China to set up ‘pre-emptive’ food safety network: official

October 8th, 2009 Scripps turns Fine Living into Cooking ChannelKNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Scripps Networks Interactive Inc.

September 7th, 2009 China says coal mine blast kills 35 in HenanBEIJING — A coal mine blast killed 35 miners in central Henan province Tuesday and left an additional 44 trapped, the government said Tuesday. The pre-dawn explosion happened at Xinhua No.

August 28th, 2009 BEIJING - After a series of territorial disputes between China and US earlier this year, China has urged US to reduce, and eventually end the military surveillance, which it does by both aircraft and ships near its shores. The Chinese Ministry of National Defense made the request during a session about maritime safety involving the countries on Thursday, which came after both the countries agreed to resume military relations during the two-day Strategic and Economic Dialogue (SAED) held in Washington in July.

August 25th, 2009 11 miners dead in northern China mine blastBEIJING — A gas blast in a coal mine in northern China killed 11 and left three miners missing, state media reported. The explosion ripped through a mine shaft in Jinzhong city in Shanxi province on Monday morning, the official Xinhua News Agency said.

July 30th, 2009 US seeks China office to ensure export safetyHONG KONG — U.S. regulators announced plans Thursday to set up a Beijing office to help ensure Chinese exports are safe for Americans following a slew of recalls involving everything from pet food to children's toys.

July 13th, 2009 Chinese miners freed after 25 daysBEIJING — Three miners have been found alive after surviving 25 days trapped in a flooded mine in southern China, a local official said Monday. The miners drank water that seeped through the earth, said Wang Guangneng, a Communist Party spokesman in the Guizhou province county of Qinglong.

June 28th, 2009 12 China officials jailed for deadly landslideBEIJING — A Chinese court has jailed 12 officials for a mine accident last year that triggered a landslide which swept through a northern village and killed at least 277 people, an official said Sunday. The officials were sentenced to one to five years on charges of negligence and abuse of power, said an official with the Xiangfen county government in Shanxi province who would only give his surname.

June 3rd, 2009 China closes 4,000 milk collection stationsBEIJING — China has shut down nearly 4,000 milk collection stations for failing to meet safety standards, nine months after tainted milk products were blamed for sickening hundreds of thousands of babies and killing six children, the official Xinhua News Agency said Wednesday. The closures come after the government inspected all of the country's 20,393 milk collection stations since last November, Song Kungang, director-general of the China Dairy Industry Association, said, according to Xinhua.

June 1st, 2009 A glance at the Airbus A330-200Some details about the Airbus A330-200 jets, after one disappeared Monday en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris. — According to the Aviation Safety Network, there has not been a fatal accident for this type of plane since a 1994 test flight blamed on the type of the test and its execution by the crew.

May 30th, 2009 Gas leak kills 25 at mine in ChinaBEIJING — A gas leak killed 25 miners and 20 others remained trapped underground Saturday at a coal mine in China's southwestern city of Chongqing, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Rescuers are working to release those trapped, the news agency said.

May 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - At least 36 inmates of a juvenile home in Delhi, who demanded homemade food be allowed there, ran away Thursday after a violent scuffle with those who opposed the demand, police said. The inmates fled the Balgrah (observation home) in Kingsway Camp in Mukherjee Nagar around 1.30 p.m.

February 28th, 2009 BEIJING - China's top legislature Saturday approved a new food safety law, promising stern action against makers of tainted food products in the wake of scandals that have fuelled demands for overhauling the country's ineffective food monitoring system. The Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress, which approves policies and laws proposed by the ruling Communist Party, said the new law would help ensure food safety 'from the production line to dining table'.

February 3rd, 2009 BEIJING - China has sacked a top official of the state-run China Development Bank on corruption charges, officials said Wednesday. Wang Yi, vice president of the bank and a member of the Communist Party of China (CPC), was sacked for 'severe violation of disciplines and the law', the disciplinary commission of the CPC, said.

January 5th, 2009 NEW YORK - Popular US talk show host Oprah Winfrey has vowed to battle her recent weight gain, saying 'It's about using food - abusing food'. Winfrey, 54, who was recently admitted to a hospital after she weighed more than 90 kilograms, wrote on her official website that it was not about food and dieting.

January 3rd, 2009 BEIJING - About 73,500 people lost their lives in road accidents in China last year, a drop by 10 percent from a year ago, the ministry of public security said Sunday. China, which has one of the world's worst safety records, saw 265,204 accidents in 2008, killing 73,484 people and injuring 304,919 others.