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China 2020 Meat Imports Close To 10 Million Tonnes, Up 60% Year On Year

China imported 9.91 million tonnes of meat in 2020, customs data showed, as the world's biggest consumer of meat stocked up on proteins after a further plu...

China Meat Association Calls For Exporters To Disinfect Shipments To Prevent COVID-19

Chinese meat importers and processors have called on exporters in countries with COVID-19 outbreaks to step up checks on shipments before they are sent to...

Nestlé Launches Plant-Based Harvest Gourmet Brand In China

Nestlé has launched its plant-based Harvest Gourmet brand in China, moving into the country's meat substitute industry that has seen a sur...

China To Force Firms To Report Use Of Plastic In New Recycling Push

Restaurants, e-commerce platforms and delivery firms will be forced to report their utilisation of single-use plastics to the authorities and also submit f...

China's Irritated Trade Partners Push Back On Coronavirus Food Tests

Major food-producing countries are growing increasingly frustrated with China's scrutiny of imported products and are calling on it to stop aggressive...

Soybeans Edge Higher On Strong Demand And Weather Concerns

Chicago soybean futures rose on Wednesday, climbing towards the previous session's more than four-year peak, boosted by dry weather in South America and ro...

China Finds Coronavirus On Packaging Of Brazilian Beef

The Chinese city of Wuhan said on Friday it had detected the novel coronavirus on the packaging of a batch of Brazilian beef, as it ramped up testing of fr...

China Trade Body Urges 'Retrospective Tariffs' On Australian Wine

A Chinese drinks group has called for retrospective tariffs on Australian wine imports, Australian winemaker Treasury Wine Estates Ltd said on Wednesday, a...