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China's food safety crisis has tarnished its reputation abroad and threatens to spur social unrest at home, where more health scares are expected, a top official was quoted as saying Monday.

Sun Xianze, an official with the State Food and Drug Administration, called on his colleagues over the weekend to urgently step up food supervision, the official China Daily newspaper reported.

"Food security problems have impeded Chinese agri-products and food many times in international trade, and damaged our national credibility and image," Sun was quoted as saying by on Monday.

The Chinese government has been trying to toughen product supervision amid mounting criticism—at home and abroad—that the quality of its drug, food and other products is poorly regulated.