On 14–15 October 2010, the China National Certification and Accreditation Administration (CNCA) organised a meeting in Changsha to revise the ‘Administrative Measures for the Certification of Organic Products’. Representatives from the CNCA’s Registration Department and Legal Department, as well as from entry-exit inspection and quarantine authorities in certain provinces and municipalities...
Shandong: maximum fine of 20,000 RMB for fraudulent use of organic agricultural product label
The quality of agricultural produce concerns the safety of citizens“ staple food and vegetable supplies, and is closely linked to citizens” physical health. In response to this, our province is to legislate for “all-round supervision” of agricultural produce quality and safety. Our province plans to stipulate that in areas such as sewage irrigation zones...
Closed-loop organic farms: a new firewall for food safety
“The term ”food safety“ is no longer unfamiliar to the Chinese people. In recent years, successive incidents involving tainted baby milk powder, gutter oil, and early puberty scandals have repeatedly challenged the taut psychological limits of the Chinese public.
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Walmart China is promoting direct sourcing from agricultural producers and plans to further scale up its procurement of organic food.
Walmart recently announced new global agricultural sustainability commitments aimed at achieving sustainable sourcing of key agricultural products. Walmart will continue to promote direct sourcing from farms in China and gradually expand its scale. A Walmart spokesperson stated that the purpose of this plan is...
The Daily Telegraph: China turns to organic food after gutter oil scandal exposed
Chinese consumption of organic food has now reached twice that of the Japanese, who have long placed a strong emphasis on health.
In China, the total market value of organic food has reached 10 billion yuan this year, which is four times that of five years ago. This increase in consumer demand stems from a series of...
National conference on food and agricultural product certification held in Beijing, certification bodies sign “Declaration of Integrity”
On 28 September, cnca held the National Food and Agricultural Product Certification Work Conference in Beijing. Wang Daning, Deputy Director of cnca, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Over 100 representatives from local quality inspection departments, accreditation institutions, certification accreditation associations, research institutes, and all food and agricultural product certification bodies participated in the conference...
Jiang Chunyun writes in Qiushi: green and organic agriculture must adhere to a gradual approach and prefer quality over quantity
Amidst the increasingly severe environmental pollution, food safety has become one of the most pressing livelihood issues globally and in China. Accelerating the development of green and organic agriculture, and gradually making it the dominant model of agricultural development, is not only...
Yuan Longping: Super hybrid rice must be combined with organic production
Xinhuanet, Changsha, September 3 (Reporter Xie Ying) Hybrid rice must not only solve the issue of “eating one's fill”, but must also shoulder the responsibility of “eating safely”. On the afternoon of the 2nd, when unveiling the “Huilonghu Organic Super Hybrid Rice R&D Base”, Academician Yuan Longping expressed his hope that by combining super hybrid rice production technology with organic production...
How to stop being “precocious” – Persist with breastfeeding and feed organic formula
Regardless of how the “hormone gate” triggered by the “precocious puberty scandal” ends, it is an indisputable fact that the intake of synthetic hormones leads to precocious puberty in infants and young children. Moreover, the cases of precocious puberty continuously reported from various regions have intensified parents' concerns, leaving them wondering how to keep their children away from precocious puberty...
The core technology for producing organic rice is now mature.
Rice, as a major agricultural commodity, is already relatively difficult to produce pollution-free, let alone as organic food.
In 2009, the scientific and research team led by Researcher Lv Shihua from the Institute of Soil and Fertilizer of the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences, through their own efforts and technical...
“Hormone gate” pushes consumers to the limit; organic formula milk may become a lifesaver
According to a reporter's investigation, although the ban on flavourings has not yet been implemented and the truth behind the hormone scandal has come to light, the public's consumption philosophy has undergone a subtle change—shifting from a past pursuit of mere brands to a pursuit of categories. Furthermore, organic baby formula, situated at the top of the food pyramid and targeted at infants and young children, is selling like hot cakes. Its lack of added flavourings...
Guangdong Foshan: “Organic food” enterprises can receive a 150,000 yuan reward
Foshan will continue to promote the standardisation of agriculture across the city in the future. Xian Ruilun, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Executive Vice Mayor, stated that the municipal finance department will allocate 1 million yuan annually for the creation of demonstration zones.
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Measures for the Establishment and Management of Organic Agriculture Demonstration Bases (Trial)
Chapter 1 General Provisions Article 1 In order to implement the Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Law, put into effect the spirit of the No. 1 Central Document concerning “supporting the construction of green and organic agricultural product production bases”, promote the tailored, scientific, standardised and healthy development of organic agriculture, advance the transformation of agricultural production methods and the sustainable development of agriculture, combined with...
Are cloned foods safe to eat?
Recently, a news report in the British media about cloned beef and milk entering the market caused a huge uproar across the UK, with public concern becoming widespread regarding the safety issues of applying high technology to food.
Cloned food, organic food...
Over the past two years, the pass rate of supervision and random inspection of organic products in China has exceeded 95%.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, 30 July – A reporter learnt on the 30th from the National Certification and Accreditation Administration that, since 2004, the Administration has organised local certification supervisory authorities to carry out annual monitoring activities to ensure the validity of food and agricultural product certification; in the past two years, the pass rate for random inspections of organic products has been over 95 per cent...
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