China has confirmed new outbreaks of African swine fever in four provincial level regions, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said Saturday. On a farm in Shanghai, 50 pigs were confirmed infected with the viral disease and 11 confirmed dead, the ministry said, citing a China Animal Disease Control Center report…Full Article: China Daily
Statistics from the Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau show that imports of aquatic products for 2017 came out to 52,900 shipments, with their total imported value being $810 million, up 9 percent and 19 percent respectively from 2016, Xinmin Evening News reported Monday [15 January 2018]…Full Article: The Global Times Jan 2018 Key Point
According to data from the Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, last year’s fruit import through the port of Shanghai reached 1,008,800 tons. This is the first time that the quantity surpasses one million tons, making it the biggest fruit import year for the port…Full Article: Fresh Plaza Jan 2018 Key Point From 2016 to
Caojiadu Bird and Flower Market, formerly Shanghai’s biggest bird and flower market downtown, will officially close at 9 am Tuesday, Knews reported Monday. Most vendors have already moved out their shops, although those remaining are currently offering steep discounts to clear out their existing stock…Full Article: The Global Times Dec 2017 Key Point Shanghai’s Caojiadu
An online e-commerce platform for commodity trading that aspires to become an internet-based information and transaction hub with a trillion-yuan ($151 billion) in target was established in Shanghai on Tuesday [19 December 2017], making it one of the first to offer customized real time information services for the trade. The platform, Shanghai Bailian Commodity E-commerce
The first batch of fresh Shanghai-raised wine cap stropharia mushrooms are presently being sold in city markets for 40 yuan ($6.05) per kilogram, Shanghai Observer reported Tuesday [19 December 2017]. This mushroom grows on straw instead of rotten wood. One square meter of wine cap stropharia requires 50 to 70 kilograms of straw…Full Article: The
Fast food chain McDonald’s denied on Monday [4 December 2017] night that its fried dough sticks contained chemical substances that could cause cardiovascular disease, after food in two of its Shanghai branches were said to contain diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP). McDonald’s issued a statement saying that it was taking the incident seriously, and that further checks
Shanghai is set to get its own Starbucks Roastery and Tasting Room, the first high-end roastery from the international coffee chain to open outside the United States, the city’s quality watchdog said Thursday [30 November 2017]. The Shanghai border inspection and quarantine bureau has completed all necessary checks of the Seattle-based coffee chain’s imported equipment
Shanghai Disney Resort recently announced that its visitors are no longer allowed to bring in any outside food, alcoholic beverages or soft drinks (larger than 600 milliliters). Previously, anyone could bring their own unopened snacks and drinks into the resort. This news has raised heated discussions and debates on Chinese social websites, as it goes
Whenever she passes by some malls in Beijing, Du Ni, 28, a bank employee in Beijing, buys a cup of fresh orange juice from an automated vending machine. “My husband likes the juice. It’s priced around 10 yuan ($1.5) per cup－really cheap and fresh. I think such orange juice has quality and is safer than