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Experts from Brussels have raised concerns over Hong Kong's lack of scrutiny of food contact materials (FCMs) exported into the European Union. The team of experts from the European Commission said Hong Kong has no designated authority to scrutinise FCM exports either originating ...
CHINA - Sino Agro Food, Inc. has announced that it has begun construction on its first major demonstration fish farm using the Company own Power?Recirculating Aquaculture System AS and technology. The demonstration farm is being built on 13,200 m2 of land, or 3.2 Acres. The site ...
IRELAND - Irish Minister Tony Killeen has welcomed the decision by the Chinese Government to reopen its market to Irish pigmeat imports. The former Junior Agriculture Minister said the news would complement ongoing efforts within the Irish Agri Food sector to reach its full ...
CHINA - Travellers are being advised not to bring milk products or meat imports into China from Japan following a ban due to the latest foot-and-mouth outbreak. China stopped importing milk powder, milk, beef and cattle-related products from Japan at the end of April since the ...
BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The following are some China economic news in brief. NE CHINA AIRPORT TO EXPAND Construction will start October on a 215,000-sq m terminal with 30 berths at the Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang, capital city of northeastern China's Liaoning ...
Chinese physicians and housewives have been surprised by the drastic price hike of certain herbs in Johor Baru over the past two years. The herb, jinyinhua, has seen a price hike from RM25 per kg two years ago to RM220 per kg now. It was widely used during the influenza A (H1N1) ...
BEIJING, June 3 -- China and Japan recently agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation on food safety after the dumplings poisoning incident that strained Sino-Japanese ties during the early days of 2008 buttressed the case for an accord to handle disputes related to food safety ...
CHINA - Ankang, located in the Qinling Mountains of Shaanxi province, has blazed a new trail in protecting the local environment and making the city prosper by developing five green industries covering clean energy, new materials, enriched foods, bio-medicine and silk. Assistant ...
The Chinese wine industry has entered the high-speed growth stage in recent years, according to a recent report on the Chinese wine industry from Research and Markets. Though the international financial crisis broke out in 2008, it did not place severe influence on the Chinese ...
HONG KONG - Plans have been shelved for a poultry slaughtering centre. Official sources report that the government has decided to shelve the development of a poultry slaughtering centre as the latest scientific assessment shows the risk of avian influenza in the city is now very ...
BEIJING, June 3 -- Private equity companies are starting to pay more attention to food safety issues when they invest in food companies, according to industry observers. "When investing in food companies, we're more concerned with food safety issues as a food safety crisis showed ...
The Council of Agriculture launched an online fruit marketing platform Tuesday to promote banana sales as part of ongoing efforts to help local banana farmers cope with a fall in the price of the fruit. According to the council's Agriculture and Food Agency (AFA), www.afa.gov.tw...
CANADA - A contingent of lobster buyers from China has been touring Prince Edward Island (P.E.I) for the past few days trying to learn everything it can about the lobster industry. The Island already exports about $500,000 worth of lobster to China, but processors are hoping to ...
Vegetable production can meet market demand at present, said Ma Shuping, deputy director of Department of Crop-Farming Administration of the Ministry of Agriculture. Ma said that due to the appropriate expansion in cultivation areas of winter and spring vegetables, the strengthen...
CHINA - The 2010 Forum of Chinese Fishery Economists was held in Beijing, on May 28. The theme was 'promoting the modern fishery industry'. Li Jianhua, Director-General of MOA Bureau of Fisheries stressed that the industry needed to take a holistic view of agriculture and ...
In China, there's money to be made in potato chips flavored as cool cucumbers and crispy prawns, as well as in beverages based on traditional medicine. PepsiCo, one of the world's biggest purveyors of snacks and drinks, wants a bigger piece of that action. PepsiCo's recent ...
BEIJING, May 31 (Xinhua) -- Speculation is said to be one of the factors that push up prices of some agricultural products in China, with drought and commercial hype conspiring to the spikes. Government's moves this year to cool down the property market has weighed heavily on the ...
Lauren Keane Email Author Jiutiaolong (China), June 01, 2010 In the land of rice, China is looking at an unlikely tool for maintaining growth and social harmony: The potato. The Chinese government has begun ramping up research, production and training related to the humble spud, ...
The Cabinet-level Council of Agriculture (COA) said Saturday that a total of 800 tons of bananas will be shipped to Beijing and Shanghai by the end of June -- the first time the fruit is being sold to Chinese markets since 2006. According to the council's Agriculture and Food ...
Author: Dong Huifeng, Luo Qinwen Source: Chinesenews.com.cn May 23-Vice Minister Wei Chao an, also the Honorary President of the Cross-Straits Agricultural Exchange Association, was interviewed by journalists from Chinesenews.com.cn during his stay in Gaoxiong of the Island. He ...
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