China Adopts Food Safety Law

BEIJING - China's legislature has enacted a new food safety law Saturday, to go into effect on June 1st.  The National People's Congress has approved the law, which will ensure food safety "from the...

ING Ending F1 Sponsorship

    ING Groep, the Dutch bank and insurance company, announced Monday that it will not be renewing its sponsorship with Formula One team Renault after 2009. This comes as a cost-cutting measure...

Ministry: China steps up pre-Lunar New Year food safety

The campaign would focus on seven provinces, including Hebei where the milk contamination scandal began, ministry spokesman Mao Qunan told a news conference. "Groups and individuals who have broken the law will...

The Heathrow Accord – F1 Teams Agree On New Rules

"The Heathrow Accord – F1 Teams Agree On New RulesFormula One racing team management meet outside of London, England over the last few days in order to draft and agree on new rules aimed at addressing the world...

China Dairy Boss Pleads Guilty in Melamine Case

The trial of the chairwoman of the now bankrupt Sunlu Group, a Chinese company at the centre of the tainted milk scandal, started today.  Sixty-six year old Tian Wenhua has pleaded guilty to charges of...

Chinese Dairy Bankrupt after Tainted Milk Scandal

Dairy producer Sanlu Group, at the center of a melamine scandal in September which sickened nearly 300,000 and killed at least 6 babies, has filed for bankruptcy. " A court in Shijiazhuang, China, where the company...

Adding Water to Baby Formula Could Be Deadly

During these tough economic times, many moms may be thinking of stretching their baby formula with extra water.  But, believe it or not, this can be toxic to a baby's tiny kidneys. " Many moms, especially in...

Honda Quits F-1, Mercedes wants to cut costs by 50%. Is the F1 in Trouble?

After one of the most exciting years the Formula 1 competition has ever had, a championship which was decided in the final lap of GP Brazil. To many right there and then the astonishing...

Honda blames global crisis for F1 withdrawal

Well the circus F1 needs a new goal, Honda first to retreat " Chief executive Takeo Fukui announced at a news conference in Tokyo that the company would be willing to sell the team and will withdraw from the 2009...

Honda withdraws from Formula One racing

"HONG KONG : Honda disbanded its renowned Formula One team on Friday, a startling pullout that has its origins in the dismal state of the auto industry and which figures to have huge repercussions on the...

Formula - for Baby, for Mommy and For Daddy

After the birth of my son John in July 2007, my wife had a difficult recovery, so she was given directions to drink this "Ensure" stuff. It occured to me that all of us had a "formula" of one sort or other, so I...

Canadian Grand Prix Is Officially Gone For 2009

It's sad but true ... in much the same type of problem that plagues F1 venues around the world, F1's monetary demands outstrip the budgets that can support the event. This was one of the main reasons that the Long...

Action against Bisphenol A grows

Although Canada has proposed a precautionary ban on baby bottles with Bisphenol A (BPA), the United States and The European Union are still undecided. Scientific debate has yet to reach an absolute conclusion,...