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Zong Qinghou, the founder of Hangzhou Wahaha Group, a soft-drink maker in China, has passed away at the age of 78. Zong rose from poverty to become one of China's top entrepreneurs by challenging international rivals like Coca-Cola and Pepsi. He founded Wahaha in the 1980s and used aggressive distribution, low pricing, and nationalistic marketing to make the brand more popular than Coke in China. Zong's daughter, Zong Fuli, has been increasingly involved in running the company in recent years. Wahaha is now a large enterprise with over 30,000 employees and more than 80 plants. Zong was known for his national pride and support for homegrown brands, and he played a role in blocking Coca-Cola's attempt to acquire a Chinese orange-juice brand. Despite his success, Zong claimed to have little personal use for his wealth and had simple hobbies like cigarettes and tea. [Extracted from the article]

The article describes the experiences of the author living in Beijing, China with his family in 2013 and the health hazards present there. Details are given describing how poor the air quality is and how air purifiers are utilized extensively by the population. Further accounts are given noting food safety concerns surrounding the meat processing industry and in baby formula products. Reflections by the author are included weighing the psychological toll of fearing constant health hazards.

The article features fast food restaurant company Taco Bell in Shanghai, China. Topics discussed include comments from its manager Will Cao, the opening of the first Taco Bell in China in years by restaurant company Yum China in January 2017, and dishes made for the Chinese market of Taco Bell. The lessons learned by the company from other fast food chains are also mentioned.

The article reports that India is set to lose the gains made in garlic exports in the last couple of years with the fall in prices of the spice from China.

The article reports that unorganized and non-branded Chinese companies have supplied staggering amounts of food products to the market in Chennai, India, according to consumer research by the Japanese foods and seasonings company Ajinomoto India.

The article discusses the role of Chinese technology companies in tracking the food supply chain in the country in an effort to increase food safety. Topics discussed include various scandals related to food in China, the efforts of the Chinese search engine company Baidu, and food industry company Joyvio.

The article offers information on the Food Truck Pilot Scheme introduced by the government in Hong Kong, China and how food trucks can comply with the regulations by customizing their vehicles.

The article reports on the disappearance of freshwater fish such as carp and catfish from sale in various supermarkets in Beijing, China and mentions the food safety concerns due to the lack of explanation from the authorities and the Beijing Food and Drug Administration's denial on the concerns.

The article discusses a food safety scandal involving meat processing company OSI Group's processing of meat for Chinese fast food restaurants at its Shanghai Husi Food factory in China as of August 1, 2014. Topics addressed include OSI's reputation for high food safety standards in the U.S., as well as broader concerns about food safety throughout China.

The article discusses concerns regarding food safety issues within China's processed food industry as of July 24, 2014. Topics addressed include evidence of the use of rotten or expired meat at the Husi Food processing plant in Shanghai, China in order to make products for fast food companies, as well as regulatory efforts to address the problems within China.

The article looks at the planned acquisition of U.S. pork producer Smithfield Foods Inc. by Chinese meat processing company Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. as of May 2013. It notes the deal, if finalized, would be the largest U.S. acquisition by a Chinese firm, but says other prospective buyers for Smithfield may emerge. Concerns over Chinese food industry safety problems are discussed.

The article discusses the role of food imported from China in the U.S. as of May 29, 2013, highlighting Chinese meat company Shuanghui International's purchase of American meat company Smithfield Foods. Topics addressed include food safety concerns regarding Chinese companies, the labeling of food exported from China, and the possibility that China could export pork products to the U.S.

The article discusses efforts by large food companies including Nestlé SA and PepsiCo to cater to China's growing health-food market. By one estimate sales of such products reached $1.5 billion in 2009. Manufacturers are tailoring their products to Chinese consumers by including traditional ingredients such as tremella and wolfberry plant.

The article presents a discussion of a report issued by Chinese regulators about food and consumer goods safety in China for the first half of 2007. The report noted that there had been some small improvement over previous years' results. But overall, 20 percent of the country's food was substandard because of excessive bacteria, additives, ingredient substitutions, or other problems with food processing. Similar results for other consumer goods are presented.

This article focuses on the use of the chemical melamine as a fake protein in animals' food in China, the same substance that touched off a nationwide recall of pet food in the U.S. It is still unknown how melamine became fatal in pet food in the U.S. China's use of the substance has sparked a debate over the screening of food products entering the U.S. An overview of melamine's industrial use in China, whether legal or illegal, is provided.

The article discusses the ongoing investigation into the contamination of wheat gluten that resulted in the largest pet food recall to date. China has given permission for U.S. investigators to enter their country so continue their testing of food supply sources. In April 2007, the recall was expanded to include additional pet food makers.

This article discusses the plans of Yum Brands, owner of the Pizza Hut Inc and KFC restaurant chains, to market Chinese fast-food in China. The chain caters to the Chinese palate, but utilizes western-style methods. Previous experiences with traditional KFC restaurants in China are related. Competitor strategies like those of Yonghe King are described.

The article reports that people in China are shunning chicken, in light of fears about avian flu. English teacher Clare Wei says it is risky to eat chicken and does not order food from the KFC restaurant in Beijing. Sales of chicken, duck meat and eggs have been affected. Statistics for Yum Brands Inc. are provided. There have been efforts to influence Chinese consumers, but health officials are concerned about the virus mutating and infecting humans.

