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Food ticks

Metro | Health
2009-9-30

SHANGHAI Food and Drug Administration has checked 65 city food chains and found most of them doing a generally good job on food hygiene. Charme Restaurant and Zhangshengji had all their outlets awarded smiling faces,...

Food for thought

Metro | Food
2009-8-25

THE Shanghai Food and Drug Administration has honored 42 thoroughfares as food-safety example streets after inspections. The 42 streets have 1,542 food producers, sellers and eateries, covering major tourist spots,...

Tonic companies face FDA action

Metro | Health
2009-7-10

THE Shanghai Food and Drug Administration yesterday reported two tonics detected with illegal chemical compounds and another using a competitor's product license to cheat the public. Two production batches of...

City FDA eyes fast food after Taiwan scare

Metro | Health
2009-7-9

THE Shanghai Food and Drug Administration promised yesterday to tighten local inspections of edible oil after spot-checks in Taiwan at popular fast-food outlets such as McDonald's, KFC and Domino's Pizza found arsenic...

FDA to set up Website covering food additives

Metro | Food
2009-6-8

THE Shanghai Food and Drug Administration will set up a Website offering information and consultations about food additives, and will also carry out research on the influence of a broad intake of food additives on...

Glass noodles fail spot tests

Metro | Food
2009-5-25

SEVEN samples of glass noodles were found with high levels of aluminum residue, the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration said yesterday after testing 121 starch products. Three of the samples that exceeded the...

FDA on the lookout for tainted processed pork

Metro | Health
2009-4-24

THE Shanghai Food and Drug Administration is closely monitoring pork products in local markets as the harmful chemical, clenbuterol, was found in processed pork in Anhui Province. The Anhui FDA said this week that...

Strange case of the eggs that bounced

Metro | Food
2009-4-23

EGGS which can be bounced like rubber balls after they were boiled are being investigated by the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration. On Monday, a resident who bought several eggs in a convenience store on Feihong...

City is on alert after asbestos found in baby talcum powder

Metro | Health
2009-4-6

THE Shanghai Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that it was closely monitoring the situation regarding NUK baby talcum powder, after authorities in South Korea found it contained asbestos, a chemical carcinogen,...

Snacks tested

Metro | Food
2009-4-3

SHANGHAI Food and Drug Administration said yesterday that 91 percent of qingtuan, a snack eaten during Qingming Festival, had passed checks. The administration checked 67 samples from food stores, supermarkets...