Category Archives: China

China’s Environment

Environmental issues are the second most frequent subject of public protest in China after disputes over land. Wonder why? Some of the actual facts are: 80% of China’s electricity comes from coal; the sulfur that spews from the smokestacks of … Continue reading

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China To Enact New Food Safety

China states it will be enacting 7700 new or update national safety rules, see the article from the UK Guardian here. Technorati Tags: Noon International, food safety Bookmark to: Hide Sites

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China Japan Gyoza Incident

Japan Gyoza saga continues, were they tampered with? by whom? Chinese? Japanese? Yu Xinmin of the Ministry of Public Health says there is little chance that the methamidaphos was put into the product in China. Chinese officials are now leaning … Continue reading

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Chinese Workers Sorting Through Freeze Dried Product

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Urgent Messages From China Re Export OF Frozen Foods

Here are a couple of notices being sent out in China. 1. Tianyuan Foods of Gyoza fame to its customers. 2. Announcement to strengthen food exports from JinHua. China is running scared after the recent Gyoza food poisoning and other … Continue reading

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China Food Safety Fall Out After Japan Gyoza Incident

China CIQ restricts exports The China CIQ from the Rizhao district in Shandong province has taken independent action to prohibit all exports until they conduct an audit of all facilities in their geographic region. This is part of a fall … Continue reading

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Contaminated Dumplings impact sales of frozen food in Japan

Senior Chinese officials have visited China this week to pledge that food safety is a prime concern to China and that the incident will be seriously investigated. Despite this and other announcements from Senior and Non-Senior officials in China consumers … Continue reading

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Frozen REEFER Container From China Damaged

A Picture Tells A Thousand Words Noon International APL container in China that never maid it to the port. Technorati Tags: Noon International, APL Bookmark to: Hide Sites

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China GM Rice

China is back in the news again, this time for GM rice. Greenpeace claims to have found genetically modified rice imported into the UK. The rice is known as Bt63 which apparently was grown in China and is illegal in … Continue reading

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China Vegetable Raw Material Cost Soaring

China crop update China is facing one of the worst seasons in recent years. Abnormal weather is raising havoc for farmers and for the frozen vegetable industry. It is the coldest weather in the past 50 years with many provinces … Continue reading

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