This article discusses changes in the regulatory control aspects of food safety in China over the past three decades, including the Ministry of Agriculture's continuing responsibility for primary ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that it has renewed an agreement with the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine of China (AQSIQ) to ...

On July 2, the state-backed Beijing News reported that two Chinese companies were using fuel trucks to transport edible oils in Tianjin and neighboring Hebei province without cleaning their tanks. The ...

BEIJING (AP) – China said Saturday it had rejected a shipment of pistachios from America because it contained ants, the latest indication the government may be retaliating as Chinese products are ...

Chinese authorities have issued penalties against seven e-commerce platforms for violations including food safety. The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) imposed fines for a series of ...

Chinese food-safety officials have ordered two fruit juice companies to suspend operations and help with an investigation into reports that they used rotten or unripe fruit in their products. A ...

It was a bad week for the crown jewels of the U.S. fast food industry. At the end of July, Louisiana-based Yum! Brands, which owns Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut, discovered (along with ...

Being an incorrigible tea drinker and a big fan of Chinese herbal products, I was disheartened by two reports released by Greenpeace. One study from 2012 suggested that twelve of the eighteen tea ...