Proposal for Sustainable Production
CHINA - A draft proposal has been approved for promoting sustainable animal production.

China Meat Prices Rising Steeply
CHINA - Meat and poultry prices have risen by more than 27% in the last year.

Calls for Livestock Waste Control
CHINA - At the first environmental protection meeting for rural areas, Vice-Premier Li declared that livestock waste utilisation is to rise to 10 per cent.

Latest Report on Bird Flu
CHINA - OIE has received a new report regarding an avian flu outbreak on 17 June at a large duck farm.

Support for Poultry Farms
CHINA - About 70 million yuan (CNY) of new funding will go into the construction of poultry farms.

Chinese Food Safety Under Eye of BAX® System
CHINA - The inspection and quarantine administration of China has announced that Dupont's BAX® system will be used as an official method for pathogen detection in food imports and exports.

Chinese Practices Putting Millions at Risk
CHINA - The top vet in China has claimed that the illicit practices used in many agricultural farms is putting the health of millions of consumers at risk.

Chicken Sellers May Quit
CHINA - Poultry traders have said they are considering getting a one-off compensation from the government and quitting the business for good.

Bird Flu Hits Guangdong Province
CHINA - State press have said that authorities in southern China have begun destroying poultry after bird flu was detected to stop the disease from spreading, according to The Straits Times.

China: The Impact of a Modest Love for Meat
CHINA - World food prices are being destabilised by China's rising middle class and the desire to eat meat, but in comparison to the West the Chinese are only modest meat consumers.

DuPont Opens Facility in Asia for Animal Health Solutions
CHINA - DuPont has expanded its biosecurity offering in Asia with a new DuPont Animal Health Solutions facility in Shenzhen, China. The plant produces Virkon® S, the leading virucidal disinfectant. DuPont plans to manufacture other animal health product...

Pfizer Extends 10 Million Yuan to Earthquake Victims
BEIJING, CHINA – Today Pfizer, an animal health pharmaceutical company, announced it is providing up to RMB 10 million (approximately $1.4 million U.S.D) in medicines and financial assistance to relief organizations operating in the region worst affected...

Fujian Boosts Quality Inspection
CHINA - The quality of farm produce in Fujian province has been sharply improved in recent years to now rank among the best in the world.

Government Helps China Feed Itself
CHINA - The government of China have declared a new initiative giving support to farmers around the country in the latest bid to meet the population's ever increasing food demand.

KFC: Colonel Sanders Turns to China
SHANGHAI, CHINA - KFC has set its sights on China to help increase sales as a US recession looms round the corner. The Chinese KFC menu will offer fried dough and preserved egg porridge alongside the usual helping of Kentucky fried chicken.

Grain Drain: A Chinese Affair with Meat
CHINA - A change in Chinese meat consumption habits since 1995 is diverting eight billion bushels of grain per year to livestock feed and could empty global grain stocks by September 2010, according to a new study from Biofuels Digest.

Human-to-Human Transmission Ruled Out
CHINA - A bird flu outbreak that was believed to be passed from son to father has shown no signs of human mutation under further analysis, Ministry of Health spokesman, Mao Qun'an, confirmed.

Food Safety for Olympic Sailors
CHINA - The Chinese authorities have launched a system to ensure food safety for the Olympics in Qingdao, the venue for Olympic sailing competition.

The Chinese Feed Market
CHINA - China's feed market experienced a hard time in 2007. Hog farms suffered a substantial reduction of hog inventory. Demand for Feed reduced largely and feedstuff price surged on a high level.

The State of China's Livestock
CHINA - China's feed market experienced a hard time in 2007. Hog farms suffered a substantial reduction of hog inventory. Demand for Feed reduced largely and feedstuff price surged on a high level.

Quarantine Lifted After 21 Days in Guangzhou
BEIJING, CHINA - 21 days have passed in Quangxhou since the last case of bird flu, so yesterday the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture declared that the imposed quarantine had come to an end.

China Begins Bird Flu Vaccine Production
BEIJING, CHINA - A Chines pharmaceutical firm was given the green light to begin production of a human bird flu vaccine yesterday. The decision follows more than two years of laborious clinical trials.

China Bans Turkish Poultry
BEIJING, CHINA - China has banned imports of poultry and related products from Turkey to prevent the spread of bird flu, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said on Wednesday.

Chinese Agricultural Boost to Beat Inflation
CHINA - China is to increase financial support for agricultural production in a bid to cool inflation, which has been blamed on food shortages.

The End of Slaughter in Chinese Marketplace
CHINA - A ban on poultry slaughter in traditional markets will take effect 1 April as originally scheduled, the Chinese National Science Council Chairman, Chen Chien-jen, said yesterday.