Wary of food safety, China consumers shop with care
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First bird flu made eating poultry worrisome. Next it was tainted pork. Pesticides in vegetables. Toxic additives in processed foods.
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Chinese food experts promised Japan Monday they were serious about consumer safety, an official said, amid a nationwide scare over Chinese-made dumplings that left hundreds complaining of illness.
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Consumers in China's big cities do not welcome genetically modified (GMO) food on their table, according to a Greenpeace survey, although it also showed not many were familiar with such food.
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Chinese farm products are getting safer, the government said on Tuesday, citing tests of fruit, vegetables, meat and fish in major cities that showed more than 95 percent of products were up to standard.
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Following the recall of several tainted Chinese products in recent weeks, China joined Southeast Asian countries in pledging to strengthen product standards and safety.
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Pampered pigs or processed pork? Farm-fresh or greenhouse grown? With China's food supplies under scrutiny following a series of health and safety scares, Chinese officials are taking no chances for the Olympic Games this August.
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China sought on Thursday to reassure the public about rising food prices and growing safety concerns ahead of the traditional Spring Festival, saying supplies were stable and regularly checked for quality.
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China risks damaging its global credibility and provoking social instability if it does not tackle its food and drug quality problems, an official said in a rare admission amid a series of scares over tainted products.
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China is stepping up enforcement against unlicensed food vendors and plans to upgrade quality standards on thousands of food and consumer products by year's end, officials said Tuesday.
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China's customs authorities have begun checking food exports, like some proteins and glycerine which is used in toothpaste, after a series of health scares abroad involving tainted Chinese-made products.
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BEIJING -- Heightened anger and fear over the safety of food ingredients, medicine, and other consumer products was vividly on display here Tuesday following the execution of the former head of China's food and drug safety agency.
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Around 78 percent of Americans worry about the safety of Chinese imports, and a quarter have stopped buying food from China, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Tuesday that the recalls of tainted Chinese products were causing fear among U.S. consumers. He called on China to take bold moves to address that and other economic problems facing the two countries.
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European consumers may be at risk from  unauthorized genetically modified (GMO) rice grown in China  after a biotech strain was found in products sold in three EU  countries, two leading environment groups said on Tuesday.
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BEIJING, June 6 -- China has released food and drug safety goals for the next five years, promising stronger surveillance and export controls that officials say will help improve China's international image and relations.
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Consumers are increasingly wary of  foods made with GM ingredients and try to avoid them, a new survey suggests.
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Nearly a fifth of the food and consumer products checked in a nationwide survey in China this year were found to be substandard or tainted.