How many of you get a bit queasy in a Chinese restaurant when you watch everyone dipping and re-dipping into the shared dishes with their own chopsticks? Well, you’re not …
Food Safety
Food safety is such a big issue in China that it deserves its own category. Here are all articles regarding this topic.
Air & Food Issues: Zhende or Jiade? Readers Respond…
This is part 3 of my analysis of the results from my recent online survey of Beijing health, which I called the Health Snapshot Beijing 2010. It’s the first of …
Are Your Store's Eggs Refrigerated?
Many readers may be following the story in the U.S. about an epidemic of stomach infections from eggs contaminated with salmonella bacteria. This bacteria can live both inside and outside eggs, …
Safe Seafood — In Beijing?
Emperors and kings used to have food tasters screen their foods for poisons; I have my own tester — my skin. Whenever I eat unfresh foods that have toxins or …
Gastroenteritis — The Basics (& Slide Show)
Case study: A 45 year old woman eats leftovers of sushi and salad (1 day in fridge). Two days later, she has diarrhea, stomach cramps, gas, and vomiting… The Basics …
Pollution in Beijing: Easy Access With New Reference Section
I’ve made so many posts regarding pollution in Beijing that I’ve created a new category to make it easier for everyone to find. Now, at the top of the website …
Enjoy Dragon Boat Zongzi — Safely
Next week is Dragon Boat Festival (duanwu 端午), and the big dish is the very tasty rice dumpling wrapped in banana leaf. Known as zongzi (粽子), these come in both …
Surprise! Some Upbeat Food News: Xibei Restaurant
I think we’ve all had enough of depressing food safety articles, haven’t we? So, I’ve decided to provide a ray of hope and tell you about a Chinese restaurant chain …
China's Health: Special Articles in the Lancet
Those of you interested in the state of China’s healthcare should scoot over to the Lancet’s current magazine, available for free online (partly, with free registration). The Lancet, one of …
Food Safety Scandal, Take 258…259…260…
Boy, I’m away for only a week and find out I’ve missed on so much! I really, really don’t want to have to be such a downer already, but it …
Food Safety — Very Cool Bilingual Newsletters
I’ve mentioned many times the excellent website by the Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety, with their enormous collection of bilingual PDFs. They also have a very readable monthly newsletter which …
Toxic Cowpeas — Just Don't Spill The Beans…
Here is yet another new food scandal; this time it involves a disturbing twist. This one involves cowpeas grown in Hainan and shipped to many parts of China. It seems …