China Executes 2 People Over Tainted Milk Scandal
BEIJING — China executed a dairy farmer and a milk salesman Tuesday for their roles in the sale of contaminated baby formula – severe puni...
BEIJING — China executed a dairy farmer and a milk salesman Tuesday for their roles in the sale of contaminated baby formula – severe puni...
Tony Corbo | Posted 11.26.2009 | Green
Of the 9.5 million shipments of imported food items that will arrive at our ports-of-entry this fiscal year, FDA inspectors will physically examine only 1.53% of them.
Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics
The FDA seems to have never heard of the precautionary principle and, in service to the interests of a few chemical companies like Monsanto, put the entire eating public at risk.
Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business
A group of tire importers that should be competitors banded together recently to ally themselves with China in a trade case. Doesn't sound like th...
AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 04.25.2009 | World
BEIJING — A northern Chinese court has accepted a compensation suit against the dairy at the heart of the tainted milk scandal that sickened nea...
Christopher Gavigan | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green
A study by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy detected mercury in nearly one-third of 55 popular brand-name food and beverage products where HFCS is the present.
Jeremy Haft | Posted 02.27.2009 | World
America is in dire peril when it comes to our food and drug supply. We're connected in one long chain with China, yet neither of us can effectively police quality.
AP | ANITA CHANG | Posted 02.22.2009 | World
SHIJIAZHUANG, China — A Chinese court sentenced two men to death and a dairy boss to life in prison for their roles in producing and selling inf...
Reuters | Posted 01.31.2009 | World
BEIJING (Reuters) - The chairwoman of a Chinese dairy company went on trial on Wednesday over a tainted milk scandal that has killed at least six chil...
Xinhua | Posted 01.26.2009 | World
SHIJIAZHUANG, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Six people involved in China's melamine adulteration milk scandal went on trial on Friday in four courts in northern...
Zem Joaquin | Posted 01.23.2009 | Green
Melamine, when consumed, can cause problems in the kidneys and bladder, and at least four children in China have died, and more than 50,000 have become sick with kidney problems.
Christopher Gavigan | Posted 01.19.2009 | Green
Over the past couple of months, melamine has been heavy in the headlines... dairy products manufactured in China were intentionally contaminated with the chemical.
Jaeah J. Lee | Posted 01.13.2009 | World
In one health crisis after another, Beijing has simply fired officials, issued new quality standards, and promised to get it right next time. Meanwhile, the scandals have only continued.
AP | JOAN LOWY and JUSTIN PRITCHARD | Posted 12.30.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Two months ago, federal food regulators said they were unable to set a safety threshold for the industrial chemical melamine in bab...
The Sun | ANDREA HAMMETT | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics
CHAMPAGNE, check, strawberries, check, chocolate-flavoured willy spread - erm, come again. The novelty food product may spice up your bedroom antics,...
Jeremy Haft | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business
We blame bad regs for China's melamine myopia. This isn't the problem. China lags centuries behind the West when it comes to corporate governance.
AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 11.24.2009 | World