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Engineered avian and swine flu hybrids raise concerns about mammal-to-mammal transmission

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • May 10 2013

Chinese scientists investigating the spread of airborne influenzas have reportedly combined genetic material from avian (H5N1) and swine (H1N1) flu

WHO issues global alert on new strain of avian influenza (H7N9)

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • China, Global, USA
  • -
  • April 12 2013

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a global alert and response update on a new strain of novel avian influenza A (H7N9) virus identified

China gives its coastal waters bad grades

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • April 5 2013

The Chinese State Oceanic Administration has reportedly announced that 26,250 square miles of Chinese coastal waters received the lowest possible

China adopts plan for carbon capture and utilization

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • China
  • -
  • March 22 2013

The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology has reportedly announced a plan to reduce industrial emissions through carbon capture, utilization and

Researchers identify antibiotic-resistant bacteria in pig manure

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • February 15 2013

A new study has reportedly confirmed the presence of antibiotic-resistant genes (ARGs) in manure samples harvested from swine farms in China, raising

FDA renews food safety agreement with Chinese counterpart

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • December 14 2012

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has extended for five years a 2007 food safety agreement with the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine of China (AQSIQ) to “enhance cooperation between the U.S. and China on food and feed safety.”

Golden Rice study criticized on ethical grounds

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • September 14 2012

A recently published study involving transgenic rice has reportedly drawn criticism from Greenpeace China, which has accused U.S. researchers of using Chinese children “as guinea pigs in a genetically engineered ‘Golden Rice’ trial.”

U.S., EU and China product-safety officials begin talks on consumer-product surveillance

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • China, European Union, USA
  • -
  • July 19 2012

During their third biennial consumer product safety trilateral summit, product-safety officials from the United States, European Union (EU) and China laid the foundation for strengthening cooperation and continued an exchange of “opinions and information concerning seamless surveillance of consumer products, consumer product tracking and traceability, as well as consumer product safety information dissemination.”

Cuba, China agree to strengthen biotechnology collaboration

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • China, Cuba
  • -
  • December 15 2011

Cuba and China have reportedly signed agreements to deepen their collaboration on biotechnology

USPTO requests comments on China’s intellectual property enforcement

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • October 20 2011

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) seeks written comments from the public pertaining to China’s patent enforcement system