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...

China Looks to Drive Down Pork Prices
CHINA - The Chinese government announced a new fiscal support policy that will increase the country's supply of live pigs, which is expected to drive down pork prices and ease inflation worries, according...

Adoption of Holistic Approach on Food Safety Urged
CHINA - China must adopt a holistic approach to addressing food safety challenges connected to the risk of contracting infectious diseases from contact with animals, the World Health Organization (WHO)...

Arrests Made over Tainted Pork Scandal
CHINA - Ten people have been arrested following the scandal about clenbuterol-contaminated pork in the east of the country.

Bad Intentions Threaten China's Food Safety
CHINA - Intentional contamination by food producers and processors driven by profits are largely being blamed for the food safety crisis in China, officials with the country's top food security watchdog...

Two New Lean Pork Drugs Detected in Checks
SHANGHAI, CHINA - Two new chemicals with the same function as clenbuterol hydrochloride - an illegal drug used to produce lean pork - were detected in recent food safety checks, local watchdogs said y...

Food Safety Drive Targeting Supervision
CHINA - Authorities are targeting corruption and negligence among officials involved in food safety in a bid to curb a growing number of incidents concerning contaminated food.

Illegal Additive Buyers for Food Must Give Names
CHINA - People loading up on a wide range of drugs and additives will no longer be able to do so anonymously after the government made another move to try to stamp out the use of illegal ingredients in...

Chinese Police Targets Illegal Pork Additives
CHINA - Chinese police officers have been told to give priority to food safety cases and bring every criminal involved in drug-tainted pork cases to justice, as the government has promised "iron-handed...

China Rolls Out Food Safety Campaigns
CHINA - China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said on Friday (6 May) that it has launched a series of campaigns to deter illegal activities in the food sector in the wake of several notorious food safety...

President Stresses Food Safety as Top Priority
CHINA - “Top priority� is the expression President Hu Jintao used when referring to the quality of food testing.

Chief Vet Confirms Need for Modernisation
CHINA - The country's Chief Veterinary Officer has emphasised the tasks on development of the animal husbandry and veterinary services.

China Vows to Tighten up on Food Safety
CHINA - The Agriculture Ministry has vowed to enhance supervision on animal products following the recent pork contamination scandal.

China Promotes Rearing of Local Breeds
CHINA - On 29 March 2011, a ceremony of Present Farmers with Quality Breeds was held by the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) in Jixi county of Anhui province to launch a number of such activities to benefit...

China Prosecutes 16 Officials in Pork Scandal
CHINA - Chinese prosecutors have placed official charges against 16 officials for dereliction of duty, failing to ferret out and block contaminated pork produce in central Henan, the country's most populous...

Tainted Pork Case 'an Isolated Incident'
CHINA - Sweeping spot-checks of thousands of pigs in Henan province found only a very small minority had been fed with the banned substance, clenbuterol.

System to Assess Govt Food Safety Supervision
CHINA - China vows to strengthen its regulation of food quality to eliminate concerns over food safety and to adopt a system to assess the efficiency of the quality supervision and inspections undertaken...

Chinese Crackdown on Contaminated Pig Feed
CHINA - China's Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said yesterday, 28 March, that the government would launch a one-year crackdown on illegal additives in pig feed which have proven to be toxic to humans.

Further Probe into Pork Problem
CHINA - The State Council's call for a thorough probe into the scandal of feeding pigs with banned substances on Monday will help re-establish the public's confidence in the government. The working group...

China Orders Crackdown on Illegal Meat Additive
CHINA - A Chinese central government taskforce has ordered Henan's local authorities to crack down on illegal production and use of clenbuterol, a chemical poisonous to humans.

New Arrangements on Veterinary Drug Control
CHINA - On 21-22 February 2011, the Bureau of Veterinary of the Ministry of Agriculture held a national meeting on veterinary drug control in Xiamen, Fujian.

China Adds Pork, Beef onto Import Reporting List
CHINA - China's Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday announced it had included pork, mutton, beef and their by-products onto the list of bulk agricultural products required for import reporting as of 1 Apr...

Animal Husbandry Makes Significant Progress
CHINA - During the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period, animal husbandry has made significant achievements in ensuring effective supplies of meat, eggs and milk and improving quality and safety of feed and...

High-Level Call for Improved Food Safety
CHINA - Vice Minister Gao Hongbin has highlighted the need for the effective implementation of prevention and control measures to ensure safe consumption of animal products.

Pig Feet and Ears Included in Import Ban
CHINA - Pork bi-products from Germany are atop the Chinese government's list of newly banned imports, a senior German agricultural ministry official said yesterday.

Further Concentration of Farms in Five-Year Plan
CHINA - The proportion of standardised large-scale animal production is set to increase by 10 to 15 percentage points during the 12th Five-Year Plan period.