Category Archives: Food Safety

China’s Environment

Posted on March 20, 2008 by JAC

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

Posted on March 7, 2008 by Edward Noon

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

Posted on February 28, 2008 by Edward Noon

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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Urgent Messages From China Re Export OF Frozen Foods

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Edward Noon

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

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Edward Noon

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

Posted on February 21, 2008 by JAC

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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China GM Rice

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Edward Noon

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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Wal-Mart First USA Grocer To Establish Global Food Safety Initiative Standard

Posted on February 5, 2008 by Edward Noon

Wal-Mart is the first USA food chain grocer to require that its suppliers of food products and private label food be certified by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) standard. GFSI with European origins utilizes 3rd party audits from BRC … Continue reading →

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Possible Tampering Of Gyoza Package

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Edward Noon

Here is a new twist on the pesticide contaminated Gyoza in Japan. The Mainichi Daily News is reporting that a small hole was found in the packaging suggesting that the product was tampered with. What is not clear is where … Continue reading →

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Japan Gyoza Update

Posted on February 1, 2008 by Edward Noon

The numbers keep rising. Now over 400 people have been impacted by the pesticide tainted Gyoza. As expected several of the Japanese food shops are pulling all Chinese food items off the shelf (rather be safe then sorry). Consumer groups … Continue reading →

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