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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Fake Stewed Pig Ears Pose Health RisksCHINA - Some stewed pig ears have been made from chemicals that could cause blood and heart problems in East China, sounding a fresh alarm on food safety.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Imported Pork Contains 'Lean Meat Powder'CHINA - Over 100 tons of pork imported from the United States in March contained clenbuterol, commonly known as "lean meat powder", Guangzhou Daily reported Tuesday, citing General Administration...
Monday, April 23, 2012
Olympic Athletes Could Get Branded as Cheats CHINA - An official from the General Administration of Sport of China (GASC) denied reports that athletes were banned in January from eating untested pork, beef and lamb in an attempt to avoid doping scandals...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Chinese Olympics Athletes Stop Eating MeatCHINA - Chinese athletes are avoiding eating meat ahead of the Olympics Games out of fear that domestic pork, beef and lamb could contain substances banned under anti-doping rules.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Police Raids Uncover Pork from Sick, Dead PigsCHINA - Police in southeast China's Fujian Province raided several unlicensed butcheries and underground workshops that processed pork of sick and dead pigs into meat products and sold them to other p...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Half of Cooked Meats Tested SubstandardCHINA - Only 48 per cent of the cooked meat at nine supermarkets and stores in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, passed a quality test earlier this year, the city's administration of industry and commerce...
Monday, March 05, 2012
Chinese Olympians Banned from Eating MeatCHINA - Chinese athletes preparing for the London Olympics have been banned from eating meat over fears they may consume clenbuterol - the prohibited performance-enhancing substance that led to Chinese...
Monday, February 13, 2012
Govt to Wipe Out Substandard SlaughteringCHINA - China is vowing to eliminate substandard meat processing in the country within the next few months as part of a campaign to ensure food is safe, officials said on Friday.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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.
Monday, November 28, 2011
113 Penalised Over Chemical Tainted PorkCHINA - Central China's Henan Province, a leading agricultural base, has issued heavy sentences to 113 people, including 77 government employees, over a chemical tainted pork scandal reported in March...
Thursday, September 01, 2011
Shandong Issues New Pork Quality RulesCHINA - 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...
Monday, May 09, 2011
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...
Friday, April 08, 2011
Pork Supplied to Macao SafeCHINA - The inspection and quarantine department of Zhuhai, Guangdong province, has said that pork supplied from the Chinese mainland to Macao has been free of clenbuterol, a toxic additive and the cause...
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Who Can Guarantee China's Pork is Safe?CHINA - Detection of the toxic additive clenbuterol in pig feed has once again undermined Chinese consumers' confidence in the country's food producers.
Monday, April 04, 2011
China Prosecutes 16 Officials in Pork ScandalCHINA - 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...
Friday, April 01, 2011
Pig Farmers Told to Drug LivestockCHINA - Middlemen were found ordering individual pig raisers to feed the animals a banned chemical that promotes lean pork in order to fatten profits.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
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.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
System to Assess Govt Food Safety SupervisionCHINA - 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...
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Chinese Crackdown on Contaminated Pig FeedCHINA - 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.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Further Probe into Pork ProblemCHINA - 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...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
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.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Huge Recalls Under Way as Pork Scandal ContinuesCHINA - Supermarkets across the country were busy recalling meat products at the weekend and taking packages off the shelves as a result of the growing scandal in which a banned substance was found in...
Friday, March 18, 2011
Safety Tests on the Menu After Meat ScandalCHINA - The battle to intercept contaminated meat products before they arrive on the dinner table is continuing across the country but some consumers are saying their confidence has been rattled following...
Friday, January 14, 2011
Pig Feet and Ears Included in Import BanCHINA - Pork bi-products from Germany are atop the Chinese government's list of newly banned imports, a senior German agricultural ministry official said yesterday.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
CIMIE: Looking to Sustainable Production of Safe MeatCHINA - The Chinese government has promised to back the sustainable and hygienic production of meat and food, writes ThePigSite senior editor, Chris Harris from the China International Meat Industry Summit...
CIMIE: Meeting Global Meat Industry ChallengesCHINA - Global meat demand is expected to grow by 40 per cent by 2025, writes ThePigSite senior editor, Chris Harris, from the China International Meat Industry Summit in Beijing.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
'Diseased Pork' Being Sold in Some RegionsCHINA - The State Administration of Industry and Commerce on Tuesday night (9 February) issued an urgent notice to inform consumers and local law enforcement officers that "diseased pork" is being sold...
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Diseased Meat Shop Closed in TongzhouCHINA - A butcher shop selling diseased meat in Daxingzhuang village, Tongzhou district was shut down by local government on Monday following a public tip-off.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Pigs Get ID Chips in Southwest ChinaCHINA - Starting Friday, pigs in southwest China from have started having two identity chips fixed on their back legs detailing where they were butchered, examined and sold.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
China Denies Imposing Restrictions on EU ImportsCHINA - China has never placed any restriction on pork imports from the European Union (EU), and its demand for health certificate from the EU imported pork was needed to prevent the spread of A/H1N1 flu,...
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