Two Democratic Party MPs, D.Gankhuyag and  G.Bayarsaikhan, have written to Prime
Minister S.Batbold that little progress has been made in the implementation of
several promises made in the Government’s socio-economic guidelines for 2010,
and have urged him to ensure that they do not remain just on paper in the
remaining months of the year. Among areas pertaining to food security where
progress has been tardy, the MPs mention the following provisions in the
guidelines endorsed by Parliament: “The population will have equal and easy
access to healthy, safe, and nutritious food”; “An efficient standardization
policy will be implemented to ensure safety of food products”; “Modern
laboratories to test the quality of food products will be set up in Ulaanbaatar
and at border posts”; “The monitoring and information structure relating to
public hygiene, food safety, and availability of safe drinking water will be
improved and streamlined”; and another on improving livestock health.

The two MPs have cited figures and instances to support
their contention that the Government needs to be more active in these matters.