China weighs image damage from food safety scares
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China risks damaging its global credibility if it does not tackle its food and drug quality problems, an official newspaper said on Monday in a rare admission amid a series of health scares over tainted products.
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China is the biggest producer and exporter of seafood in the world, but contaminated water has created serious food safety and environmental problems.
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By Hu Yinan  China needs to "recognize" its food safety situation and take effective measures to safeguard imports and exports, a top official said.  "At present, food safety issues have attracted wide attention globally.
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Foreign media have fuelled unfounded fears about Chinese products, the nation's top quality official has said, as China blocked a U.S. protein powder shipment while the two countries sparred over safety worries.
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A system to monitor food safety will go into effect during test events for the 2008 Beijing Olympics next month, a government watchdog announced Thursday, even as a TV station aired an undercover investigation showing how shredded cardboard was used as a filling in steamed buns.
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China's military increases food safety supervision due to fears that poor products could harm combat capacity.
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China is to put in place a system allowing the recall of unsafe or unapproved food products following a series of health scares that have led to illnesses and deaths, state media reported on Tuesday.
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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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Chinese consumers need to take more personal responsibility in protecting themselves from tainted food by reading labels and not buying obviously shoddy or expired products, an official said on Friday.
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Health authorities in Canada and Massachusetts are warning consumers of the risk from China-made counterfeit toothpaste after more tainted products were found, deepening concern about the safety of Chinese goods.
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Food scares are the latest indications that cutting corners or producing fake goods is still woven into the fabric of Chinaâs economy.
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The Bush administration proposed new steps on Thursday it says China must take to ensure the safety of food and other exports, but it remained unclear if the measures would be embraced by Beijing.
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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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China on Monday blamed differing national standards, misleading statistics and lack of communication for some of the product safety scares that have alarmed foreign consumers, promising to punish manufacturers who flout rules.
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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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Many endangered species are under threat from growing prosperity in China, where exotic animals are butchered for gourmet banquets, exotic medicines or luxury goods.
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BEIJING -- China's regulatory standards chief pledged yester day to update and boost enforcement of food safety rules as the country faces intense international pressure for exporting unsafe products, from toothpaste to pet food ingredients.