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Hong Kong’s wine imports up 65% from January to August

Benefiting from exemption of wine customs tax, for the first eight months this year, Hong Kong’s total wine imports amounted to 6.7 billion Hong Kong dollars (0.86 billion U.S. dollars),…

Farmers, Nestle in milk payment row

Shuangcheng Nestle Co, a subsidiary of Nestle SA, said on Tuesday it would improve its measurement practices in response to several farmers’ claims that the Swiss food giant had been…

Concerns over plan for control of food safety

A plan to devolve control of food safety to city and county authorities has divided experts and government insiders over the impact it could have on supervision. According to a…

Mengniu reveals keen interest

China’s Mengniu Dairy Co. yesterday expressed for the first time publicly its keen interest to bid for Pfizer Inc’s infant nutrition business if the giant United States pharmaceutical company put…

COFCO seeks more overseas acquisitions

China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corp Limited (COFCO), the country’s largest trader of grains, said it is seeking overseas acquisitions. Any purchases would help to secure supplies of commodities…

Dumpling producer apologizes for contamination

A leading Chinese producer for quick-frozen snacks Thursday apologized for the production and sale of bacteria-contaminated dumplings and said that a recall was underway. A spokeswoman from Zhengzhou Sinian Food…