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Monthly Archives: October 2007
China Waterchestnuts Inflation
It appears that frozen water chestnuts, one of our imports from China, used for blending with stir frys, pastas etc. will be hard to come by at reasonable prices. This year they have once again encountered weather problems causing much … Continue reading
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Chinese RMB Expected To Appreciate
This is an interesting article (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=email_en&refer=home&sid=aq_idaiqb638) that explains the rational of the Chinese currency appreciating against the dollar to a rate of 7 RMB to 1 USD. This is about a 6% increase over the current exchange rate of 7.49 … Continue reading
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How To Find Pesticide Tolerance?
As an importer of frozen vegetables it is our responsibility to help the exporting country with the regulatory laws and in particular the pesticide tolerances for vegetables. Pesticides is the number one problem for frozen vegetable imports. As a general … Continue reading
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Wei Ji China Food Safety Crisis
We have just returned from Anuga (Cologne, Germany) where Lily Noon presented a speech covering China. She presented her speech to a group of over 250 people attending the Golden Ice Crystal Awards on October 16. She gave a short … Continue reading
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Trader Joe’s China Policy
More on Trader Joe’s decision to discontinue sales of single ingredient foods produced in China. Today I read in http://www.arcamax.com/businessnews/s-247137-479367 and http://cbs2chicago.com/business/trader.joes.chinese.2.409777.html that TJ’s has made the decision to phase out single ingredient products made in China because of consumer pressure. … Continue reading
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China Agriculture In The Year Of The Rat
Predictions From Chinese Farmers Almanac for Agriculture in 2008. The Year of the Rat 2008 is predicted to bring poor quality agriculture crops this year. They are predicting flooding in the spring and summer and drought during the autumn and … Continue reading
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China CIQ Creates New Regulations Causing More Delays
It appears that Beijing CIQ (China Inspection and Quarantine Bureau) are enforcing new rules on the Fujian CIQ. This new procedure is expected to last about 2 months. The latest new regulation from the CIQ in Zhangzhou, Fujian applies to … Continue reading
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Trader Joe’s To Stop Selling Product Of China
It appears that Trader Joe’s has made the decision to stop selling any food items that say “Product of China”. What this means is that any food products packaged in China will no longer be sold in Trader Joe’s stores. The … Continue reading
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U.S. China Near Food Safety Deal
Today’s article from the Washington Post highlights a meeting between the FDA and their counterparts in China regarding food safety. It goes on to say that they are both very close to an agreement which they expect to finalilze by … Continue reading
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Is China The Problem – Food Safety
The “Made in China” just won’t go away and food from China is no exception. Today I heard and I cannot substantiate that Trader Joe’s has made the decision not to use frozen vegetables from China. If it is true, … Continue reading
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