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Friday, September 04, 2009
WPC REPORT - Pledge for International Cooperation and TransparencyCHINA - The International Meat Secretariat has set out a seven point pledge to enhance transparency, animal welfare food safety and cooperation within the global pig meat industry at the World Pork Conference...
USMEF: Reaction of Chinese Consumers to H1N1CHINA - Nearly two-thirds of China’s consumers stopped eating pork in the early stages of the H1N1 influenza outbreak this year, and more than one in five consumers in the world’s largest pork market...
Thursday, September 03, 2009
WPC REPORT - Chinese Consumers Flu Virus FearsCHINA - A quarter of the Chinese population believe that the A/H1N1 flu virus can be caught through eating pig meat.
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
China to Formulate Food Safety StandardsCHINA - China is now working on a new system of food safety standards that is expected to guarantee people's health and be more compatible with international norms, said a senior health official on Saturday...
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Chinese Pigs Fed Harmful ChemicalsCHINA - Many Chinese farmers continue to skirt the ban on chemical additives in food for pigs, increasing the risk of disease and illness in humans, according to a report from the nation's top legisla...
Thursday, June 04, 2009
World First: Chinese Scientists Create Pig Stem CellsCHINA - Scientists have managed to induce cells from pigs to transform into pluripotent stem cells – cells that, like embryonic stem cells, are capable of developing into any type of cell in the body....
Friday, April 24, 2009
Shanghai FDA Looks Out for Tainted Processed PorkCHINA - The Shanghai Food and Drug Administration is closely monitoring pork products in local markets as the harmful chemical, clenbuterol, was found in processed pork in Anhui Province.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Tainted Pigs Slaughtered in GuangzhouCHINA - After a random test revealed that 19 pigs out of a shipment of 149 were contaminated by harmful additives, food safety authorities decided to cull the whole herd.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Market Rejects 'Tainted' LivestockCHINA - Guangzhou Tianhe Livestock Market stopped farmers from bringing in 151 pigs suspected to have been fed clenobuterol hydrochloride early yesterday morning.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
15 Arrested for Selling Pigs Fed Banned AdditivesCHINA - Prosecutors said yesterday that 15 people had been arrested in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, on charges of selling pigs that had been given fodder containing banned a...
Thursday, February 26, 2009
14 Ill Over Pig Feed Additive PoisoningCHINA - Fourteen people in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, were poisoned yesterday evening after eating pig organs that were suspected of containing an animal-feed additive.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Seven Suspects Detained Over Poisoned PorkCHINA - The municipal public security bureau of Guangzhou yesterday claimed to have identified nine people allegedly responsible for the recent case of pig-feed poisoning, which has made about 70 people...
Friday, February 20, 2009
S China Discovers Poisoning by Pig Feed AdditiveCHINA - Forty-six people in south China's Guangdong Province were poisoned on Thursday after eating pig organs that contained an animal-feed additive, the local health authority said.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Officials Sacked over Chinese Pig DeathsCHINA - Two officials were removed from their posts Wednesday for their poor performance in containing the spread of blue-ear disease that has killed more than 1,000 pigs in north China's Shanxi Province...
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
China Bans Filipino Pork ImportsBEIJING - China's top quality supervisor has banned imports of Philippine pork products after the island country reported finding of Ebola-Reston virus in four pig herds on its Luson Island at the end...
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Over 1,000 Pigs Killed by Blue Ear DiseaseCHINA - The death of 1,056 pigs in Hongdong County in north China's Shanxi Province was caused by blue-ear disease or PRRS (Porcine Reproductive & Respiratory Syndrome), local authorities said yesterd...
Monday, February 09, 2009
Investigation into Pig Deaths LaunchedCHINA - The Government of north China's Shanxi province ran an investigation after 1,056 pigs were found dead in the Hongdong county, according to local authorities.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Tainted Irish Pork Seized in Eastern ChinaCHINA - Chinese quarantine authorities in the eastern city of Nanjing have seized more than 23 tonnes of frozen Irish pork that was found to be contaminated with dioxin and ordered it be returned, state...
Friday, January 09, 2009
Dead, Diseased Pigs Sold for FoodCHINA - Six people have been detained in southern China's Guangdong Province for allegedly running a network that processed and sold meat from dead and diseased pigs.
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