China Food Scandal

A video featuring a restaurant in China has gone viral, as a customer caught the staff of the restaurant mixing orange juice with tap water.

China's newest product safety scare burst onto the public consciousness when an obscure essay alleging corruption in the pharmaceutical industry become an internet sensation, exposing widespread anger and distrust after a string of scandals.

One case in the northeastern province of Jilin involved the use of industrial gelatine in food.

China, rocked in recent years by a series of food safety scandals, uncovered as many as half a million illegal food safety violations in the first three quarters of the year, an official said.

Earlier this week, a former doctoral student at one of the country's national testing centers for genetically modified organisms went public with allegations of scientific fraud, including claims that records were doctored extensively.

Chinese consumers are unusually alert to safety issues following an avalanche of scandals over shoddy or fake food, medicines and other goods.

China's food safety watchdog has issued further regulations to tighten supervision of baby formula, requiring producers to register and secure permits to sell their products, state news agency Xinhua reported.

A Chinese court today jailed six employees of a US company which supplied fast food outlets including KFC and McDonald's with sub-standard meat in a high-profile scandal.

Chinese authorities have charged 10 people over "selling inferior products" in the wake of a food scandal that erupted last year at a unit of US food supplier OSI Group, which saw expired meat sold to global fast food chains.

Decades old smuggled frozen meat seized in China; creates a nationwide food scandal.

KFC has a message for Chinese diners worried about eating their fried chicken after a safety scare at the fast food chain: come see how we operate for yourself.China is the biggest market by sales for KFC's parent Yum Brands Inc, but sales have slowed...

China has vowed to hand out the "harshest penalties" to food safety violators and to further reform the food and drug safety administration, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. Vice-Premier Wang Yang made the comment during an inspection tour of Beijing's...

McDonald's said that key global sales figure fell 3.7 percent in August due to the food-safety scandal in China.Earlier this month, McDonald's Corp. said that it will monitor its suppliers in China more closely after a food-safety scandal in the country...

McDonald's said it will monitor its suppliers in China more closely after a food-safety scandal in the country hurt the hamburger chain's sales and reputation.The company said Tuesday it plans to increase audits and video monitoring at its suppliers and...

An undercover local Chinese TV report on July 20 showed workers at Shanghai Husi Food Co Ltd using expired meat and doctoring food production dates. Regulators immediately closed the factory, which is part of OSI Group LLC, a US food supplier and important McDonald's partner.

A video featuring a restaurant in China has gone viral, as a customer caught the staff of the restaurant mixing orange juice with tap water.

China's newest product safety scare burst onto the public consciousness when an obscure essay alleging corruption in the pharmaceutical industry become an internet sensation, exposing widespread anger and distrust after a string of scandals.

One case in the northeastern province of Jilin involved the use of industrial gelatine in food.

China, rocked in recent years by a series of food safety scandals, uncovered as many as half a million illegal food safety violations in the first three quarters of the year, an official said.

Earlier this week, a former doctoral student at one of the country's national testing centers for genetically modified organisms went public with allegations of scientific fraud, including claims that records were doctored extensively.

Chinese consumers are unusually alert to safety issues following an avalanche of scandals over shoddy or fake food, medicines and other goods.

China's food safety watchdog has issued further regulations to tighten supervision of baby formula, requiring producers to register and secure permits to sell their products, state news agency Xinhua reported.

A Chinese court today jailed six employees of a US company which supplied fast food outlets including KFC and McDonald's with sub-standard meat in a high-profile scandal.

Chinese authorities have charged 10 people over "selling inferior products" in the wake of a food scandal that erupted last year at a unit of US food supplier OSI Group, which saw expired meat sold to global fast food chains.

Decades old smuggled frozen meat seized in China; creates a nationwide food scandal.

KFC has a message for Chinese diners worried about eating their fried chicken after a safety scare at the fast food chain: come see how we operate for yourself.China is the biggest market by sales for KFC's parent Yum Brands Inc, but sales have slowed...

China has vowed to hand out the "harshest penalties" to food safety violators and to further reform the food and drug safety administration, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. Vice-Premier Wang Yang made the comment during an inspection tour of Beijing's...

McDonald's said that key global sales figure fell 3.7 percent in August due to the food-safety scandal in China.Earlier this month, McDonald's Corp. said that it will monitor its suppliers in China more closely after a food-safety scandal in the country...

McDonald's said it will monitor its suppliers in China more closely after a food-safety scandal in the country hurt the hamburger chain's sales and reputation.The company said Tuesday it plans to increase audits and video monitoring at its suppliers and...

An undercover local Chinese TV report on July 20 showed workers at Shanghai Husi Food Co Ltd using expired meat and doctoring food production dates. Regulators immediately closed the factory, which is part of OSI Group LLC, a US food supplier and important McDonald's partner.