March 29 Food Major Event: U.S. Suspends North Korean Food Aid

The United States has decided to suspend its assistance to North Korea’s food aid agency, US Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter, who is responsible for East Asian and Pacific security affairs. In response to a question from the U.S. Congressman, Lavoy stated that the United States decided to suspend food aid because the U.S.’s confidence in North Korea’s implementation of the DPRK-US agreement has been weakened, and the United States has not used food assistance as a means to change North Korea’s policy. He said that food aid is a humanitarian effort that the United States hopes to carry out. He regrets the suspension of aid.

The Quarantine Bureau said that Abbott’s milk powder has not yet been found to be inconsistent with Chinese standards. Third-party agency Hong Kong CER Research has recently launched a survey report to push Abbott’s milk powder to the top, focusing on the scientific and objective nature of the report. Companies, survey companies and experts subsequently launched War of words." According to the Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, as of now, no imported Abbott Gold Xikangbao infant formula has been found to meet the requirements of China's regulations and standards.

8 Spirulina Brands 6 Lead Exceeding Standard Declaration to the Interest Chain for Approval and Approval A few days ago, industry insiders disclosed that the spirulina products of some well-known companies, despite having “blue hat” certification marks, lead content in heavy metals has exceeded the standard. After investigation, the reporter found that "green A", "Thomson's times health", "Tsinghua Unisplendour (Jin Aoli)" and other spirulina "blue hat" products suspected of "heavy lead content of heavy metals," some brand products even exceeded 820%. On the 27th, the relevant person in charge of the State Food and Drug Administration said that the relevant departments had been ordered to recall the problematic products and that the companies involved would be severely punished according to law.

Huiyuan received 200 million government subsidies last year and earned only 36.9 million yuan last year. Huiyuan Juice announced its 2011 financial report yesterday. The company achieved total revenue of 3.826 billion yuan last year, an increase of 3.2% year-on-year, and profit attributable to shareholders was approximately 311 million yuan. It increased by 56.6% a year, but the profit attributable to shareholders after the exclusion of special events was only 36.9 million yuan. Among them, government subsidies amounted to 201 million yuan. In 2010, this figure was 108 million yuan, an increase of 86%.

Three factors have led to a continuous increase in the price of tea. Before and after the 2012 spring tea listing, many tea merchants and tea factories interviewed by the reporter learned that the price of tea in China has risen due to rising labor costs, rising prices of agricultural materials, and rising cost of capital. Has become an inevitable trend. Industry insiders expect: Green tea will increase by 15%-20% over last year, and the price increase of black tea may be higher. Some industry sources stated that under the premise that the overall economic situation is relatively stable, both tea merchants and hot money are less likely to devote more funds to hoarding and speculation, and the upside for spring tea is relatively limited. However, a considerable part of the hot money has been targeted at the autumn tea market, which has a longer storage period and the domestic market is booming this year.

Beijing stopped selling three kinds of condiments. “New Clam” white pepper exceeded 80 times pepper, garlic powder, and sesame sauce. These usually not-to-be-concerned seasonings also exposed quality problems. Today, the city's food safety office cloths have failed to meet the quality requirements of three condiments and the city has stopped selling them. Among them, the measured value of the white pepper coliform of Beijing Xinyi Weimei Food Factory turned out to be 80 times the standard value.