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.
