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NEWS ABOUT: China food exports

China food exports stories: 7 news summaries
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Cheap and Comforting:
Food Trends for 2009

Gourmet outlines how we'll eat well in the downturn

Jan 11, 09 9:34 AM CST
(Newser) - With a recession weighing on our minds (and wallets), Gourmet breaks down new home cooking trends for 2009:
  • Drinking will, unsurprisingly, be on the rise, with a wider variety of high-end spirits for simple homemade cocktails.
  • Simple ingredients like large beans will be central in a new wave
... More »

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cooking • China food exports • recession • Korean food • financial crisis • Indian food

Trader Joe's Cuts Chinese Food Imports

Discount gourmet grocer acts on fears
of pesticides, antibiotics

Feb 12, 08 8:36 AM CST
(Newser) - With customers worried about the safety of food imported from China, Trader Joe's said yesterday it will withdraw garlic, frozen spinach, and other “single ingredient” items from its shelves by April 1, reports the Los Angeles Times. The discount gourmet retailer will continue selling items made with ingredients... More »

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agriculture • food safety • China food exports • US imports

FDA Plans to Open Outpost
in China

Inspectors could block contaminated food from being exported to US

Feb 6, 08 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - America's food imports from China are rising and the Food and Drug Administration is planning to start exporting American inspectors to protect the US food supply, Reuters reports. FDA officials hope to open a China office to help them raise food safety standards and to make it easier to act... More »

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China • FDA • imports • food safety • China food exports • food supply

China OKs
US Health Inspections

Beijing renews objections to 'hyped' product safety concerns

Dec 11, 07 10:08 AM CST
(Newser) - China will allow US health inspectors to monitor the country’s food and drug exports, the Washington Post reports, a big concession in heated high-level trade talks. China accuses the US media of tarnishing its reputation by overblowing safety concerns, and has in turn questioned US exports. China is... More »

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China • Henry Paulson • Wu Yi • US-China trade deficit • China food exports • Made in China

Pot Calls Kettle Contaminated

Citing safety worries, China puts the brakes on meat imports from some US processors

Jul 14, 07 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - In an apparent retaliatory move, China has addressed concerns about food safety—by halting imports from several American meat processors. The country's inspection agency posted a notice on its website late yesterday saying that salmonella-contaminated chicken produced by Tyson and products from several other large US firms had flunked inspection,... More »

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China • food contamination • Tyson Foods • China food exports

China's Surplus Soars to $26.9B

Weak yuan is driving China's economy to a record expansion; trade surplus nearly doubled

Jul 10, 07 2:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - China's trade surplus surged to a record $26.9B in June, an 87% increase since last year. Economists attribute the trade gap to China's significantly—as much as 40%—underpriced currency, the yuan, reports Bloomberg. Half of China's surplus is with the US, which recently began preparing legislation to sanction... More »

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China • US-China trade deficit • United States • world economy • imports • trade • exports • China food exports • consumer goods • trade surplus • yuan • US economy

China Executes Ex-Food and Drug Czar

Regulator convicted of taking bribes to compromise food safety

Jul 10, 07 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - China carried out a swift death sentence against the former head of its food and drug administration today, in an apparent reaction to concerns about the safety of its exports. Zheng Xiaoyu was killed just over 2 weeks after the supreme court rejected his appeal on a May conviction for... More »

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China • Zheng Xiaoyu • capital punishment • China food exports • death sentence

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