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Nestle Gains With Heinz as China Fears Local Food Safety: Retail

Bloomberg 1/5/2012 11:26:01 PM

Tainted milk from China’s largest dairy company, discovered amid a state crackdown on food safety, is set to be a windfall for foreign companies such as Nestle SA. (NESN)

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Thursday, January 05, 2012»

Bloomberg Nestle Gains With Heinz as China Fears Local Food Safety: Retail

1/5/2012 11:26:01 PM GMT
Tainted milk from China’s largest dairy company, discovered amid a state crackdown on food safety, is set to be a windfall for foreign companies such as Nestle SA. (NESN)

Bloomberg Nestle Gains With Heinz as Chinese Turn Away From Toxic Local Food: Retail

1/5/2012 11:26:01 PM GMT
Tainted milk from China’s largest dairy company, discovered amid a state crackdown on food safety, is set to be a windfall for foreign companies such as Nestle SA. (NESN)

Bloomberg Nestle Gains With Heinz as Chinese Turn From Toxic Local Foods: Retail

1/5/2012 11:26:01 PM GMT
Tainted milk from China’s largest dairy company, discovered amid a state crackdown on food safety, is set to be a windfall for foreign companies such as Nestle SA. (NESN)

Sunday, January 01, 2012»

Bloomberg North Korea Says Ending Shortages of Food, Power Are Biggest Goals in 2012

1/1/2012 4:20:02 PM GMT
North Korea said solving food and power shortages are urgent goals in 2012, and called on its people to defend Kim Jong Un, who inherited control of a country struggling to feed itself after 60 years of totalitarian rule.

Friday, December 30, 2011»

Reuters Chinese city finds cancer-causing fungi in food

12/30/2011 3:31:01 PM GMT
Chinese food safety regulators in the southern city of Shenzhen have found carcinogenic mildew in peanuts and cooking oil, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.

Monday, December 19, 2011»

Bloomberg Protesting Villagers in South China Share Food With Supplies Running Short

12/19/2011 7:02:05 PM GMT
Protesters in the Southern Chinese village of Wukan have organized to distribute food to the poor as a nine-day police blockade left people short of supplies.

Thursday, December 15, 2011»

Washington Post US says food aid to North Korea could resume pending outcome of talks in Beijing

12/15/2011 11:11:05 AM GMT
The United Nations and U.S. charities say aid is badly needed, but the U.S. government is concerned that North Korea, which has plowed resources into a nuclear weapons program, could divert food aid to political elites and its vast military.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011»

AFP US says will discuss NKorea food aid in Beijing

12/14/2011 9:59:00 PM GMT
The United States confirmed Wednesday that a senior US diplomat will hold talks with top North Korean officials in Beijing this week to discuss the possible resumption of US food aid.

Telegraph Rebel Chinese village of Wukan 'has food for ten days'

12/14/2011 10:15:04 AM GMT
The rebel Chinese village of Wukan, which has driven out the Communist party and is now under police siege, has enough food to hold out for ten more days, according to villagers.

Monday, December 12, 2011»

WSJ For Food Delivery, China Calls McDonald's

12/12/2011 8:38:00 PM GMT
Delivery services are becoming an important part of the growth strategy for McDonald's and KFC in emerging markets, where scooters can navigate clogged streets efficiently.

Telegraph Chinese police besiege town and cut of food supplies in bid to quell riots

12/12/2011 5:51:03 PM GMT
Thousands of Chinese riot police have besieged a village in the south of the country, cutting off supplies of food and water in a bid to quell a series of riots.

Bloomberg Funds Reduce Bets on Rising Food Costs to Lowest in 27 Months: Commodities

12/12/2011 4:04:03 AM GMT
Hedge funds cut bullish bets on agricultural prices to the lowest level in more than two years on signs of expanding global supplies.

Wednesday, December 07, 2011»

Bloomberg Cesium in Baby Milk Shows Risk for Japan Food

12/7/2011 6:58:01 AM GMT
Radioactive cesium was found in milk powder in Japan made by a Meiji Holdings Co. unit, raising concern that nuclear radiation is contaminating baby food.

Friday, November 25, 2011»

AFP China govt under fire over new food bacteria rule

11/25/2011 2:25:00 AM GMT
China's state-run media and web users criticised the government after it ruled that small amounts of a potentially lethal bacterium were permissible in frozen food.

Monday, November 21, 2011»

Xinhua Acceptance rate of Chinese foodstuff hits 91.8% in Q3

11/21/2011 4:00:00 PM GMT
More than 90 percent of Chinese foodstuff inspected by the country's quality watchdogs during the third quarter were safe, Li Yuanping, spokesman for the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), said Tuesday.