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Yum! Finds Supply Chains Can Foul Up Food Safety Worldwide
Supply chain failures, first in China and now in Canada, might have Yum! Brands CEO David Novak singing that old Frank Sinatra song about “riding high in April, shot down in May.’” Novak, also a...
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350 Arrested in China for Food Safety Violations
Chinese authorities have taken 350 people suspected of food safety crimes into custody since the end of January, according to the Ministry of Public Security. The arrests come as part of a government...
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KFC’s Recovery in China is Going to Take Some Time
China’s food safety investigation into antibiotics found in chickens served by Yum Brands didn’t result in any fines or other enforcement action. That’s the good news. The bad news for Yum Brands is...
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China: Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria Found in Pig Manure
Manure from Chinese pig farms contains both antibiotic residues and high concentrations of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics, a new study published Monday by the Proceedings of the National...
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Senators Urge U.S. Trade Rep to Resolve Russian Ractopamine Ban
Thirty-three U.S. senators from livestock states, including Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) and Thad Cochran (R-MS), chairwoman and ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, on Tuesday sent a letter...
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“Honeygate” Sting Leads to Charges for Illegal Chinese Honey Importation
Five people and two U.S. honey processors were charged with federal crimes last week as a result of an investigation into illegal importation of honey from China, known as “Honeygate,” led by the U.S....
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China Destroyed Ikea, Kraft and Nestle Products for Violations at End of 2012
The Chinese government destroyed incoming products from three food giants – Ikea, Kraft and Nestle – at the end of 2012 for violations of food quality standards, revealed Shanghai’s quarantine bureau...
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More Than 13,000 Dead Pigs Turn Up in Shanghai Waters
More than 13,000 dead pigs have been fished out of rivers in and near Shanghai, renewing concerns about animal disease and water safety in China, according to the South China Morning Post. The paper...
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H7N9 Bird Flu Outbreak in China Gets Attention in the States
There have been a few signs this week that state health departments are beginning to prepare for the still unlikely event of China’s expanding outbreak of H7N9 bird flu reaching the United States. The...
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After Latest Scandals, Chinese Premier Urges Tighter Food Safety Controls
During a nationwide teleconference on Monday Chinese Premier Li Keqiang urged “strict market supervision and harsh penalties” to improve food safety and assure costumers that something like the...
View ArticleChinese Firm to Buy Smithfield Foods, America’s Largest Pork Producer
Shuanghui International, China’s largest meat processor, has agreed to buy Smithfield foods, America’s largest pork producer, for $4.7 billion, according to multiple press reports Wednesday. If...
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Smithfield Sale Raises New Questions About the Future of Ractopamine
The sale of Smithfield Foods, the United States’ largest pork producer, to Shuanghui International, China’s largest meat company, raises new questions about the future of ractopamine, a controversial...
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Director-General of FAO Expresses Worry About Food Safety and Pollution in China
Jose Graziano da Silva, director general of the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization, is applauding China’s efforts to improve food safety, but is concerned about human health issues...
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Salmonella Sickens Hundreds of Chinese Schoolchildren
At least 386 children in a Chinese province were hospitalized last week with suspected Salmonella infections, health officials announced Sunday. The students, who reside in the Meishan City area of...
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Shanghai Issues Food Safety ‘Blacklist’
To help stem the tide of food crimes, the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration last week published a list of companies and individuals who have been found to have violated food safety laws....
View ArticleLawmakers Looking Into Shuanghui Acquisition of Smithfield
The Senate Committee Agriculture Committee plans to hold a hearing next month to look into the proposed sale of Smithfield Foods to Shuanghui International, committee chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)...
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More U.S. Chickens Going to China After WTO Ruling
The World Trade Organization (WTO) struck down China’s anti-dumping and countervailing duty measures on broiler chickens from the United States on Aug. 2. Since China imposed anti-dumping and...
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How China Got Approval to Process and Export U.S. Chicken
For two weeks this past March, an audit team from USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) was all over the People’s Republic of China’s poultry-processing system. Their task was to determine...
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Formaldehyde Detected in Supermarket Fish Imported from Asia
A large number of fish imported from China and Vietnam and sold in at least some U.S. supermarkets contain alarming levels of formaldehyde, a known carcinogen, according to tests performed and verified...
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Ohio Senator Wants USDA’s Poultry Inspectors Assigned to China; Charges...
American consumers need USDA “on station” to inspect chicken processing as it occurs in China, and a “labeling gap” is putting U.S. food safety at risk, U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) suggests in a...
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