Food safety an Olympic challenge for Beijing Games
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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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By Review, Idaho Business  MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11  Central District Health Dept. four-hour Idaho Food Safety & Sanitation course, 1-5 p.m., 707 N. Armstrong Pl., Boise. Completing the course provides an Idaho certification in food safety under the state's Food Protection Program.
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China will clamp down on foods tainted with illegal and excessive chemicals as it seeks to quell domestic and foreign alarm about toxins in meat, seafood and vegetables, the country's top agriculture official said.
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Recent E. coli outbreaks have drawn attention to foodborne illnesses, and though officials say the overall number of cases is on the decline, produce &#151; particularly leafy vegetables &#151; is increasingly a carrier of germs once linked only to meat and dairy.
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Rising trend of early human death cases in recent years in China have sounded alert on how to find effective ways to prevent the widespread sub health problems, which has so
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China has sent a notice to the World Health Organisation defending its food safety standards and repeating what is now becoming a standard line that more than 99 percent of its food exports are up to standard.
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TOKYO - The competitive eating world is already chewing on this bit of breaking news: The champ may not be able to chomp. Takeru Kobayashi of Japan, the six-time champion of the annual Fourth of July hot dog eating contest, may be sidelined for next week's event by an arthritic jaw.
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China defended its fish farming industry on Tuesday and said it was making progress in curbing use of illegal additives, from pesticides to banned steroids, as the country's food safety record remains in the spotlight.
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BEIJING, Dec. 12 -- Chinese officials on Tuesday agreed to implement a detailed experimental tracking and data-sharing program for a limited number of foods, drugs, and medical devices bound for the United States. U.S. officials hailed the agreement as a breakthrough, but independent food safety...
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The International Olympic Committee  (IOC) has urged Beijing to ensure the city is ready to host the  2008 Games well in advance, an official said on Wednesday.
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Farmed seafood has now joined tires, toothpaste and toy trains on the list of tainted and defective products from China that could be hazardous to a person's health.
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BEIJING - No spitting and get in line. That's the message Beijing city officials are trying to get across 18 months before the Olympics open in China's capital. "Everyone will be fined for spitting," read the headline in Thursday's Beijing Daily Messenger.
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has urged Beijing to ensure the city is ready to host the 2008 Games well in advance, an official said on Wednesday.
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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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China said this week that it would introduce an array of production standards to improve safety and guard against the use of illegal veterinary drugs in its seafood.
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The U.S. Congress will act soon to  address the issue of Chinese food and product safety, something  Beijing should not take as a trumped-up political act, two U.S.  lawmakers said on Tuesday.
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Japan plans to call on Beijing to jointly set up a food safety council following a massive recall of Chinese-made food after hundreds of Japanese said they fell ill from dumplings, a report said Saturday.