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Researchers identify antibiotic-resistant bacteria in pig manure

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • China, USA
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  • 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.”

Fourth Circuit dismisses claims for injury from melamine-tainted infant formula, China deemed an adequate alternative forum

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • September 15 2011

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that a federal district court properly dismissed, on inconvenient forum grounds, an action brought by Chinese residents alleging injury from melamine-tainted infant formula manufactured in China

Food & Water Watch petitions to remove China from eligible poultry-exporters list

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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  • China, USA
  • -
  • January 21 2011

Food & Water Watch recently submitted a citizen petition to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA’s) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) to remove China from the list of eligible processed-poultry exporters to the United States

CPSC opens overseas office in China

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

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has reportedly opened its first foreign office

Premature development causes unease in China

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • August 20 2010

Chinese health experts have reportedly estimated that "at least 30,000 children developed early maturity" in Shanghai alone, raising concerns about food additives and pesticides allegedly laden with sex hormones