As impact from the H7N9 avian flu in China widens, food safety concerns are spreading from across individual household buyers to fast-food consumers in the country. Microbiologists from the Chinese Academy of Science have identified the H7N9 as a rare strain, originating from a mingling of viruses between migratory birds such as chickens, ducks and… Continue Reading
What does “Antiboitic Free”, “No Antibiotic Residues”, “Natural” mean? Does it mean that no antibiotics were used during the life of the animal? Here is a great article that goes over in detail about the abuse of antibiotics in todays livestock. Why has congressed not passed any laws prohibiting the use of antibiotics. Who wins,… Continue Reading
Walmart has made a decision to sell genetically modified (GM) sweet corn. They have teamed up with seed giant Monsanto and will be introducing it in the near future. After careful investigation Walmart has determined that there are no safety concerns with the GM corn. This is the same GM sweet corn that others, like… Continue Reading
We have blogged on this in the past and now ABC News is catching wind of the fact that Whole Foods who promotes Organic and Local, is actually selling organic food under its own label from China. Organic food that is USDA certified by a third party that also outsources the certification! Again it is… Continue Reading
Just received following information from Alan Davis of Strategic Solutions Partners, LLC Â US to open China offices for product safety The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will open three offices in China this week to ensure the safety of exports headed to the US, AP reported. These will be the first FDA offices… Continue Reading
The FDA (Food and Drug Administration) took the unusual steps of detaining certain food products from China without physical examination. Taking action against a country is not the norm, generally it is confined to a specific factory or region. In this case, due to the ubiquitous use of melamine in milk they have elected to… Continue Reading
Pass the Melamine Please China once again is brought to the forefront with a new melamine scare. Now the problem is eggs. Hong Kong authorities has detected melamine in 4 brands of eggs from China. The melamine, which is high in nitrogen, is added to the food products to make them appear as having a… Continue Reading
China has managed to do it again. This time it is pesticide contaminated frozen green beans exported to Japan. According to sources the pesticide dichlorvos was detected. Not only was it detected, it was 34,500 times more then the maximum allowed according to the Japanese positive list!!! I don’t know which is worse the financial… Continue Reading
With all the scares and international attention China has been receiving because of its adulterated milk, which has spread to other products that use milk, such as candy, biscuits etc., Australia has taken the additional step to start testing for melamine in fruits and vegetables. There are fears in Australia, (which last year imported more… Continue Reading
China Milk Is Major Problem It doesn’t matter if it’s fresh milk or powdered milk there is a serious problem. According to James Rice in an article in Bloomberg “It’s not commonly known in China, but fresh milk is not fresh. It’s 50 percent fresh milk from cows and 50 percent reconstituted from powder.” Can… Continue Reading