I read an intriguing post recently on the Global Times about a Greenpeace investigation into China’s foreign-owned supermarket chains. This Greenpeace “Supermarket List for China” ranked the 15 largest supermarkets based on categories such as pesticides and GM foods. The report had Wal-Mart, Tesco, and Ito-Yokado rank at the bottom of the list, while Carrefour, …

Food allergies in children, as a diagnosis, are more common than before. But are we over-diagnosing? The main issue is that the tests we perform, especially the blood tests for allergens, may show a positive “in vitro” allergy but “in vivo”, AKA in real life, there may not be a clinically significant allergy. This growing …

I’ve had a couple posts regarding pesticides and fruits, and have a follow up now. In early spring, Greenpeace China published results of their private testing of fruits in major markets in some cities, including Beijing, and found many pesticides. Finally, there is a rebuttal last week from the Ministry of Health, which performed their …

The Hong Kong Center for Food Safety has a monthly Food Safety newsletter; this September has a good article about pesticides and fruit. One of their comments: Advice to the Public Fruits are an essential component of a healthy diet. Members of the public are advised to take a balanced diet and eat a variety …

Happy mid-autumn festival! I’m sure you’ve all done the required corporate handout of hundreds of over-wrapped mooncakes, yes? Perhaps even tried a couple? Well, in case anyone was wondering, they are actually a safe food to eat. The excellent resource Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety tested a wide range of moon cakes from 30 …

The WHO (World Health Organization) is an invaluable public health resource. Their Food Safety group has a special program called “Five Keys To Safer Food”, a collection of posters and manuals in 50 languages that underly their global campaign to educate people all over the world about proper food handling. As we know very well …

Wow, this Hong Kong public health site I just discovered over the weekend, the Centre for Food Safety, is just a treasure trove of high-yield and reader-friendly material! It’s the best government-run information I’ve seen which can materially help all China expats make healthy food decisions. There are literally dozens of useful PDFs and pages …

I just discovered an outstanding website in Hong Kong, the Centre for Food Safety. It’s like the U.S. Center for Disease Control, except this website usually has much more relevant food safety information for us expats, as 95% of Hong Kong’s foods are imported, and mostly from China’s mainland. So we’re eating much of the same …

» Blog Archive » Food Safety– Can’t let your guard down . From the best food blog (and book!) in Beijing, eileeneats.com, is the above link to her good review of food safety. It’s a good review of recent press on food safety in Beijing. I also have a few posts regarding food safety.