Sentences with phrase «food safety scandals»

As a result of several food safety scandals, there has been a demand for foreign products, and this has led Chinese firms to explore overseas markets.

Without reliable institutional safeguards, the viable market for goods can collapse, just as the market for powdered milk has shrunk considerably in China after food safety scandals in 2008.

With the socioeconomical fallout from Brexit still causing uncertainty, plus announcements entailing a complete overhaul of how the industry is regulated and a number of food safety scandals involving big players like 2 Sisters Food Group — 2017 so far has been tumultuous to say the least.

McDonald's (MCD) on Monday reported a steeper - than - expected drop in January sales at established restaurants and pinned a big portion of the blame on the after - effects of food safety scandals in China and Japan.

The next episode in the saga of Snow Brand Milk Products, the Japanese company hit by food safety scandals, unfurled yesterday when the company announced that it is to tie up with two agricultural cooperatives and request a capital...

David McDonald, president and COO of OSI Group, Aurora, Ill., shared a statement outlining the preliminary findings in the meat processor's ongoing food safety scandal in its Husi Shanghai, China, operations.

In light of recent food safety scandals, food brands around the world are having on - going

Nitrate - tainted milk has killed three people and made 35 others ill in the latest food safety scandal to hit the Chinese dairy industry, according to state media.

Increased purchasing power in China has helped fuel demand for protein rich and premium imported foods, while well - publicised domestic food safety scandals have further spurred demand for food imports in China.

The move touched a nerve with a public already unsettled by repeated food safety scandals in China — notably, the discovery in 2008 that baby formula manufacturers there had deliberately laced their products with toxic melamine to lower costs, sickening thousands of children and killing at least six.

Domestic media have run stories describing the expensive air purifiers government officials enjoy in their homes and offices, alongside reports of special organic farms so cadres need not risk suffering from recurring food safety scandals.

Food safety scandals in China have also made meat imports from countries like New Zealand and Australia more attractive.

Following a string of food safety scandals, Chinese tourists visiting Copenhagen have this year stocked up on Danish - made organic infant milk formula, prompting some supermarkets to limit the number of cans each customer can buy.

The chain, 49.9 percent - owned by McDonald's Corp, has been grappling with falling sales that began long before a food safety scandal last summer hit confidence in its products.

Global comparable sales rose 4 percent in the third quarter, their first rise in more than one year, driven by demand for value meals and breakfast items in China, where sales had plummeted after a food safety scandal in July 2014.

Of special issue at Chipotle, following last year's food safety scandal, is the need for board oversight and action to reverse the company's fortunes in this area.

They can remain in good standing if they pay taxes on time and avoid fines for things such as substandard or unsanitary products — a sore point for Chinese people, who tend to mistrust firms and service providers due to frequent scams and food safety scandals.

China's same - restaurant sales, which had plummeted after a food safety scandal in July 2014, were up a whopping 26.8 percent for the quarter, helped by a focus on value and breakfast.

The McDonald's corporation has lately fallen on hard times, enduring seven straight months of declining domestic sales, a food safety scandal involving its Chinese meat supplier, politically motivated restaurant closures in Russia, even a Consumer... [Continue reading]

Food safety scandals, large - scale pollution accidents and widespread, persistent and routine pollution feature regularly in the media, both within China and beyond it.

China vows to stamp out food safety scandals.

A succession of food safety scandals has also rocked China; in 2013, the Food and Drug Authority of Guangzhou, the mega-city in China's hyper - industrialized south, revealed that 44 percent of rice samples it tested had dangerous levels of cadmium, a heavy metal that can harm the liver and kidneys and cause cancer.