Chinese market regulators have launched crackdowns on adulteration and fraud in cooking oil and meat industries. Chinese authorities have claimed to have solved these food safety and fraud problems on multiple occasions over the past 30 years. Fraud and adulteration in China's cooking oil industry will be the focus of a crackdown announced by the State Administration of Market Supervision and Regulation that began April 12 and will continue through December 2025. The rectification will address prominent problems and illegal business behavior that threatens the quality and safety of edible oils, including: Adulteration and counterfeiting, including the sale of cheap oils as premium oils and passing off expired oils as new product. Excessive use of additives such as flavorings, fragrances, and pigments during the production and processing of vegetable oils. False labeling: unlabeled oils or products that inaccurately declare proportions of blended oils, failure to clearly labe...
Retired USDA economist Fred Gale peers through the "dim sums" of puzzling data to provide insight about China's agricultural markets in bite-size pieces like Chinese "dim sum" snacks. See the Archive and Labels for posts on various topics going back to 2008.