2012 is looking to be par-for-the-course in China's food industry. So far we've already seen cancerous peanuts, flies mushed into pork jerky, and condoms both in yogurt and made of yogurt. This time around, the fake egg scare has come back again with a vengeance, as a man in Yantai, Shandong has unfortunately discovered. more ›

That's right. According to our market intelligence from the all-authoritative China Daily and People's Daily, the prices of non-ferrous metals such as nickel, zinc, aluminum, and copper have plunged quite a fair bit lately while the price of garlic has shot up a hundredfold over the last two years. Apparently, the market rate for one kilo of garlic is now a whopping ¥19, more than the price of pork (¥13.96/kg) and eggs (¥6.80/kg)! [Can anyone verify this? We haven't been doing much groceries lately!] more ›

We chanced upon this old, but super awesome picture of a RMB50 bill recreated with eggs on Neatorama. The art installation was exhibited in Guangzhou about two years ago. more ›

Either that or they look like McDonald's managers circa 1975. Check out pics and commentary here. more ›