The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
Thailand is tightening restrictions on dairy products from China after finding two samples of milk powder contaminated with melamine, Deputy Health Minister Wicharn Meechainant said Tuesday. "We'will issue a new ministerial regulation very soon that milk imported from China must be checked more thoroughly," he said. Sixty tons of milk …
The dramatic growth in chemicals production and trade over the past three decades has raised concerns about the risks posed by hazardous chemicals and pesticides. Countries lacking adequate infrastructure to monitor the import and use of these chemicals are particularly vulnerable. The Rotterdam Convention grew out of voluntary information-exchange programmes …
Bs Reporter / New Delhi September 26, 2008, 0:27 IST 25 countries have restricted Chinese dairy products. India on Thursday banned the import of Chinese milk and milk- related products, which have been found to be contaminated with toxic chemicals.
NEW DELHI: India has imposed a three-month ban on import of dairy products from China following reports that its children have died after consuming toxic milk products.
The Commerce Ministry on Thursday imposed a ban on the import of Chinese dairy products after these items were found contaminated with melamine that killed children in China recently. The ban, which comes into immediate effect for three months until further orders, follows the Union Health Ministry
More than a dozen countries in Asia and Africa have banned China dairy imports, and several others had recalled products by Wednesday, fearing potentially lethal melamine-tainted milk has made its way to their markets. Here is a list of how different countries are reacting. IMPORT BANS BANGLADESH: Three Chinese powdered …
Ananth Krishnan SHANGHAI: American and EU trade officials on Wednesday called for tighter safety regulations for Chinese products in the wake of the contaminated milk scandal that sickened more than 53,000 babies in China. Officials from the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) and EU, this week, launched a product …
Hong Kong/Beijing, Countries across Asia slapped bans on Chinese dairy products Tuesday as worried parents rushed their children to hospitals for health checkups amid a widening health scare over tainted Chinese milk. From Japan to Thailand, reports spread of cookies, ice cream and even meat buns that might contain contaminated …
BEIJING: China's latest tainted product crisis widened Friday after tests found the chemical melamine in liquid milk produced by three of the country's leading dairy companies, the country's quality monitor said. The crisis roiling the nation's dairy industry was thought to have been initially confined to tainted milk powder and …
Beijing, Around 6,244 infants have fallen ill and three others have died in China after consuming milk contaminated by melamine, the state media said here on Wednesday. While many had now recovered, 1,327 still remained in hospital, of whom 158 were suffering from acute kidney failure, the Xinhua news agency …
Bloomberg / Shanghai September 18, 2008, 5:59 IST Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Starbucks Corp and other food retailers in China scrambled today to assuage growing safety concerns fueled by widened recalls of tainted milk powder and the discovery of toxins in dairy products. The world
ROCKVILLE, Maryland, September 17 A major study links a chemical widely used in plastic products, including baby bottles, to health problems in humans like heart disease and diabetes, but US regulators said on Tuesday they still believe it is safe. The chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, is commonly used in …
Potential new concerns about the safety of bisphenol, a widely used chemical Several States are considering restricting BPA use No strong evidence of health hazards: government experts CHICAGO: The first major study of health effects in people from a chemical used in plastic baby bottles, food cans and a host …
Saibal Dasgupta | TNN Beijing: The Chinese government finally claimed some success in tackling the scandal concerning contaminated baby foods that has resulted in the death of another infant, taking the toll to two, and caused severe sickness in at least 600 others. On Monday, it announced the arrest of …
Chinese officials knew for weeks about sales of chemical-tainted milk powder that has killed two infants and sickened 1,253, but did not act until the New Zealand government pressed Beijing, New Zealand's prime minister said yesterday. The sale of tainted infant formula by Sanlu Group, the Chinese producer 43 per …
