North Carolinians Sue Over Pig Manure Lagoons
In 2013, when Shuanghui International bought Smithfield Farms, America’s largest pork...
by Sophie Beach | Mar 11, 2015
In 2013, when Shuanghui International bought Smithfield Farms, America’s largest pork...
by Sophie Beach | Sep 23, 2014
The Center for Investigative Reporting has produced a two-part series looking into Shuanghui...
by Samuel Wade | May 21, 2014
China Real Time’s Chuin-Wei Yap reports the Chinese agriculture ministry’s rebuttal of...
by Natalie Ornell | Mar 27, 2014
While Americans eat nearly twice as much meat individually as their Chinese counterparts every...
by Josh Rudolph | Feb 4, 2014
After Thailand’s National Anti-Corruption Commission launched investigations into embattled...
by Josh Rudolph | Jan 7, 2014
Since its early days, the PRC has aimed to be self-sufficient in its food supply. With continued...
by Josh Rudolph | Dec 17, 2013
The Globe and Mail reports on Fortune Cookie, an expat owned American-style Chinese restaurant...
by Natalie Ornell | Dec 15, 2013
The Economist reports that the debate over genetically modified crops has become especially heated...
by Cindy | Nov 28, 2013
Kim Severson at the New York Times reports that unusually high pecan consumption in China,...
by Scott Greene | Oct 24, 2013
After president Xi Jinping told farmers in Hubei that the Chinese “must rely on ourselves...
by Samuel Wade | Sep 24, 2013
Reuters’ Adam Jourdan reports China’s latest food safety scandal: the alleged use of...
by Samuel Wade | Sep 23, 2013
South China Morning Post’s Mandy Zuo reports China’s biggest overseas agricultural...
by Josh Rudolph | Sep 4, 2013
Media coverage of two recent policy actions have helped to revive public fears about GMOs in a...
by Scott Greene | Jul 18, 2013
China announced a crackdown on illegal medicine sales on Wednesday and said it would pursue stricter regulations for the pharmaceuticals industry, according to Reuters: The State Food and Drug Administration said the six-month...
by Natalie Ornell | Jul 7, 2013
Police in Nanning have confiscated twenty tons of smuggled chicken feet including some with labels from 1967, according to Shanghai Daily. Some are doubtful that the feet, found in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of...
by Natalie Ornell | Jul 6, 2013
Following a series of Swiss companies under scrutiny in China, Tetra Pak, a food packaging company, is under investigation for its business practices. The New York Times’ David Barboza reports that the State...
by Samuel Wade | Mar 10, 2013
China’s State Council has submitted widely-anticipated plans for the restructuring of several government agencies to the National People’s Congress. The seventh such initiative in the past 30 years, the new plan aims...
by Melissa M. Chan | Oct 21, 2012
CDT previously reported on the shift in anxieties among Chinese people, including food safety. With recent food scandals, such as the testing of golden rice on Chinese children, China sought to increase their food safety...