Scandal
Head of Taiwan Food Company Jailed Over 'Gutter Oil' ScandalA court has sentenced the head of a Taiwanese company to 20 years in jail for his role at the centre of a "gutter oil" scandal that gripped the island's food industry and brought down ...
- Taiwan Tycoon Jailed Over Tainted Cooking Oil Scandal
A Taiwanese tycoon was jailed for four years over a tainted cooking oil scandal that sparked widespread public outrage across the island.
- France Pledges Sanctions in Horsemeat Scandal
French President Francois Hollande has slammed the "unacceptable behaviour" of selling horsemeat as beef and pledged to punish those who are responsible for the horsemeat scandal.Stressing the "double duty of transparency and accountability", Hollande...
- The Olive Oil Scandals: Italy Fights Back
Between revelations by Italian police in December linking organized crime to 7,000 tons of counterfeit olive oil, and an estimated four-fold increase in adulterated extra virgin following the dismal 2014 olive harvest, there is no ...
- McDonald's August Sales Hurt by China Scandal
McDonald's said that key global sales figure fell 3.7 percent in August due to the food-safety scandal in China.Earlier this month, McDonald's Corp. said that it will monitor its suppliers in China more closely after ...
- China Pledges "Harshest Penalties" for Food-Safety Violations
China has vowed to hand out the "harshest penalties" to food safety violators and to further reform the food and drug safety administration, Xinhua news agency said on Saturday. Vice-Premier Wang Yang made the comment ...
- China Food Scandal: Company Recalls Expired Meat
The parent company of a scandal-hit Chinese food supplier said it is withdrawing all products made by the subsidiary.Shanghai Husi Food Co Ltd, owned by Illinois-based OSI Group LLC, is at the centre of a ...
- Gutter Oil Scandal Raises Food Safety Concerns Again
A potentially harmful oil called 'gutter oil' has made its way to Hong Kong and investigators fear that this oil has been used to make some of the local favourites there - including dumplings, pastries ...
- Whole Foods' Expensive, 'Humanely Treated' Meat is a 'Sham,' - PETA
in a class action lawsuit filed in California, a well-known animal rights group alleges that the grocery chain's attempts to monitor how its suppliers treat their animals are a "sham." And that its customers are ...
- Mars Chocolate Bar Recall and Other Famous Precedents
The international recall of millions of Dutch-made chocolate bars by US chocolate giant Mars is just the latest high-profile case of a major food brand being pulled due to a health scare.
