a third-party food laboratory, the SGS-CSTC Zhangzidao Food Lab, in Dalian Zhangzidao Fishery Group Co Ltd<002069>, in Dalian, Liaoning province.

The new lab, as the first SGS food lab in Northeast China, will provide one-stop services on all aspects of production to agricultural and fishery enterprises in and around Dalian and help them enhance their competitiveness by improving the international accreditation and brand image of their products.

SGS Group, established in 1878 and recognized as a global benchmark in quality and integrity, has over 1,000 offices and labs all around the world.

The cooperation between SGS and Zhangzidao Fishery is expected to improve not only the quality and safety system of the Chinese company but also that of the country's whole aquaculture industry, according to Wu Hougang, president of the Chinese company.

In late February, China passed a new food law to tighten food safety control and ensure public health, according to China Knowledge's earlier report.