Mengniu, one of the largest dairy producers in China and a culprit in the 2008 melamine scandal, has been caught with tainted milk once again. Carcinogenic toxins were found in their milk last week, and last night their website was hacked, presumably in response to the contamination. more ›

A man living in Tongzhou District in Beijing this week reports a story very similar to that of a Pudong woman in April: after purchasing a chunk of meat from a local vegetable market, he later discovered that it was glowing blue in the dark! more ›

Weibo is just atwitter with food related "scandals" today, so we've collected some here for your perusal: more ›

If this can happen in Chongqing, what are the chances that it's also happening at Walmart's outlets in Shanghai and elsewhere in China too? You tell me:

The Chongqing Industry and Commerce Administration launched an investigation into the supermarket chain after receiving complaints that ordinary pork was sold as organic at higher price, Chongqing Evening News reported yesterday. more ›

Employees at several KFCs in Beijing have come out with some pretty disgusting allegations against China's favorite fried chicken chain. Four-day-old re-used cooking oil and dirty dripping bloody chicken meat about sums it up. Re-using oil is a common practice in restaurants, but health codes demand it be tested to monitor for chemical build-up, something they are claiming wasn't being done. The employees also say KFC is under-frying its chicken, and re-using burgers that have sat out too long by simply replacing the toppings. KFC, of course, flat out denies these allegations, and claims their chicken is clean, their oil is tested, and their old food is discarded. more ›

You might want to put down that bottle of water you're drinking, or at least check the caps, if recent larvae-related allegations are to be believed! A father and son claim that they opened sealed bottles of Nongfu spring water in Tongzhuo, Bejing on Thursday and found worm eggs inside the caps. The boy, who apparently screamed after taking a gulp of water then seeing the eggs, experienced diarrhea and vomiting and was later diagnosed with acute enteritis. Nongfu has responded by releasing the following statement: ""It never happened. The worm eggs were actually on the outside of the bottles, not the inside." The shopkeeper maintains that they opened more bottles and found more eggs, and she refused to return the suspect bottles (which were bottled in Jilin province in June) when Nongfu delivery men came back to pick them up. First it was bacteria in Beijing bottles earlier this month, and now this! Maybe we should just drink imports. Or then again maybe not... more ›

With only three days left till the opening ceremony of the 14th bi-annual World Aquatic Championships in Shanghai, the event is already being tainted with controversy. more ›

It sure isn't everyday that you have a food scare that has hit both Taiwan and Hong Kong, but left the mainland relatively unscathed -- or is ignorance bliss? more ›

Inspectors testing cream cakes sold in bakeries around town for melamine did not find the kidney stone-causing agent but they did find high levels of bacteria present in the cakes, and no, they're not of the good kind. According to Shanghai Daily: more ›

Anxious parents queue up yesterday afternoon at Sanlu Milk's main distribution centre in Ruzhou, Henan (河南汝州) to return the infant milk powder they bought from the company. The queues spilt over into the streets and caused massive traffic jams. more ›