A total of 548 students fell ill after consuming milk and biscuits in schools in northwest China's Qinghai Province on Wednesday, local authorities said.
Experiencing unfair treatment at work can sharpen the taste buds, thus making the taste of food stronger, according to a latest Canadian study.
China will punish the production and sale of unsafe food products more harshly to combat increasingly severe food scandals, judicial authorities said on Friday.
Twenty people in China were given jail terms ranging from seven years to life for manufacturing and selling "gutter oil" in two provinces, a local court announced Tuesday.
The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) lifted a ban on food imports from seven prefectures in Japan on Monday.
The shockwaves of the horse-meat scandal in some European states are felt here at the ongoing food and hospitality fair Gulfood where European meat producers say they benefit from a growing quality awareness among restaurants, retailers and consumers.
Member states of the European Union on Friday agreed on a plan to control fraudulently labeled horsemeat in the food market.
Holiday shopping spree significantly boosted China's retail sales during the week-long Lunar New Year festival, data released Friday by the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) showed.
An estimated 70 percent of garbage in China is food waste, but a new online campaign against food waste is gaining momentum in China, calling for people to take uneaten leftovers home, after banquets.
Vice Premier Li Keqiang on Thursday vowed to strengthen the government's role in supervising food safety and urged authorities to eliminate food safety hazards ahead of the Spring Festival holiday.
As much as 50 percent of all food produced around the world ends up as waste, a new report said on Thursday.
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