February 2009
19 posts
The Associated Press: Chinese e-cigs gain ground... →
BEIJING (AP) — With its slim white body and glowing amber tip, it can easily pass as a regular cigarette. It even emits what look like curlicues of white smoke.
Bloomberg.com: China Adopts Food-Safety Law,... →
Feb. 28 (Bloomberg) — China’s top legislative body passed the country’s first food-safety law, establishing a cabinet-level commission to direct regulations after a series of scandals undermined consumer confidence.
Pig liver dish in China sickens 14 - CNN.com →
BEIJING, China (CNN) — A dish of stir-fried pig’s liver served at a dinner party in Guangzhou, China, poisoned 14 people with what authorities think was an animal feed additive, a Chinese state-run news agency reported.
China to launch pre-New Year food safety campaign →
BEIJING (Reuters) - China will launch a pre-Lunar New Year crackdown on food safety, the Health Ministry said on Monday, focusing on illegal use of additives after a milk scandal last year killed at least six babies and made thousands sick.
China illegal additives still blight food -... →
BEIJING: Chinese dairy products, flour, meat and other foods remain dangerously tainted with illegal additives despite a crackdown, the country’s health ministry said Tuesday.
BBC NEWS | China tainted pork makes 70 sick →
At least 70 people have fallen ill in China after eating pork products contaminated with an illegal animal feed additive, state media report.
The Associated Press: China shuts chemical plant... →
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities closed a chemical plant being investigated for contaminating water supplies to 1.5 million people in the country’s east, state media said Saturday.
China in Uproar Over Organ Transplants to... →
China has banned all organ transplants for foreigners while it investigates reports that 17 Japanese tourists received illegal kidney and liver transplants while 1.5 million Chinese languished on waiting lists.
Pig organs make 46 ill in China | Reuters →
SHANGHAI, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Forty-six people in China’s southern province of Guangdong have suffered food poisoning after eating pig organs that contained an animal feed additive, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.
China Investigates Illegal Transplants for... →
HONG KONG — China said Tuesday it was investigating whether 17 Japanese tourists had received illegal kidney and liver transplants in China.
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | China milk scandal firm... →
A Chinese food group at the centre of a contaminated milk scandal which killed six babies has been declared bankrupt with debts of $160m (£113m).
American Crap Watch: Peanut butter outbreak... →
WASHINGTON (AP) — They say nothing is more wholesome than peanut butter, but the government may soon ask companies that make the gooey treat to prove it.
AFP: Safety scandal hits China's dairy exports:... →
BEIJING (AFP) — The scandal over tainted milk powder led to a 10 percent fall in Chinese dairy exports by volume and a rise in foreign imports last year, state media said Saturday, citing the customs department.
The Associated Press: Injured bears rescued from... →
CHENGDU, China (AP) — A dozen Asiatic black bears, malnourished and diseased from years spent on abusive bile-harvesting farms in southwest China, were recovering Saturday after being handed over to an animal charity group.
Fake diabetes drug kills 2 →
BEIJING - CHINESE police are hunting a man suspected of selling a fake diabetes medicine that killed two people, state media reported on Thursday, in the latest scandal to blight the nation’s chaotic drug industry.
China launches manhunt in fake drug case | Reuters →
BEIJING, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Chinese police are hunting a person suspected of being the mastermind behind a fake diabetic drug ring in which at least two people have died, state media said on Thursday.
Jailed China milk-scandal chief appeals sentence |... →
BEIJING, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The former chairwoman of the Sanlu Group, jailed for life over China’s melamine-tainted milk scandal in which at least six children died, has appealed against her sentence, state media said on Sunday.