Beijing has agreed to allow Japanese officials to inspect its food-processing facilities to help ease concerns among consumers about the safety of Chinese-made food products, government sources said Thursday.

The step was incorporated in a draft agreement reached in talks between Japanese and Chinese officials to secure the safety of foods for export and also to prevent a recurrence of the 2007-08 food-poisoning incident caused by Chinese-made "gyoza" dumplings.

The agreement will cover not only foods but food additives, packaging and containers, as well as toys for babies and infants.