The risk of corruption exists at every stage of the food supply chain, according to an analysis by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
The UNODC publication highlights some of the main
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The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
Recent modifications to
Continue Reading Pesticides, Salmonella, melamine spur FDA to tighten import regulations on some foods
A project on food safety and authenticity in Europe and China has ended after more than four years of work.
EU-China-Safe included 16 partners from 11 EU countries and 17 participants from China such as
Continue Reading EU and China food safety project ends after 4 years
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
Continue Reading Amnesty International Not Sure About Status of Chinese Food Safety Advocate
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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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
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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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
Nearly 100 people have been arrested in China for allegedly producing and selling illegal melamine-tainted dairy products, according to official Chinese media.
Of the 96 people detained in connection with melamine adulteration, 17 have been
Continue Reading China Detains 96 for Melamine-Tainted Dairy
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
