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UN chief calls for healthy lifestyle to cut incidence of diabetes

[2013-11-15 10:38]

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Thursday urged to lower the number of people living with diabetes by changing unhealthy lifestyles that include poor diets and a lack of exercise.

Mainland urges Taiwan over cooking oil scandals

[2013-11-14 15:22]

A Chinese mainland spokeswoman on Wednesday urged Taiwanese authorities and relevant companies to properly handle follow-up issues after tainted cooking oil products from the island entered the mainland.

Starbucks to pay Kraft 2.76 billion dollars over grocery dispute

[2013-11-15 10:19]

An arbitrator has ordered Starbucks Corp. to pay Kraft Foods Group Inc 2.23 billion dollars in damages plus 527 million in prejudgment interest.

Yili looks to Italy for better milk

[2013-11-14 10:12]

Chinese dairy company Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co has formed a "strategic partnership" with Italian peer Sterilgarda Alimenti SpA.

Ghana's first aircraft restaurant attracts focus

[2013-11-14 11:10]

An old aircraft of the erstwhile Ghana Airways company has been transformed into a restaurant to serve travelers and visitors around the Kotoka International Airport enclave in Accra.

Fuding savors success in white tea

[2013-11-15 09:13]

The aroma of white tea fills the air. It is fresh, pure, light and mellow, intriguing tea lovers who wonder about the vast expanse of Dai-bai and Daffodil Bai tea trees that blossom in Fuding.

Chinese Food Festival kicks off at UN headquarters

[2013-11-14 09:57]

Chinese Permanent Representative to the United Nations Liu Jieyi speaks during the opening of a promotional event for Chinese cuisine at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

World Food Programme to send aid to the Philippines

[2013-11-13 13:30]

The United Nations World Food Programme said on Monday it has allocated 2 million US Dollars towards the relief work in the Philippines.

New food materials need risk assessment

[2013-11-13 10:54]

Newly-developed materials for food production must have their risk assessed by qualified institutions before being approved.

China's farm produce prices drop slightly

[2013-11-13 10:48]

The prices of farm produce in 36 major Chinese cities dropped slightly in the week ending Nov.10 compared with the previous week.

China boosts agriculture innovation to ensure food security

[2013-11-12 11:25]

Xu Jingyu had been growing corn and wheat for a dozen years, but never imagined his saline-alkali soils could produce 500 kilograms of grain per mu.

Harvesting saffron in Indian-controlled Kashmir

[2013-11-11 14:45]

A Kashmiri villager picks saffron flowers in a saffron field in Pampore, 25 kilometres south of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.

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