Japan used to be the biggest export destination for Chinese food products. But 2008 saw significant slide in trade volume due to a series of food safety incidents. The two sides are working on how to turn things around.
China exported food products worth 6-and-a-half billion US dollars in 2008 to Japan, an 11 percent drop from the year before. Some products fell more than 50 percent.
Over 40 percent of China’s food exports used to go to its neighbor, and this fell to 20 percent, the lowest in decades.

Japan used to be the biggest export destination for Chinese
food products.

China acknowledges food …

When approached by a situation that involves cooking for a vegan, even professional cooks can have problems in deciding exactly what to cook for the main dish and side dishes that make up a proper dinner. The following are a few helpful rules to aid you in the process of devisinbg menus for your vegan guests:
What is a Vegan? There is much confusion between vegan and vegetarianism – they are not the same. While a vegetarian often avoids all meat products, vegans avoid all meat and fish AND any associated …

Despite recent events, the United States continues to enjoy one of the safest food supplies in the world. But recent stories of food contamination have troubled many American consumers and, in some cases, affected their confidence in our food supply.
People need to know that the brands they buy and the foods they eat are safe, which is why product safety is priority one for our industry. Without consumer confidence, nothing else we do is possible. In an ever-expanding domestic and global marketplace, we must always be looking for ways to …

Feb 27th, 2009 | BEIJING — China’s legislature enacted a tough new food safety law Saturday, promising tougher penalties for makers of tainted products in the wake of scandals that exposed serious flaws in monitoring of the nation’s food supply.
Five years in the making, the law consolidates hundreds of disparate regulations and standards covering China’s 500,000 food processing companies, said Xin Chunying, a vice chairman of the legislative committee of the National People’s Congress Standing Committee.
The law pays special attention to the issue of food additives that lay at the …

Apart from an inexplicable fear of finding myself barefoot in a locked room with a Chihuahua named Ernesto, there are few things in life that truly terrify me.
Except, of course, Greek restaurants.
It doesn’t matter if the food is delicious or the service prompt and friendly. Invariably, my heart starts pounding, my hands start shaking and my armpits start leaking whenever I scan the menu at a Greek restaurant and notice they offer, for instance, a dish called lachanodolmades.
Don’t even ask what happens if somebody recommends the kleftiko or htapothi sti …

Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), on Saturday approved a new set of stricter food safety laws after a series of recent tainted food scandals highlighted the shortcomings in the country’s food standards monitoring system.
The new law enforces heavy penalties on those who violate a new set of new national standards on food safety, including large fines, cancellation of licenses and possible criminal charges.
The new measures that take effect on 1st June also calls a stricter and more efficient monitoring and supervision system, a set of national standards …

What if I turned over a new leaf and tried to see Sandy in a different light? What if I tried to see what her fans appreciate about her? What if I could appreciate her strengths rather than focus on her weaknesses? The latter, which up to now I certainly would have said, vastly outnumbers the former.
Okay, let’s begin:
The best part, I have to admit, is that I only caught the last half of the show, so surely I can sit through 15 minutes of Sandy without reverting to snarky, …

THE market will reward you for cash. On the face of it, a simple enough statement, but also one which illustrates the disciplines needed to thrive in the new paradigm.
There are other refinements. Brands are now taking a back seat as consumers turn their heads to the new church of value, McDonald’s sees its sales go through the roof, while those previously devoted to building impregnable brands now tout the idea that even top quality branding can be brought downmarket.
For Kerry it could represent a new opportunity. Cash rich and …

An article 14 disease risk reduction health claim linking mineral water consumption and a reduction of glycaemia has drawn a negative opinion from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).

The assessor’s Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA) found Unicer Bebidas de Portugal SGPS’s claim did not demonstrate causality between drinking its mineral water, Melgaço, and reduced rates of glycaemia in glycaemic individuals.
 
It is the first claim the NDA has assessed in the area of hyperglycaemia, which the Portuguese company linked to a condition called type 2 diabetes mellitus in …

Beneo-Palatinit will be showcasing a toothfriendly chocolate produced by chocolate manufacturer Barry Callebaut, which contains Palatinose, at ISM 2009 in Cologne, Germany.
The production process of the toothfriendly chocolate is similar to that of regular chocolate.
Unlike toothfriendly chocolates made with sugar replacers, the toothfriendly chocolate made with Palatinose causes no gastrointestinal side effects and is fully digestible.
Palatinose is derived from natural ingredients as it is produced from pure beet sugar and also occurs as a natural ingredient in honey and sugar cane.
The white, crystalline powder has the same caloric value as …