China Vows Enhanced Agricultural Investment
CHINA - China's central authorities on Wednesday said the nation will continue to step up investment and subsidies for agriculture this year in order to stabilize grain production.

Meat Safety Boosted for Spring Festival
CHINA - The government will redouble its efforts to weed out illegal meat processing in the coming months, especially during the Spring Festival, in the interest of food safety, officials said on Friday....

Food Safety Check Ahead of Spring Festival
CHINA - China will make "all-out efforts" to step up safety overhauls of food necessities in the production and logistics chains to prevent mishaps during the upcoming Spring Festival shopping season.

China's Food Safety Suffers 'Feeble Foundation'
CHINA - A senior Chinese official admitted Tuesday that the nation's food safety still suffered from a "feeble foundation."

Pork Price Manipulation; Six Jailed for Tainted Pork
CHINA - A Chongqing Municipality court Wednesday sentenced a gangster death for killing a person in an attempt to manipulate pork price in the city markets.

China Bans Production and Sale of Ractopamine
CHINA - China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced Friday, 23 December, that the country has banned the production and sale of ractopamine, a controversial feed additive used to...

China Urges Efforts to Ensure Food Safety
CHINA - China's food safety authority issued a circular on Thursday requiring food safety watchdogs across the country to beef up supervision amid the approaching New Year's holiday and China's Spring...

Call for Tougher Measures on Food Safety
CHINA - Vice-Premier Li Keqiang has called for "more forceful measures" to deal with food safety problems and crack down on food safety crimes.

Crackdown Provoked by 'Lean Meat Powder'
CHINA - By late October, Henan province courts had tried 59 cases related to "lean meat powder", a substance used illegally to stimulate muscle growth in pigs.

Pair Detained for Illegal Pork Fat Production
CHINA - A couple in eastern Anhui Province have been detained for producing more than 40 tons of inferior pork fat using waste meat and selling it for about 500,000 yuan (US$78,600) over the past six years....

Some Wal-Mart Stores Reopen After Scandal
CHINA - Thirteen Wal-Mart stores in south-west China have reopened after the recent scandal over pork labelling.

Premier Urges Officials to Boost Pork Production
CHINA - Premier Wen has urged officials to boost pork production by ensuring that incentives reach pig breeders and feed prices are kept stable during the coming winter months.

Beijing Removes Tainted Pork Knuckles from Market
BEIJING, CHINA - The Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce confiscated chemically bleached pork knuckles from the Baliqiao Market on Monday, 17 October. The supplier was an unlicensed works...

Wal-Mart Employees Arrested Following Pork Scandal
CHONGQING, CHINA - Police in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality have arrested two Wal-Mart employees after the company was found to be selling regular pork that was falsely labeled as organic, local...

Loopholes Suspected in Wal-Mart Management
CHONQING, CHINA - Officials with the Chongqing Municipal government said on Tuesday that the business management of Wal-Mart may be "problematic" after 13 Wal-Mart stores in the city were closed temporarily...

Chongqing's Wal-Marts to Close for 15 Days
CHINA - Most of Wal-Mart's Chongqing branches have been ordered to pay heavy fines and suspend their business for 15 days after being found to have sold ordinary pork as high-quality pork.

Action on Illegal Slaughtering, Improving Meat Safety
CHINA - The Chinese authorities are to crack down on illegal slaughtering and strengthen meat safety through a nine-month action plan starting this month.

Falsely Labelled Pork Leads to Wal-Mart's Closure
CHINA - The government of Chongqing municipality has shut down 10 Wal-Mart stores that have been accused of fraudulently selling ordinary pork as organic pork, according to the local administration of...

Tianli Acquires Land Use Rights, Facilities for Hogs
CHINA - Tianli Agritech, Inc. has acquired land use rights and facilities in the Osmanthus Village Industrial Park, Xiangfeng Town in Laifeng County, on which it also intends to build a 50,000-ton feed...

China Bans Clenbuterol Tablets
CHINA - China has banned the production, sale and use of clenbuterol tablets, which are often illegally added to pig feed, the food and drug authority said on Friday (30 September).

12th Five-year Plan for 'Shopping Basket' Project
CHINA - In 2015, Fuzhou will supply over 40 per cent of its vegetables, 50 per cent of its pork and 30 per cent of its eggs as well as fish to its urban areas.

Clenbuterol Crackdown Has Made Meat Safer
CHINA - The Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said yesterday (21 September) that more of the country's meat products are free of clenbuterol, an illegal fat-burning drug that is sometimes used as an additive...

Shandong Issues New Pork Quality Rules
CHINA - East China's Shandong province issued new rules that require all pig abattoirs to keep records of animal's source, circulation and consumption information to guarantee its safety, according to...

China Arrests over 900 in Tainted Pork Crackdown
CHINA - Chinese authorities have arrested 989 people over the last six months as part of a national crackdown on the manufacture and sale of clenbuterol, an illegal fat-burning drug that is sometimes used...

Continued Government Support for Pork Breeders
CHINA - Sen Yu International Holdings, Inc. commented yesterday that it expects a continuation in government support of animal husbandry and rural infrastructure policies for agricultural products to benefit...

China to Import More Pork
CHINA - The central government is thought to be considering importing more pork in order to bring food inflation under control.

Seven More Jailed Over Tainted Pork Scandal
CHINA - A court in Central China's Henan province sentenced seven more people, ranging from one to 10 years in prison for selling illegal pig feed additives to farmers, sources with the court said Thu...

Fines for Producers Who Ignore Swill Feed Ban
CHINA - Beijing is checking for swill-fed pigs during its current slaughterhouse campaign.

Food-Tracking Project Extended
CHINA - The Ministry of Commerce has expanded a pilot meat and vegetable tracking system to 10 more cities, aiming to improve food safety.

Five Sentenced for Tainted Pork Scandal
CHINA - Five people convicted of illegally dealing in and producing clenbuterol, a poisonous chemical known in China as lean meat powder, received punishments on Monday that included a suspended death...