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Chinese public authorities have signalled a possible crackdown on poor safety standards in food manufacturing plants after yesterday’s fire at the Jilin Baoyuanfeng Poultry plant in northeast China killed 120 workers, with a further 60 recovering in hospital. With state media now reporting the blaze was triggered by explosions related to a chemical ammonia leak, Sarah Li, director of the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council’s Hong Kong branch has said another broiler factory close to the stricken plant “have been asked by the local government to suspend production for the time being for inspection on safety measures.”…

FOREIGN companies in China face a tough choice when becoming victims of fraud – do they let it go, knowing that they might be hit again later, or tangle with the fraudsters, privately, or using China’s often responsive law enforcement and court systems?…

may be a big concept, but the road to making personal care product packaging greener is made of small incremental steps that can both provide green marketing benefits and reduce costs.

Recent innovations include reducing the size of containers, while maintaining the volume of product they hold, alongside innovations in using renewable resources and keeping packaging waste out of landfills.…

SUSTAINABILITY may be a big concept, but the road to making personal care product packaging greener is made of small incremental steps that can both provide green marketing benefits and reduce costs.

Recent innovations include reducing the size of containers, while maintaining the volume of product they hold, alongside innovations in using renewable resources and keeping packaging waste out of landfills.…

Alliance Boots’ key mainland China joint venture partner is planning to expand its distribution networks to reach the whole country, a London-based spokesperson for the personal care giant told Soap Perfumery and Cosmetics on Friday night.

The UK-based company sells cosmetics through certain Mannings stores in Hong Kong and would like to expand those sales to mainland China: “We would like to; we are still considering it.…

THE GOVERNMENT of China’s largest city, Shanghai, is building a black list of fraudulent food traders targeted for law enforcement, as a series of meat frauds have emerged nationwide. Officials are also developing a food tracking system to deal with chronic food chain transparency problems, as down by the recent dumping of 15,000 dead pigs in the Huangpu River.…

PROMOTED in China’s press as the Richmond, Virginia of China, driving into Yuxi, in the southern Yunnun province, you get the impression of how a successful tobacco sector can generate all kinds of wealth. Yuxi is home to China’s largest tobacco company, Hongta, and this has helped fuel real estate speculation – construction is everywhere.…

ALTHOUGH China is known for skilled workers making clothing for big brand names, the country still relies heavily on imports when it comes to high performance nonwovens used in the medical, automotive, environmental protection and other fields, according to Beijing-based China Nonwovens & Industrial Textiles Association (CNITA).…

PERSONAL care product packaging has entered a new era of ultra-customisation in which nearly everything is possible, and careful choices must be made by design teams in order to effectively communicate to consumers. “In the cosmetics and personal care product industry, where competition is so high, packaging design is crucial because otherwise, consumers don’t have a clear way of differentiating the quality of a product without opening it,” remarked Gabriel Alvarez-Jacobo, managing director of Imagemme, a New York-based packaging design and branding agency.…

THE PHILIPPINES, which with 95 million people, has the 12th biggest population in the world, is among the world’s most promising emerging markets, and international business and accounting services are taking note. GDP was up by around 7% in 2012, with 6% growth forecast for 2013, and the country’s accounting sector is capitalising on its strong economic growth.…