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China May Pork Imports Jump 86% On Year To 370,000 Tonnes

China imported 370,000 tonnes of pork in May, up 86% on the same month a year ago, customs data has revealed, as buyers boosted overseas purchases after a...

PepsiCo China Food Processing Factory Halted After COVID-19 Infection Found

PepsiCo China has said that operations at one of its food processing plants in Beijing have been suspended after at least one employee tested positive for...

China Finds Heavy Coronavirus Traces In Seafood, Meat Sections Of Beijing Food Market

China has found the trading sections for meat and seafood in Beijing's wholesale food market to be severely contaminated with the new coronavirus and suspe...

China Pork Crisis Spurs Pig Farms' Return To Cities

China is building industrial pig farms near its urban areas, reversing years of policies to relocate the livestock over waste concerns, as the government p...

Soybeans Firm On China Sales Hopes, Wheat Falls

Chicago soybeans rose on Tuesday on hopes China will continue buying US supplies even though there are expectations that purchases will be halted because o...

Nestlé To Build New Plant-Based Food Facility In China

Food giant Nestlé said on Wednesday it would spend 100 million swiss francs ($103.58 million) on expanding its manufacturing footprint in China to i...

Kerry Group Reports 3.4% Revenue Increase In Q1, Pulls Forecasts

Kerry Group has reported a 3.4% revenue increase in its first quarter, its latest financial statement shows. The group posted a marginal 0.2% business v...

China Q1 Pork Output Falls 29% After Pig Disease Decimates Herd

China's pork output in the first quarter fell 29.1% from a year ago to 10.38 million tonnes, official data showed on Friday, as the world's biggest produce...