Official Chinese media recently reported that the country will pour money into its food monitoring and risk assessment system technologies. This influx of money is meant to improve food safety
Food safety scandals have helped propel rapid growth in the the organic food sector of China’s economy, according to the Telegraph.
“Interest has been promoted by a series of
In response to another public relations crisis surrounding Chinese dairy products, Chinese health officials released a report claiming that locally made milk formula was not to blame for early puberty
This week Chinese scientists funded by the Chinese Ministry of Health announced in the peer-reviewed Talanta journal that they have developed a quick and simple color change test to detect
China’s State Council has ordered central and local public health authorities to intensify their crackdown on illegal cooking oil, citing a “serious food safety risk,” Xinhua, Chinese official media
The recent seizure of 76 tons of melamine-tainted dairy products in China has again sparked concern over the country’s food safety system.
While it remains unclear whether the recently-seized
A Chinese state-run news agency reported the seizure of 76 tons of milk tainted with melamine. Some of the products carried over 550 times the legal limit of this toxin.
A Canadian judge has decided six months of house arrest is sufficient penalty for violations of both the federal Meat Inspection Act and the Health of Animals Act.
Ontario Judge
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced yesterday it has banned one of the leading American inspectors of organic foods in China over conflict of interest concerns.
The now-banned
Japan and China released a memorandum on Monday aimed at restoring confidence in food safety, allowing mutual on-site inspections of facilities processing food for export. The relationship between the two
The new World Trade Organization (WTO) report criticizing Beijing’s policy on export curbs also paints a picture of China as the largest agricultural producer on the planet.
WTO’s
The World Bank will provide a $100 million loan to the People’s Republic of China to improve food safety efforts, Food Production Daily reported yesterday. The loan, the bank’