On 24 February, the China Certification accreditation Association held a symposium in Beijing on industry self-discipline for organic product certification bodies, with cnca Deputy Director Che Wenyi attending and delivering a speech. Executive Vice President Li Xiaolan, Secretary-General Zhao Zongbo, and Deputy Secretary-General Xu Defeng of the China Certification accreditation Association also attended. The meeting discussed organic...
Taiwan media say Lien Chan sends organic cereal to Xi Jinping in line with mainland austerity drive
China News Service, February 25. Around 09:00 on the morning of the 25th, Honorary Chairman of the Kuomintang Lien Chan met with General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People. According to Taiwan's TVBS news channel, in keeping with the Chinese mainland officialdom's emerging “simplicity style”, the gift prepared by Lien Chan for Xi Jinping was health-improving five-grain powder, organic brown rice and wheat...
The humble earthworm is set to become organic farmers' new weapon
Researchers at Cornell University discovered that earthworm castings (especially compost using different species of earthworms) are not only a great fertiliser, but can also help greenhouse farmers prevent common pathogens. Working with New York compost producers, they found ways to improve crop health...
Shenyang Daily: Agricultural University to build 30,000-mu organic vegetable base
On 19 January, as reporters walked into Kewen Farm in Zhoutuozi Village, Xinmin City, they saw various vegetables “smiling” inside rows of high-standard solar greenhouses. Kewen Farm is a vegetable industrialisation base of Shenyang Agricultural University, and construction began in 2007...
The EU and the US have signed an organic equivalence agreement
According to Taiwan, China's Central News Agency, the US and the EU signed an agreement in Nuremberg, Germany today to integrate organic food certification, simplifying administrative procedures and facilitating the sale of organic agricultural products produced in Europe and America in each other's markets. Initial estimates suggest this agreement could generate 40 billion euros in profit for both sides.
According to the English weekly "European...
Agricultural University professor: The prospects for organic agriculture in our country are very bright
In recent years, as people's awareness of food safety has grown, organic food has gradually accounted for an increasingly high proportion of daily consumption, and organic agriculture industry products have also maintained a favorable development momentum. At present, what are the misconceptions regarding organic agriculture and organic products? The development of the organic agriculture industry...
The 5th Organic Product Certification Technology Forum is held in Fuzhou
To summarise and discuss experiences and issues in the certification, regulation, and implementation of food and agricultural products, further strengthen the supervision of food and agricultural product certification work, make full use of certification tools to serve regional economic development, cnca is scheduled to hold the “2011... in Fuzhou from 26 to 28 November 2011.
Rayli (Dianhe) organic foods selling well on the mainland, Hong Kong residents organise groups to stock up
So far this year, people's nutritional value and acceptance of organic food have been widespread accreditation. With the continuous increase in the demand and desire for a quality life and physical and mental health, a wave of panic-buying organic food has been set off all over the country, putting pressure on the simultaneously launched ipho...
Organic product certification will have a unique code
Certification cancelled for violations: On 2 November, cnca exposed two organic products that failed random quality checks. The cnca 2011 organic product supervision spot check results showed that “Baimangling” organic green tea produced by Baiyunshan Tea Factory, Shanghai Yunling Industry and Trade Company, Langxi County, Anhui Province, and Zhejiang Fengleyuan...
The domestic organic industry has huge potential, and Tiensh builds an organic food consumption chain from seed to table
In recent years, food quality and safety issues have received widespread attention from all sectors of society. How can we ensure the safety, health and quality of food? This is undoubtedly a question that concerns every consumer, and the development of organic food has consequently been receiving increasing attention.
The 60,000-mu Sansheng Organic Food Base
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Shandong Yifengyuan Biological Technology Co., Ltd. – Bio-organic Fertiliser
Shandong Yifengyuan Biological Technology Co., Ltd. is located in the New City Industrial Park, Shanting District, Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province. It is a leading key enterprise specialising in the development, production and sales of new, green specialty fertilizers for fruits and vegetables. The total investment of the project is 50 million yuan, ...
National Certification recently will organise and carry out special supervision and inspection on food and agricultural product certification in some provinces
In order to thoroughly implement the spirit of the national accreditation accreditation work conference, further strengthen the supervision of accreditation effectiveness, and according to this year's accreditation accreditation special supervision and inspection plan, cnca organised from 16 to 19 May in Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province...
Surge in interest for organic rice production in Wuchang, Heilongjiang
Recently, reporters in Wuchang, a major rice-producing county in Heilongjiang Province, witnessed a brand-new rice transplanting method: film-mulched and punched transplanting, where strips of one-metre-wide agricultural film are arranged 10 centimetres apart, and rice seedlings are neatly planted into pre-punched holes in the film. The owner of the paddy field...
Actively and prudently promote the development of organic food in China in light of local conditions
On May 26, Vice Minister of Agriculture Chen Xiaohua announced the opening of the 5th China International Organic Food Exhibition (BioFach China 2011) at the Shanghai International Exhibition Centre and cut the ribbon for the event.
Hong Kong biology PhD grows organic vegetables in Zhuhai, rehabilitates soil to protect fertile land
“Good soil and water are essential for producing quality agricultural products, yet some government departments and even agricultural experts have not given this enough attention, or rather, have been unable to face up to it. After all, soil pollution has become a hard-to-solve problem in the process of industrialisation and urbanisation...
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