Countries have addressed 10 new trade concerns at a recent meeting of a World Trade Organization (WTO) committee.
Topics at the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures meeting on March 25 and 26 were
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Introduction of the novel coronavirus through food chain products has been judged a possible pathway, according to a report on how COVID-19 spread to humans.
A group of international scientists assembled by the World Health
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The World Bank has approved a $400 million loan to help China improve food safety management and reduce food safety risks.
The cost of foodborne diseases in terms of human capital productivity loss in China
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The amount of mushroom poisonings and the number of people affected doubled this past year in China compared to 2019.
In 2020, the number of investigations reached 676, involving 102 species of poisonous mushrooms, 24
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Chino, CA-based GLG Trading Inc. late Monday recalled almost 97,000 pounds of beef tallow products that were imported from the People’s Republic of China, an ineligible country for beef, without the benefit of FSIS import
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A probe in France into people receiving seeds from Asia that they did not order has found it was likely an online scam.
In summer 2020, people in many countries, including France, reported getting parcels
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Nine people died in China after eating food contaminated with 20 to 30 times the lethal dose of a toxin, according to a study.
In October 2020, nine people in Jidong County, Heilongjiang Province died
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An EU-funded project aiming to boost food safety for infants in the European Union and China has begun.
The Safe Food for Infants in the EU and China (SAFFI) project is planned to run until
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Spanish authorities have uncovered what they believe to be one of the largest criminal networks for the production and illegal distribution of whiskey.
La Guardia Civil and the Spanish Tax Agency began Operation Fuco at
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Los Angeles-based Beyond Meat’s expansion to the People’s Republic of China announced in early September, is already taking shape with a new product roll-out for the Chinese market.
From Shanghai, Beyond Meat officials said their
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China has defended its actions on coronavirus at a meeting of a World Trade Organization (WTO) committee.
The United States and Canada expressed concerns on China’s procedures affecting trade in food and agricultural products at
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