Chinese lawmakers Thursday hailed harsher punishment for offenders in the Food Safety Law's latest draft revision but the provisions to be more meticulous.
A draft revision to China's Food Safety Law had its first reading on Monday and pledges tough sanctions for offenders, promising the strictest food safety supervision system.
The proliferation of Western fast food outlets in this southern city and even in the capital Hanoi has sparked a debate on whether or not this trend is beneficial to the Vietnamese people and the country's economy.
New Zealand's sharemarket regulator has fined dairy giant Fonterra 150,000 NZ dollars (130, 028 U.S. dollars) plus costs for failing to inform investors immediately of the botulism scare in August last year.
New Zealand's sharemarket regulator has fined dairy giant Fonterra 150,000 NZ dollars (130, 028 U.S. dollars) plus costs for failing to inform investors immediately of the botulism scare in August last year.
New Zealand legislators unanimously passed a new food safety law on Tuesday, paving the way for a faster response to crises such as the false botulism scare that saw a global recall of dairy products last year.
Chinese agricultural authorities on Wednesday fended off negative remarks made by a policy institute president over food security, saying China is able to feed itself.
People across Thailand on Sunday kicked off their three-day merrymaking for the water-splashing Songkran festival, or the Thai New Year, under little, if any, shadow of the prolonged political tension.
Tetramine, a banned neurotoxic rodenticide, caused the food poisoning that killed two children at a kindergarten in southwest China's Yunnan Province, local authorities said on Thursday.
China's anti-waste campaign is being brought to the boil as central authorities issued a long and detailed circular calling on officials and the public to fight against widespread food waste.
Australia's agriculture sector is beefing up for a new trade paradigm as urgent calls for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) coincide with a renewed vision for the role Australia's vast, and under-utilized food resources can play in the "Asian Century."
Dairy giant Fonterra has pleaded guilty in a New Zealand court to four food safety-related charges connected to last year's global recall of whey protein concentrate (WPC80) over a false botulism scare.
Dairy giant Fonterra has pleaded guilty in a New Zealand court to four food safety-related charges connected to last year's global recall of whey protein concentrate (WPC80) over a false botulism scare.
Victoria, a southeast state of Australia, launched on Wednesday a four-year Food to Asia Action Plan, which aims to boost exports to Asia and make the state "the food bowl of Asia."
Ding Na has lost confidence in the farm produce sold in neighborhood markets following a spate of food scares.
New Zealand's food safety regime was in the spotlight again Tuesday after dairy giant Fonterra launched yet another product recall.
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) on Thursday issued a judicial interpretation that provides more protection for food and drug consumers. The document, which will go into effect on March 15, stipulates that spokespeople shall assume joint liability for endorsing food or drugs that are promoted with false claims, along with producers and sellers of suspect products.
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