The author discusses food safety in China as of July 2014, focusing on scandals over the packaging of rotten meat and the suggested decline in product quality that accompanies growth and demands for lower prices.

The article reports that fast food holdings company Yum Brands has announced that it will stop purchasing chicken from some Chinese suppliers on small farms after concerns were raised about food safety regulations in China and the quality of the chicken served at Yum subsidiary restaurant KFC.

The article reports on attempts by Chinese public officials to improve food safety regulations and enforce the laws more strictly in 2012, discussing how Yum Brands Inc., which owns the KFC fast food chain, improperly used antibiotics and questioned Chinese food safety practices.

The article examines how a television report from China Central Television (CCTV) criticizing the improper use of antibiotics in chickens by fast food restaurant KFC, operated by Yum Brands Inc., has impacted sales for the restaurant and how the report reflects China's food safety concerns.

A paid advertisement to the newspaper is presented that discusses Chinese farming and the Chinese imported food and beverage industry as of May 2012, and presents data from the U.S. Association of Food Industries.

The article discusses a marketing campaign in China by McDonald's Corp. in 2012. According to the article, McDonald's is attempting to capitalize upon alleged food safety and quality and to compete to win market share from Yum Brands Inc. The article states that advertisements will air on Chinese television during the summer Olympic Games in 2012. The article offers comments from chief executive of McDonald's China Kenneth Chan.

Basically, people now feel nothing is safe to eat. They don't know what choices to make. They are really feeling very helpless. SANG LIWEI, director of the Beijing office of the Global Food Safety Forum, on rising food safety concerns in China. [4] [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

BEIJING -- Consumer prices in China rose 4.9 percent in January when compared with the same month a year earlier, the government reported Tuesday, as inflation remains a worry in the fast-growing major economy. The rise in prices was less than expected, but economists said that could have been a result of a move by the statistics bureau to give diminished weight to food prices. Food previously accounted for a third of the basket of goods that made up the index. The shift made it impossible to directly compare the January data to earlier months. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

China's inflation surged to a 28-month high of 5.1 percent in November, officials said Saturday, despite government efforts to increase food supplies and end diesel shortages. The inflation was driven by an 11.7 percent jump in food prices year on year. Economist had expected an increase of 5 percent. China's inflation has risen steadily this year despite government efforts to cool an investment boom and restore economic growth to a more sustainable level. Economists blame the price increases on a flood of money coursing through the economy from stimulus spending and bank lending that helped China recover quickly from the global crisis. The government is trying to cool inflation that spiked to 4.4 percent in October -- well above the official 3 percent target -- driven by a 10.1 percent jump in food costs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

China has begun a 10-day emergency inspection of dairy products because of reports that tainted items the government ordered destroyed during a food safety scandal in 2008 were still on the market, the official newspaper China Daily reported Tuesday. The suspect dairy products contain melamine, an industrial chemical added to the products to give them the appearance of having greater nutritional value. The chemical, which can cause kidney stones in infants, led to the deaths of at least six children and sickened 300,000 people in 2008, according to the Chinese government. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

On Dec. 31, Chinese regulators announced that they had arrested three executives and shut down a dairy company here for selling products contaminated with an industrial chemical called melamine. It looked like another sign that regulators had stepped up their food safety campaign after 6 children died and 300,000 others were sickened in 2008 from drinking milk formula tainted with melamine. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Chinese authorities shut down a dairy producer here and arrested three of its executives after tests showed the company was producing milk powder contaminated with melamine, the same industrial chemical that in 2008 was blamed for one of this country's worst food safety scandals. The announcement came just over two weeks after three other men were arrested at a dairy company far northwest of here, in Shaanxi Province, that produced milk powder tainted with melamine. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

China executed two milk producers on Tuesday for selling more than three million pounds of contaminated milk products in connection with a food-safety scandal that killed six infants, shocking the country last year. More than 300,000 children were also sickened after consuming milk products contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine. The scandal caused panic among Chinese parents, weakened the nation's dairy industry and provoked a global recall of Chinese-made dairy products. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that a new food-safety legislation was passed by Chinese lawmakers in order to tighten the supervision of manufacturers and impose tougher penalties on those who make bad products. The new law, which was approved by the standing committee of the National People's Congress, also creates a system to recall problem products and authorizes the enforcement of uniform nationwide standards for everything from allowable additives to nutritional labeling.

The article reports that Tian Wenhua, former chairwoman of Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group Co., will be charged in a court hearing in China on December 31, 2008 together with three others with manufacturing and selling counterfeit commodities. Tian Wenhua was fired by Shjiazhuang Sanlu Group after its baby formula product was found to contain high levels of melamine, a toxic chemical. According to the article, Tian Wenhua's colleagues and friends fear she will end up being a scapegoat for a widespread breakdown in food safety in China.

The Chinese government, struggling to contain the fallout from a scandal over contaminated milk and eggs, announced a wide range of food safety measures on Thursday aimed at reining in abuses in the dairy industry. The State Council, China's cabinet, issued several new rules that it says will govern all aspects of the industry, from cow breeding and animal feed to the packaging and sale of milk. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Chinese regulators said over the weekend that they had confiscated and destroyed more than 3,600 tons of animal feed tainted with melamine, an industrial chemical that has contaminated food supplies in China and led to global recalls of Chinese dairy products. In what appeared to be China's biggest food safety crackdown in years, the government also said Saturday that it had closed 238 feed makers in a series of nationwide sweeps that involved more than 369,000 government inspectors. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]