BEIJING—U.S. food and drug regulators are requesting Beijing’s help in implementing a new food-safety law requiring stricter oversight of exported food, a sign of China’s growing importance as a food exporter for Americans.

Reacting to the news that officials in China’s central Henan province arrested 114 people and seized nearly $30 million in fake medications, Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado said the U.S. needs to get serious about its drug safety laws, according to a news release.

Agricultural authorities in east China said Thursday they had begun testing sheep after media reports claimed the livestock had been fed an illegal additive meant to make their meat leaner.

WALMART, an American supermarket chain, has been having a tough time recently in China, one of its fastest growing markets. On October 25th it reopened 13 stores in the south-western region of Chongqing which were closed for two weeks as punishment for mislabelling a pork product. Chinese officials have recently had a pang of food-safety conscience, and a big foreign firm has offered an easy target.

Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) — China has started nationwide food safety checks as the government seeks to ease concerns about the quality of milk, pork and cooking oil.

BEIJING — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. on Tuesday reopened 13 of its stores in a southwestern Chinese city after they were ordered shut for 15 days over the mislabeling of tons of regular pork as “organic,” state media reported.

China is the biggest wind turbine maker – and consumer – in the world. But its wind industry is increasingly being plagued by safety concerns, most recently with an accident this week that killed five people.

The heat is on China’s new car manufacturers to improve the safety of their vehicles after authorities confirmed the country’s crash test program is set for a major overhaul

For foreign food retailers, a slice of China’s market looks appetizing. But as Wal-Mart Stores is finding out, food safety and political risks can make it hard to digest.

BEIJING, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) — China has established a national professional center for food safety risk assessment, which is a major move for China in applying improved scientific management to preventing food scandals.