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Amnesty International Not Sure About Status of Chinese Food Safety Advocate

By Dan Flynn on May 22, 2012

Amnesty International (AI) has lost track of Chinese food safety advocate Zhao Lianhai.

AI’s Alex Edwards told Food Safety News the last solid information about Zhao, 40, was in January 2011, more than a year

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Hot Liquid Could Shatter Melamine Cups, Mugs

By News Desk on February 29, 2012

Carlisle FoodService Products of Oklahoma City has recalled about 111,000 melamine cups and mugs after receiving three reports that they may shatter when exposed to hot liquids.

No injuries have been reported, according to the

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PETNet to Track Bad Pet Food

By Mary Rothschild on August 3, 2011

After contaminated pet foods killed more than 8,500 U.S. cats and dogs in 2007, the Food and Drug Administration and its federal and state health partners decided they needed improved vigilance in watching for defective

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Chinese Authorities Seize Melamine-tainted Dairy

By Helena Bottemiller on April 29, 2011

Chinese authorities seized more than 26 tons of melamin-tainted milk powder from an ice cream maker in what has become an ongoing, years-long food safety scandal.

It’s been three years since the infamous melamine scandal

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Has China Learned from Melamine Scandal?

By Dan Flynn on March 11, 2011

Whether it was Great Leap Forward turning out to be a reversal or the Cultural Revolution ending up in chaos, it was years before China’s top political bodies felt secure enough to talk about any

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China Detains 96 for Melamine-Tainted Dairy

By Helena Bottemiller on January 18, 2011

Nearly 100 people have been arrested in China for allegedly producing and selling illegal melamine-tainted dairy products, according to official Chinese media.

chinaarrests-featured.jpgOf the 96 people detained in connection with melamine adulteration, 17 have been

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UN Concerned About Food Safety Activists

By Helena Bottemiller on December 24, 2010

A leading United Nations human rights official expressed concern Thursday over China’s treatment of food safety activists.

Olivier De Schuttter, the United Nations’ Human Rights Council’s independent expert on the right to food, said in

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Hong Kong CFS Says Melamine-Ware Is Safe to Use

By Dan Flynn on November 30, 2010

Melamine-ware used by local food premises is safe to use, Hong Kong’s Center for Food Safety (CFS) found in a risk assessment study.

Tableware products made of melamine-formaldehyde resins (generally described as melamine-ware) were widely

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China Sends Father of Melamine Victim to Prison

By Dan Flynn on November 11, 2010

More than two years after China was bungling its way through the melamine-contaminated milk scandal, the father of one of the victims is being sent to prison for organizing other parents and speaking out about

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China Cracks Down to Keep Melamine Out of Food

By Helena Bottemiller on September 28, 2010

The Chinese government is launching a nationwide registry aimed at keeping melamine out of the food supply and in the industrial sector, where the chemical is typically used for making plastic products.

China’s general office

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China Working to Improve Food Safety Systems

By Suzanne Schreck on September 14, 2010

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 in accordance with a food

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