Tokyo, March 28 (Kyodo) Japan plans to strike a bilateral deal with China on food safety, following the detention of a Chinese man allegedly involved in poisoning frozen dumplings in Japan two years ago, government sources said.

The critical question as the Zhejiang Geely Holding Group goes ahead with its planned $1.8 billion ($1.6 billion cash) acquisition of Sweden’s venerable Volvo brand is this: Will the Chinese parent company respect Volvo’s hard-earned traditions, especially as a safety pioneer?

The State Food and Drug Administration, China’s food safety watchdog, has ordered a nationwide inspection of all cooking oil as reports released by The China Daily indicated that almost one-tenth of Chinese supplies contained cancer-causing agents and were made illegally.

March 19 (Bloomberg) — Knauf Plasterboard Tianjin Co., a Chinese drywall manufacturer, should pay to restore a Louisiana house to its original condition, before corrosive gases from the product “shattered the dreams” of the family that lived in it, their lawyer said.

BEIJING — China’s Health Ministry is investigating the safety of inoculations in a northern province after a report that defective vaccines possibly killed four children and seriously sickened dozens.

It only took two days for FEMA to reject Florida’s request for federal disaster assistance for those suffering from property damage and health issues connected with Chinese drywall.

BEIJING — China will step up food safety efforts in the wake of a massive dairy scandal, expanding supervision to reach more of the country’s countless small farms, an agriculture official said Wednesday.

NEW ORLEANS — U.S. Sen. David Vitter has called for federal officials to do a more thorough review of the deaths of several people who lived in homes that contained smelly, possibly toxic Chinese drywall.

WASHINGTON, DC — Chinese drywall has surfaced again. Now there are several deaths being reported that may be linked to the toxic wallboard. Senator Bill Nelson wants answers and is demanding the feds investigate a possible connection.

China will implement tighter controls on animal feed to secure animal health and “restore public confidence in food safety,” state media reported.