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Taiwan Border Checks Find Over 900 Problem Shipments in 2016

Random border checks by Taiwan's health authorities found 915 importedshipments of food and other items which did not pass inspection,according to a statement from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) onWednesday.The FDA

Apr 17, 2017

China: Yinchuan Harbour's First Encounter with African Mango Flies

A few days ago, the Yinchuan airport Inspection and Quarantine Bureau intercepted contaminated mangoes from a tourist. The mangoes were contaminated with a destructive organism that requires urgent quarantine - African

Apr 13, 2017

Blackmores Fined for Violating China Ad Laws as Regulators Name and Shame Global Firms

Vitamins manufacturer Blackmores was fined AUS$65,000 (US$50,000), and publicly named and shamed by authorities in China for breaching strict advertising laws.Blackmores was one of the companies on a list circulated by the Shanghai

Mar 22, 2017

Mealybugs Intercepted at Nanjing Trading Post

On the 13th of March, after tests had been carried out by the Office forQuarantine and Evaluation, the trading post in Nanjing (Jiangsuprovince) intercepted mealybugs (Dysmicoccu neobrevipes) and placed themin quarantine

Mar 20, 2017

Jiangxi Intercepts Bactrocera Dorsalis Hendel at the Border

The Jiangxi customs Inspection and Quarantine Bureau stopped the import of 101 fruits with a harmful organism, Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel. The Bactrocera was found on mangoes that arrived by plane in the hand luggage of a Thai

Mar 06, 2017

Beijing Detects 47 Batches of Mangoes with Insect Pests

The Qianlong-Fawan United Daily News reported that on January 2017 the border Inspection and Quarantine Office in Beijing detected, when inspecting carriages arriving from 20 different countries and regions, a total of 47 batches of

Mar 03, 2017

Weekly review of food standards and regulations(0220-0224)

State Council printed and distributed 13th five-year plan onnational food safety The State Council printed and distributed 13thfive-year plan on national food safety and proposed that there shallhave obvious improvement in food safety management ability,

Feb 26, 2017

Weekly review of food standards and regulations(0206-0210)

Announcementof NHFPC about issuing 107 national food safety standardsincludingNational food safety standard Maximum residue limits forpesticides in food (GB 2763-2016), etc. (No. 16, 2016)Accordingto the provisions of Food Safety Law of the People's

Feb 14, 2017

China: Citrus Greening Disease Takes It Toll

Citrus greening disease is a global citrus disease. In China, citrusgreening disease is mainly found in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwanand other provinces and autonomous regions. However, in recent years thedisease has gradually

Jan 19, 2017

Weekly review of food standards and regulations(1212-1216)

CFDA issued detailed rules for examination of health food production licenseIn order to standardizing examination of health food production license,urge enterprises to implement entity responsibility and guaranteequality safety of health food, CFDA formul

Dec 19, 2016