An Export Boom Suddenly Facing a Quality Crisis
SHANGHAI, May 17 — Weeks after tainted Chinese pet food ingredients killed and sickened thousands of dogs and cats in the United States, this country is facing growing international pressure to prove that its food exports are safe to eat.

China Acts On Food Safety After Pet Poisonings
CHINA - China will launch a food industry clean up after exports of a contaminated ingredient in pet food drew global attention to its insufficient controls.

Firm In Pet Food Case Mislabeled Exports
CHINA - Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Co listed its wheat gluten as non-food products to evade Chinese inspections

Filler in Animal Feed Is Open Secret in China
CHINA - As American food safety regulators head to China to investigate how a chemical made from coal found its way into pet food that killed dogs and cats in the United States, workers in this heavily polluted northern city of Zhangqiu openly admit that...

China Sets Its Lawyers On Animal Disease
BEIJING - As the world's largest producer of poultry, livestock and aquatic products, China has much to lose from outbreaks of animal diseases. It is estimated that animal diseases cost China 40 billion yuan annually. Now, China's top legislature is deliberating...

China's Livestock Review
CHINA - A new report analysing China's feed market notes that it experienced a hard time in 2006. Bird flu occurred from time to time, resulting in a massive slaughter of poultry and a depression of poultry product market.

COA to create monitor system for key farm products against price slides
CHINA - The Council of Agriculture (COA) will set up a production information monitoring system for 17 more vegetables, fruits, livestock, and fishery products to help prevent overproduction and slides in market prices.

RFID Livestock Tagging Attracts New Interest In China
CHINA - Advanced ID says it has been in talks with representatives in several countries, including China, to provide products for livestock tagging trials.

China names new agriculture minister
BEIJING - China's top legislature named 43-year-old Sun Zhengcai, who has a PhD in agriculture, as the new agriculture minister on Friday, making him the country's youngest ministerial-level official.

China Broiler Weekly
CHINA - In this weeks China Broiler Weekly, eFeedlink report that prices were mixed. AA broiler prices were slightly weaker in some regions. China breed broiler prices surged in Guangdong and Guangxi, but were lower in Sichuan.

Half of poultry consumed is slaughtered illegally
CHINA - Almost half of the poultry consumed in Taiwan was illegally slaughtered, a Kuomintang lawmaker charged yesterday.

Beijing closes live poultry market permanently
CHINA - Beijing has suspended live poultry trade in the market for one year. Will such trade be resumed in future?

China Broiler Weekly
CHINA - In this weeks China Broiler Weekly, eFeedlink report that prices continued to rise in most regions on higher demand.

China Broiler Weekly
CHINA - In this weeks China Broiler Weekly, eFeedlink report that, with the exception of Jiangsu, prices of China breed broilers were higher in most regions.

China toughens control on live poultry trade
CHINA - China will restrict the number of live poultry markets and will gradually move them away from urban areas in large and medium-size cities in a renewed effort to combat the bird flu reports Yangtze Yan at Xinhua.