Editor's Note
China has been confronted with food security problems recently. Mandarin fish from Guangdong Province and turbot from Shandong were found to contain poisonous chemicals. And ducks and hens in Hebei Province were fed a red dye so that their red-yolk eggs would sell for a higher price.
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Toxic 'Yellow' Croakers Seized in Jiangsu
A total of 420 kilograms of toxic yellow croakers purposefully dyed a fresh yellow were seized on Monday, March 19, 2007, at a seafood market in Lianyungang, a port city in east China's Jiangsu Province.
Stores Provide Refunds After Cancer Egg Scare
Several Shanghai supermarkets are giving customers refunds on eggs that city health officials warn may contain a chemical linked to cancer.
KFC: Chinese Diners Safe
Following the US division of worldwide fried chicken empire KFC's promise to stop using artificial fats, the Chinese division on Wednesday assured diners its chicken is fried in unhydrogenated palm oil.

News

- Poisonous Beef Kills One, Sickens 55 in Yunnan
- Henan Kindergarten Sees Mass Food Poisoning
- Food Poisoning Suspected in Sickening 19 Students in Jilin
- Schools Most Vulnerable to Health Scares
- Food Poisoning Sickened over 30 students in Zhejiang
- 61 Pupils Ill After Eating Breakfast in NE China School
- Coordination of Food Safety Inspection Strengthened
- Lawmaker: Trans-ministry Body to Tighten Food Safety Supervision
- Food Poisoning Deaths Decline by Almost Half in 2006
- KFC Food Safety Scares the Public Again
- Beijing Recalls Contaminated Peanut Butter
- Canadian Beef Sparks Mad Cow Concerns
- Food Poisoning Confirmed at Carmaker
- Banned Dye Found in 25 Percent of Chili Products
- 200 Workers Become Unwell
- Food Watchdog to Clean House
- Sixteen Diners Fall Sick After Eating Mushrooms in Beijing
- 60 Hospitalized for Food Poisoning in Guizhou
- Chinese Licking Their Chops over Western Food
- Wild Fruit Poisons 43 Children in Guangxi
- 18 Food Poisoned Children Discharged in Xinjiang
- 3 Arrested in Food Poisoning of 300 People in Shanghai
- Food Poisoning Hits 21 Students in Xinjiang
- 16 Children Taken Ill from Food Poisoning in NW China
- 15 to 20 Mln Tons of Grain Spoiled Each Year
- 56 Nursery Kids Suffer High Fever, Diarrhea in Jiangxi
- Inadequate Storage Causes 20 Mln Ton Grain Lost
- 143 Students in Sichuan Province Suffer Diarrhea After Lunch
- 237 Suffer Food Poisoning at S. China School
- 143 Students in Sichuan Province Suffer Diarrhea After Lunch
- 151 Suffer Food Poisoning in Guangdong Primary School
- 52 Pupils, Teachers Suffer Food Poisoning in S.China
- 75 Pupils Leave Hospital After Treatment for Food Poisoning
- Food Poisoning Victims Discharged from Hospital in Inner Mongolia
- New Mass Food Poisoning Strikes 217 Students
- Food Poisoning: 30 Students Ill in Heilongjiang
- 50 People Hospitalized After Eating at Wedding Reception
- 92 Pupils Ill with Food Poisoning in Sichuan
- 32 Poisoned Students Discharged
- 55 Pupils Poisoned by Food in Central China


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