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Monthly Archives: January 2008
China Contaminated Gyoza Escalates
The tainted Chinese dumplings (from Tianyang Foods in Hebei province) imported by JT (Japan Tobacco) saga continues. Now more than 70 people have complained of symptoms from the metamidophos contaminated Gyoza dumplings. China thus far still remains silent although I … Continue reading
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Japan Imports Pesticide Laden Gyoza From China
China is in hot water again. JT Foods a subsidiary of Japan Tobacco has imported Frozen Gyoza (Pot Stickers) contaminated with an organophosphate insecticide methamidophos. As of today at least 10 people have been sickened with one 5 year child … Continue reading
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China Food Safety Watch On Alert
China continues to suffer from the recent snowstorms as trains are not moving, transportation is in a state of disarray, airline flights are delayed or just canceled, and container ships delayed. To top it off this is the time of … Continue reading
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Contessa Primum Foods Goes Green
Watch John Z. Blazevich CEO of Contessa Premium Foods being interviewed (see below) by Fox News Stuart Varney and Dagen McDowell on being the first Green Frozen facility in the World. Stuart Varney tries to make a mockery of Blazevich … Continue reading
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China Snowstorm Impacts Food Supply
A major snowstorm that has blanketed much of China has caused major electricity outages, road closures, airline delays and transportation problems. For us in the frozen food industry our concern is the current production of broccoli and cauliflower which might … Continue reading
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China Food Safety Campaign
The Chinese are very creative and now have a new propaganda campaign for clean pure and safe food using a Swedish model. Being from Sweden provokes ones imagination of clean pure fresh air. Wow, will the consumer buy it?? The … Continue reading
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Chinese Kosher Food
Here is a new twist on kosher foods. China is trying to use “kosher” as a disguise for selling Chinese products with the implication that it equates to “safe”. An interesting concept and I wonder just how naive the customer … Continue reading
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Chinese Fortune Cookies Originated From Japan
This is an interesting article from the Herald Tribune which claims that the Fortune Cookie actually has its origins in Japan. No wonder after all these years travelling to China I have yet to have a fortune cookie. Technorati Tags: … Continue reading
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China Institutes Food Price Controls
The China government has just instituted price controls on a group of agricultural products including, grain, edible oil, meat, milk, and eggs. Rising food cost has been one of the main contributors to inflation in China this last year. “Major … Continue reading
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ISO Certification Food Safety
Is your supplier ISO or HACCP compliant? Have you seen the document? But more importantly have you seen the facility? As the above post as seen in a Tom Peters slide show illustrates, almost anyone can be certified but is … Continue reading
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