Leading food manufacturer Mars Inc, whose brands include M M and Dove, is building a global food safety center in China to help further expand knowledge and understanding of effective global food safety management.

Scheduled to open in the summer of 2015 in Huairou, a suburb of Beijing, the $15 million center will be the first of its kind for Mars and one of the first facilities of its kind for the region and the industry, with the purpose of conducting non-profit food safety research and training.