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Food safety in China is a widespread concern for the country's agricultural industry and consumers. China's principal crops are rice, corn, wheat, soybeans, and cotton in addition to apples and other fruits and vegetables. [ 1][ 2] China's principal livestock products include pork, beef, dairy, and eggs. [ 1]
China's first food security law aimed at achieving "absolute self-sufficiency" in staple grains came into effect on Saturday, reinforcing efforts by the world's biggest agriculture importer to ...
Counterfeit baby formula. In April, at least 13 babies in Fuyang, Anhui, and 50–60 more in rural areas of Anhui died of malnourishment from ingesting fake powdered milk. In addition, 100–200 other babies in the province suffered malnutrition but survived. Local officials in Fuyang arrested 47 people who were responsible for making and ...
The Global Food Security Index consists of a set of indices from 113 countries. It measures food security across most of the countries of the world. [1] It was first published in 2012, and is managed and updated annually by The Economist 's intelligence unit.
On Tuesday, the food safety office of China’s administrative State Council announced an interdepartmental team would investigate the transportation of edible oil, pledging that those responsible ...
China, the world's biggest agriculture importer, has set targets to drastically reduce its reliance on overseas buying over the coming decade in line with its push for food security, but they will ...
The food policy in China could be summarized as self-independence and sufficiency policy. [1] The Chinese government adheres to an independent food policy because food security is the foundation of national security. [2] High food prices and serious food shortages have caused severe social and political unrest in many countries in Asia, Africa ...
Food security is the state of having reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food. The availability of food for people of any class, gender or religion is another element of food security. Similarly, household food security is considered to exist when all the members of a family, at all times, have access to enough ...