CHINA-FREE

DEFINITION chi-na-free adj. A term proposed for use on food labels to show that products are not made in China.

CONTEXT In light of recent health and safety scares regarding Chinese-made food and products, a U.S.-based company called Food for Health International has announced plans to put "China-free" stickers on its goods. The subtext: These products won't make you sick or have harmful contaminants like melamine.

USAGE Given recent recalls of items from toys to toothpaste, China-free labeling could catch on, though consumers would do well to remember that not all products from China are tainted and not all tainted products are from China.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Food company recalls products containing China-made leavening agent
eTaiwan News - Taiwan
Kuo said that following the recall, Hunya will revise the formula for making the products in question before restocking store shelves, in order to allay ...
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EU recalls Chinese toy products, Taiwan will follow suit
eTaiwan News - Taiwan
AP TAIPEI (Taiwan News) - The EU's Consumer Affairs' Rapid Alert System for Non-Food Consumer Products (RAPEX), it will recall all dangerous toys from China ...
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Chinese herbal injection recalled in infant death probe
Xinhua - China
... an emergency notice on its website on Monday, saying it had launched a recall of a batch of products on Oct. 16, the day it was informed of the death. ...
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1500 dogs die from tainted feed in China
Independent - London,England,UK
China's products have been under intense scrutiny after high levels of industrial toxins were found last year in exports ranging from toothpaste to toys. ...
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Herbal injection recalled in infant death probe
China Daily - China
A 9-day-old baby in northwest China's Shaanxi Province died on October 11, after being injected with "Yinzhihuang", an injectable remedy containing extracts ...
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Fonterra’s stake in San Lu uncertain
Australian Food - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
This reflects the cost of the product recall and Fonterra’s anticipated loss of San Lu brand value. Following this impairment charge, Fonterra’s best ...
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Consumer Alert: Tainted Milk, Chocolates, Canned Goods... What’s Next?
Business Mirror - Philippines
It took us sometime to do the same, although no recall was ordered. Retailers were told to stop selling and a few raids were conducted—one suspects this was ...
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Deadly ciwujia recall is expanded
Shanghai Daily - Shanghai,China
... the administration had ordered the company to recall all its herbal injection products and report progress daily. Six patients in southwestern China's ...
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The Associated Press

Factory closure in China a sign of deeper pain
The Associated Press
Although Smart Union wasn't directly involved in those recalls, "the product recall incident badly affected the toy industry," it said. Most of China's toy ...
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China Bans Herbal Injection Products in Latest Safety Scandal
Bloomberg - USA
The product was contaminated with bacteria, the SFDA said on Oct. 16. The ban comes amid renewed scrutiny of food and drug quality in China after baby ...
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Playkids convertible cribs - Product Recall
By Sandy Maple
The convertible cribs were made in China and sold in juvenile product retailers in New York from March 2007 through September 2008 for about $100 each. If you have one of these cribs, you should stop using it immediately and contact ...
ParentDish - http://www.parentdish.com/

Oh Boy More Melamine in Chinese Mill Recalls
By stevethrower
The industrial chemical has been at the centre of a massive scare in China after four babies died and 54000 children under two fell ill from drinking milk products adulterated with it. The action by Ann Summers follows a warning issued ...
The Unofficial Opie and Anthony... - http://www.wackbag.com/

Asia-Pacific - Chinese firm recalls deadly herbal medicine
By admin
Beijing, The Chinese manufactures of a herbal injectable recalled the entire product from the market after three patients died, the national drug safety watchdog said Saturday. The health ministry and the State Food and Drug ...
AussieIndoLanka-Blog - http://www.linkingpeopletogether.com/

Scobe (Llarn) Ltd recall novelty products
By Dr Louise Manning(Dr Louise Manning)
On 15 October 2008 the European Commission adopted a decision (2008/798/EC) stating that any products from China containing milk or milk products as an ingredient are currently subject to documentary, identity and physical checks, ...
Food Safety Chat - http://foodsafetychat.blogspot.com/

Recall of Chinese herbal injections widened
The SFDA said local food and drug bureaus should monitor the injection recall and make sure the products are pulled off shelves. Any adverse reactions should be immediately reported, it said. Telephones were not answered Saturday at ...
World | AP | Huffington Post Wires - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/

China broadens dairy product recall amid health scandal - Yahoo! News
China on Wednesday pulled all dairy products more than a month old from shops across the country in one of the biggest steps taken by authorities to end a ...

China broadens dairy product recall amid health scandal - Yahoo! News
China on Wednesday pulled all dairy products more than a month old from shops across the country in one of the biggest steps taken by authorities to end a ...


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