The US Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has requested a budget increase of more than $250m for 2013 – including $10m to strengthen the safety of Chinese produced food.
More than two million disposable lighters are sold every day in the United States. Many of them are made in China, and may have dangerous flaws. Sharyl Attkisson met one Texas family paying the price for one bad lighter.
Two Chinese food companies were butchered by the markets earlier today after profit warnings Friday, following a string of harmful reports in the local press questioning their safety and quality.
Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang called for harsh punishments against food-safety violations as officials removed eggs that a shopper claimed were fake in southern China’s Guangzhou city.
BEIJING, Feb 3 (Bernama) — China’s Health Ministry has pledged to improve its supervision measures to keep the country’s food safe from contamination, reports Xinhua news agency.
BEIJING – Food safety has become one of China’s biggest public concerns in recent years. From Ractopamine-fed pigs and tainted bread to recycled waste oil and bacteria-filled frozen food, endless food security hazards not only aggravate the already frayed nerves of Chinese consumers, but also challenge the society’s moral bottom line. “What is left to eat?,” we can’t help asking.
Consumer safety inspectors at the Port of Houston have seized more toys deemed unsafe for children - largely because of choking hazards and lead paint - than almost any other consumer product imported to the United States, second only to fireworks.
Chinese government departments have jointly taken steps to ensure the safety of meat products for the upcoming Spring Festival holiday, the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement posted on its website Friday.
(Reuters) - A factory in southern China is being investigated after reports it sold tons of adulterated cooking oil, which was possibly sold to makers of hugely popular instant noodles, the latest in a series of food safety scandals to hit the country.
Jan. 6 (Bloomberg) — Tainted milk from China’s largest dairy company, discovered amid a state crackdown on food safety, is set to be a windfall for foreign companies such as Nestle SA.
