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Domestic breeders incurring losses because of meat imports

July 31, 2009
Domestic breeders incurring losses because of meat imports

Breeders complain that they are incurring losses, while feed producers say their sales are decreasing because of massive imports of low-quality meat. The production cost of one kilogramme of live pork is 31-32,000 dongLe Van Thanh, Director of Thai Duong Company, a feed producer, said that the live pork price in the north has dropped [...]

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Consumer safety tops meat import management concerns

July 24, 2009
Consumer safety tops meat import management concerns

Inspectors check the food at a warehouse of Vinafood Corporation in Ho Chi Minh City. LookAtVietnam – Animal health officials on July 23 flatly rejected complaints from local companies about tightening regulations on imports of meat and other animal parts, saying consumer safety took precedence over anything else.  “The companies cannot blame the regulations for [...]

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Consumer safety tops meat import management concerns

July 24, 2009
Consumer safety tops meat import management concerns

Inspectors check the food at a warehouse of Vinafood Corporation in Ho Chi Minh City. Animal health officials on Thursday flatly rejected complaints from local companies about tightening regulations on imports of meat and other animal parts, saying consumer safety took precedence over anything else. “The companies cannot blame the regulations for their loss and [...]

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Vinafood caught storing hundreds of tons of expired foodstuffs

July 18, 2009

Government inspectors found hundreds of tons of expired processed foods at Vinafood Corporation warehouses in Ho Chi Minh City on Wednesday. More than 900 cartons of goods and 17 tons of pork chops and pig’s feet inspected at Vinafood’s Binh Tan District warehouse on Wednesday had been recently re-labeled, with the expiration date changed from [...]

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City restaurants serve cheap, unsafe Chinese spices

June 3, 2009
City restaurants serve cheap, unsafe Chinese spices

A foodstuff stall at the Binh Tay Market in Ho Chi Minh City. Chinese spices are being sold cheaply and widely in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City without clear indications of the expiration dates and origins, a Thanh Nien investigation has found. A Chinese Kim Tieu oyster oil bottle at Thai Ha Market in [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...