Shanghai :: China
| 28 days ago
PepsiCo Inc. plans to spend $1 billion in China over the next four years, its largest investment so far in one of its fastest-growing markets, as sales stumble in the U.S. The Purchase, N.Y., maker of Pepsi-Cola, Lay's potato chips and other snacks and...
Tags: china, Western China, snacks, food, PepsiCo Inc., sales force, manufacturing capacity, expand manufacturing, largest investment
Taipei :: Taiwan
| about 1 month ago
The health ministry ordered a range of imported biscuits, chocolates, cakes, savoury snacks, frozen deserts, milk and yoghurt off the shelves, according to notices published in newspapers here. Products made by Cadbury, Dutch Lady, M&M and Mars originating...
Tags: food, melamine, import, snacks
Beijing :: China
| about 1 month ago
China sought to reassure Taiwanese consumers that its dairy products were safe Wednesday, a day after authorities confirmed that a baby in Hong Kong developed kidney stones from consuming milk and cookies laced with melamine. Spokesman Yang Yi of China's...
Tags: melamine, milk, tainted milk, import, food, China, snacks, Taiwan Affairs Office, Thailand, condensed milk, milk powdered, public health
Seoul :: South Korea
| about 1 month ago
Inspectors from the Korean Food and Drug Administration have recalled snack products found to contain trace levels of the industrial chemical melamine.
The contaminant was found in Peanut Snickers Fun Size and M&M's both sold by Mars Korea,...
Tags: Korea, food, import, melamine, China, snacks
Beijing :: China
| about 1 month ago
A vendor is seen arranging green vegetables at a market in Nanjing, China, yesterday. Prices of food, especially of agricultural products, will continue to rise, making it difficult for China to hit this year's 4.8 percent inflation target, a senior government...
Tags: melamine, milk, korea, food, import, China, snacks, South Korean, milk scandal, tainted milk, industrial chemical, Nestle, food products
Doha :: Qatar
| 2 months ago
Qatar has banned the import and sale of White Rabbit (pictured), a popular Chinese candy which is suspected to be contaminated with industrial chemical melamine. While Rabbit candy is the latest in the list of Chinese products being pulled off the shelves...
Tags: melamine, import, milk, snacks
Manila :: Philippines
| 2 months ago
They were Premier Zhou Enlai's favorite late-night snack. He loved White Rabbit candy so much he gave a bag to President Nixon during his historic visit to China. But the iconic brand, beloved by generations of Chinese, took a hit after it was linked...
Tags: melamine, milk, import, food, korea, China, snacks, tainted milk, contain melamine, rabbit candy, white rabbit, BFAD
Beijing :: China
| 2 months ago
China's leaders scrambled Saturday to contain public dismay over widespread contamination of milk supplies, castigating local officials for negligence while moving to tamp down criticism of the government's response. Officials promised to keep stores...
Tags: china, milk, melamine, import, food, snacks, South China, tainted milk, Fonterra, milk powders, kidney stones, baby formula
Ara :: India
| 4 months ago
Although rising food costs and the demands of everyday life can make it difficult to adopt a diet plan, these advance planning and portion control tips from the Reynolds Kitchens ensure a healthy meal or snack choice will be available whenever you need...
Tags: food, snacks
Washington :: DC :: USA
| 4 months ago
Soft drink and snack maker PepsiCo Inc. spent $274,000 in the first quarter lobbying on the farm bill and other issues, according to a disclosure report. The company, which makes Fritos, Doritos and Cheetos snacks, lobbied on the sugar, biotech and trade...
Tags: pepsico, food, snacks