We had originally come to Hei Tu Di in search of dumplings (of which the menu offers a wide selection) but our inner-caveman tossed that plan aside upon spying "pork bone" on the menu (only 12RMB per bone!). 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 ›

Animal activists have scored an unusually swift victory in an online campaign to stop the Zhejiang Jinhua Dog Meat Festival 《浙江金华狗肉节》from happening on October 18. more ›

"LOCAL food safety watchdog said it saw a drop in the amount of pork contaminated by clenobuteral hydrochloride, a widely-used pig slimming drug, in recent checks but an increase in the use of two other slimming drugs. While clenobuteral hydrochloride is found in 1 percent of checked pigs or pork products, salbutamol and ractopamine are found in 5 percent of the samples, officials from the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration said today. The city government has intensified checks on these chemicals in butcheries and wholesale markets. Pig farms that are found feeding pigs with banned drugs will be put on a blacklist and banned from the Shanghai market, officials warned." [Shanghai Daily] more ›

First the glow-in-the-dark pork, then the tainted buns, and now this. Is anything safe to eat in this city anymore? more ›

Yuck. Looks like the company behind the clenbuterol contamination in China's pork last month has decided on the grossest way possible to dispose of the meat, namely, piling it wholesale into a big pit and covering it up. Chinese comments on the photos are amusing, though, as many are speculating as to what archaeologists will think when they dig them up in 10,000 years... more ›

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Shanghai food safety officials are looking into beef products after shoppers complained that meat on sale at a local market had been injected with water to up its weight. The widespread practice of waterlogging beef helps sellers earn more money per actual product, but exposes the meat to contamination from spoilage, chemicals or industrial waste. Authorities have only confiscated about 5kg so far and strongly suspect there is much more of the suspect beef on the market. The majority of the beef came from suppliers in Jiashan. While China has been trying to improve its food safety standards, the vastly unregulated market is proving to be incredibly challenging to control. Source: International Herald Tribune more ›

SPAM, that delicious (or disgusting, depending on who you ask) meat product, is soon to be available at a store near you. Previously found only in import stores like City Shop and Pines, the Chinese masses will now get their chance to taste test the original ham in a can. more ›

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