Key point: Organic food and organic farms have become all the rage in Taiwan, and Taiwanese people are now throwing themselves into developing organic agriculture with the same drive they once used to develop the economy. As you sip a cup of organic herbal tea in Taiwan, it is hard to imagine that the island was once known as the “pesticide kingdom”. “Pesticide pollution in Taiwan was so severe, and back then...".
Organic baby formula becomes a new trend for parents
“Fortunately, I stockpiled a case of Meiji baby formula not long ago, so the little one can still have it for a while, but once this box is finished, we'll have to switch brands. The pollution from the nuclear radiation leak is bound to affect the milk source to some extent, isn't it?” Ms Wu, who lives in Jinqiao, Pudong, told reporters. Recently, she has been asking around everywhere for baby formula with a light taste...
Our organisation was accepted by the 2011 cnas (CNAS) accreditation Surveillance Office audit
From 1 to 2 April 2011, an inspection team led by Teacher Liu Qihe, Director audit of the China National Accreditation cnas (CNAS), with Teacher Guo Junyong, a full-time audit officer of CNAS and member of the CNAS Professional Committee, as a member, came to...
Developing eco-organic agriculture: Dalian sees the rise of the membership-based agricultural produce sales model
A new agricultural product sales method of directly delivering organic vegetables to citizens' homes is emerging in our city. Yesterday, reporters saw at the Dalian Tianzu Modern Demonstration Farm in Gelu Village, Dazheng Town, Zhuanghe, that staff members were packing pak choi, celery, lettuce and other vegetables into boxes. Over an hour later, these boxes filled with organic vegetables, weighing about...
In the 2010 cnca spot checks on organic products, all FOFCC-certified products tested were found to be compliant!
In order to ascertain the quality status of organic products in our country and promote the continuous improvement of the effectiveness of organic product certification in our country, cnca, following the special supervision and spot checks on organic products in 2008 and 2009, once again organised and carried out a survey in 2010 on four major categories of organic products, namely rice/paddy, edible fungi, tea, and bee products...
Local quality supervision bureaux and quarantine bureaux carry out special inspections on organic products, focusing on strengthening the supervision of imported organic food
Recently, provincial and municipal bureaus of quality and technical supervision and entry-exit inspection and quarantine bureaus have successively carried out special supervision and inspections on organic products, focusing on the validity of certification of organic products sold in circulation sectors such as large shopping malls and supermarkets. The key targets for investigation and punishment include the counterfeiting of...
Proposal by the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang Shenyang Municipal Committee receives attention as Shenyang vigorously develops organic agriculture and organic food
Recently, a proposal entitled "On Vigorously Developing Organic Agriculture and Organic Food" by the Shenyang Municipal Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang has attracted the attention of relevant departments in Shenyang. The Shenyang Municipal Agriculture Commission stated that it would carefully study and adopt the opinions and suggestions in the proposal to vigorously develop organic agriculture...
3•15 Observer Team: Taking a close look at “organic food”
Source: Taiyuan News Network
Breaking open a tomato to check its colour, grabbing a handful of rice to inspect its sheen, eating a bite of an egg to taste its flavour, and biting into a steamed bun to smell the aroma of wheat... Yesterday morning, the “3/15 Citizens” Observation Group", jointly initiated by Taiyuan Evening News, the Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce, and the Municipal Consumers' Association, began its...
“Organic sugar knowledge
(1) What is meant by “organic”?
“Organic” refers to a system of growing and processing food—using methods that are “kind to the planet”.
(2) Are organic foods completely free of chemicals and pesticides?
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Two Sessions Agriculture Bills and Proposals – Proposal on Vigorously Developing the Organic Food Industry
Proposal on vigorously developing the organic food industry
Submitted by: Li Xiaohua, Deputy to the National People's Congress and Chairman of Sichuan Longxing Agriculture Technology Co., Ltd.
Vigorously developing organic agriculture in our country not only aligns with the comprehensive establishment of a harmonious society, coordinating the harmonious development of humanity and nature, and the requirements of scientific development...
FOFCC holds its 2011 management committee meeting
On 11 March 2011, the Management Committee meeting of Liaoning Fangyuan Organic Food Certification Co., Ltd. (FOFCC) was held in Shenyang. The meeting was chaired by Zhang Yulong, Chairman of the Management Committee, agricultural expert and President of Shenyang Agricultural University, and attended by the Vice-Chairman of the Management Committee, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, ecological expert, ...
CNAS has released the Rules for Handling Qualification of Certification Bodies accreditation.
On 15 February 2011, the China National Accreditation Service for Conformity Assessment (CNAS) published CNAS-RC02:2011 ‘Certification...’.
Organic crops are selling like hot cakes
From “paying to marry off a daughter” in the past to turning waste into treasure today
March water warms, and the spring ploughing boom is in full swing. Recently, reporters learned during an investigation in Jiangxia District that an increasing number of farmers are happy to apply organic fertiliser.
Yesterday, in Laoqi Village, Zhendian Street, Jiangxia District, three transport vehicles were busy hauling dark biogas slurry into the greenhouses. The village...
CPPCC member Liu Xin: “Organic food” is expected to make its way onto ordinary people's dining tables
How to eat healthily? Committee member proposes large-scale promotion of “organic food”
“Cantonese people know how to eat, but how to eat, eat with peace of mind, eat healthily, and with better taste—future market demand will require the provision of more organic food.” Yesterday, regarding food...
Organic food enters the lives of ordinary Chinese people
At the organic food counter in Beijing's New World Department Store supermarket, sales assistant Hu Yating is busy packing organic vegetables for customers. Every morning, more than 200 jin of fresh organic vegetables are transported from the suburbs to the downtown supermarket. According to Hu Yating...
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