China to start crackdown on product safety
China will launch a nationwide inspection into the safety of industrial products.
Tag: chemicals
Paraquat must be banned in Thailand
The decision by the National Committee on Hazardous Substances not to ban paraquat over the next two years is shameful and shows a lack of responsibility.
Concerns raised over toxic chemicals in Ratanakkiri
An indigenous group in Ratanakkiri is concerned over illegal chemical fertilisers.
Woman tried over tainted coffee
Phnom Penh Municipal Court tries the owner of a Vietnamese coffee shop who allegedly used banned chemicals in her products.
EU project improves fishermen’s lives
A European Union delegation visits a fishing community in Svay Rieng province to observe a project aimed at helping them deal with illegal fishing, rear fish, and farm without using chemicals in Peam Ro district.
Over 100 factories launched so far this year
More than 100 factories have started operations in the Kingdom in the last eight months, according to a report from the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft.
Police seize fake snacks at border in Kandal province
Authorities in Kandal seize more than 100 crates of counterfeit Ruaypuan snacks.
Agriculture minister pushes for safer food
Agriculture Minister calls for greater oversight on food production in the country.
Health Ministry bans the use of khat
According to a directive published by the Health Ministry, the import, export, sale and use of khat has now been prohibited.
Aid war on counterfeit goods: Interior Minister
Interior Minister urges authorities to continue cooperating with anti-counterfeit officers.
Help war on counterfeit goods: Interior Minister
Interior Minister Sar Kheng today urges authorities at all levels to continue cooperating with anti-counterfeit goods authorities.
Public urged to watch out for fake products
Interior Ministry issues an appeal for vigilance against counterfeit products.
Authorities shutter illegal chemical warehouse
An agricultural chemicals production and packaging facility in Takhmao city has been shut down and its owner detained after officials said the illegal operation could harm the environment and the health of people nearby.
Chairman Koo Bon-moo dies
Koo Bon-moo, chairman of South Korea’s fourth-largest conglomerate LG Group, passes away due to illness.
Villagers doubt changing causes of poisoning deaths
Hundreds of villagers in Kratie province were hospitalised and 13 died from poisoning first blamed on contaminated water and then methanol-laced rice wine; villagers here have another theory: chemicals from gold mining run-off.
Authorities seize 10 tonnes of agricultural chemicals
Mixed forces crack down on about 10 tonnes of prohibited agricultural chemicals.
Bosnia industrial spill pollutes river
Chemicals from a soda ash factory near a town in northern Bosnia have polluted a river, killing fish and damaging farmland.
Sauce factory shut down
The Interior Ministry’s Counter Counterfeit Committee has shut down a chili sauce and soy sauce production facility.
China slaps duties on US goods
China hits back against US plans to impose tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods, in a move that sent global markets reeling.
Hundreds march in food safety campaign
About 500 people in Battambang carried out a food safety campaign.
Tainted prahok seized in Takeo
Authorities in Takeo province’s Traing district close a prahok production facility over the use of prohibited chemicals.
Exports up despite a slight drop in the number of factories
The value of Cambodian exports rose by 13% last year despite a manufacturing decline.
Raid hits Phnom Penh palm sugar warehouse
Police raid a warehouse storing palm sugar tainted with chemicals.
Forty tons of tainted palm sugar confiscated
Police raid a warehouse stocking 40 tons of palm sugar suspected to be tainted with chemicals.
Villagers want the US to drop Cambodia’s war debt
Villagers who have suffered from the American bombs want the US to cancel the war debt.
Crackdown targets fake food
Interior Ministry officials vow to crackdown on all kinds of counterfeit products in the country, singling out fake and tainted food.
