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CHINA - China Animal Healthcare Ltd said its subsidiary, Shenzhou Pagina-kang Technology Co Ltd has agreed to buy Jianxiang Hemu from its four shareholders for a total of RMB210 million (S$43.44 million). According to The Business Times, the sale price took into consideration, ...
CHINA - Haid Group Co Ltd, an aquatic and poultry feed producer based in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, has announced that it plans to spend a total of RMB249 million to build three plants with a combined annual output of 640,000 tons of feed. One plant, which will be located in ...
BEIJING: China's retail sales hit 340 billion yuan ($49.8 billion) during the "golden week" of Spring Festival, up 17.2 percent over the same period of last year, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Friday. Boosted by various sales promotion activities, the weeklong Spring ...
Kampala THE construction of a $6m regional rice research and training centre has began at the National Crop Resource Research Institute (NACCRI) at Namulonge. The facility will host a modern state of the art laboratory for scientists from Eastern, Central and Southern African ...
For the last three years, the Berlin Film Festival, also known as the Berlinale, has delighted viewers with not just the delicacy of good filmmaking, but also a savory taste of dishes from around the world. It's called, The Culinary Cinema. This year's roster of films includes ...
Animal feed and feed additive companies are obliged to immediately recall products upon discovery of any defect that may result in harm to animals or people, a draft regulation made public Saturday said. The draft of a revised regulation on the administration of animal feed and ...
Recently, the Inner Mongolia region was stricken by a snowstorm, disclosing the challenges on the development of the grassland. Vice Agricultural Minister Gao Hongbin gave an exclusive interview to the journalist from People's Daily. Journalist: just before the Spring Festival, ...
Supplements of the omega-3 fatty acid DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) may alter the function of the brain associated with working memory, according to results of a new study with healthy boys. Scientists from the University of Cincinnati showed for the first time using neuro-imaging ...
This 80-square-meter apartment in northwest Beijing looks like a small zoo with all its inhabitants: 43 cats, five dogs, three rabbits, three pigeons, a duck, an owl, and a monkey. But many of the animals are sick, injured or crippled. Lu Di, the 79-year-old apartment owner, ...
China's top economic planner said Saturday it would raise the minimum state purchasing prices for rice in major rice-production areas by up to 10.5 percent in 2010. The move was aimed to encourage farmers to increase grain production and help grain prices rise in a stable manner, ...
BEIJING -China has boosted the price it pays for rice by up to 10 percent this year to encourage farmers to plant more and increase production, state media said Sunday. China's economic planning agency set the minimum purchase price for short grain rice at 105 yuan (about 15 ...
Tens of thousands of Chinese children sickened by melamine-tainted milk showed signs of kidney damage months afterwards - with the potential for long-term harm a serious concern, said new research. Scientists from Peking University in Beijing reached their conclusion after ...
BEIJING, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council, or Cabinet, Tuesday appointed Zhang Yong as director of the executive office of a new national food safety commission. A circular issued by the State Council said Zhang's post is ministerial level. The State Council has set up a ...
BEIJING, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Chinese lawmakers Wednesday called for improving the country's food safety supervision network after a nationwide law enforcement inspection tour. National lawmakers started the inspection tour last September after the Food Safety Law took effect last ...
BEIJING (AP) -- Chinese strains of genetically modified corn and rice that were given safety approvals last year could be ready for sale in China in about three years, a biotechnology researcher said Wednesday. Genetically modified rice that is resistant to certain insects and ...
BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua) -- A cover-all monitoring and testing network has been established to ensure all the cowpeas shipped to the inland from south China's island province of Hainan are safe, a senior agricultural official said Wednesday after a pesticide scandal triggered ...
CHINA - The general office of the State Council issued a plan on Monday to improve national food safety, setting the tone for this year's programme, which includes emphasising the accountability of the system. As part of a two-year project that began last month, the plan details ...
BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhua) -- China is making plans to upgrade its food safety system, stressing improved quality standards and strengthened supervision, according to a notice made public Monday at www.gov.cn. In late February, south China's Hainan Province took emergency measures ...
CHINA - The outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Guangzhou has seen the price of live pigs fall to about 10 yuan ($1.5) per kilogram. The price for live pigs in the provincial capital was about 13 yuan per kg in January. A Guangzhou Jiahe Slaughterhouse worker said many pork ...
Premier Wen Jiabao may struggle to keep inflation at his 2010 target of about 3 percent, after banks flooded the Chinese financial system with money to drive the nation s economic rebound. Inflation may peak at 4.4 percent during the year, according to the median forecast of 14 ...
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