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USA Today
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China executed the former head of its food and drug watchdog on Tuesday for approving untested medicine in exchange for cash, the strongest signal yet from Beijing that it is serious about tackling its product safety crisis.
The execution of former Sta..
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USA Today
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China launched a food and drug safety crackdown Wednesday, following an announcement that authorities had detained managers from two companies linked to contaminated pet food that killed dogs and cats in North America.
State media, meanwhile, reported..
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BBC News
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South African mine workers are holding a one-day strike in protest at poor safety in the country's mines.
Some 240,000 people were expected to take part in the first countrywide stoppage by miners over safety issues.
In Johannesburg, protesters are..
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MSNBC
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More than 1,700 trapped gold miners were rescued during a dramatic all-night operation and efforts gathered speed Thursday to bring hundreds more terrified and exhausted workers to the surface.
The mine owner and South Africa’s minerals and energy mi..
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BBC News
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Toymaker Fisher Price is to recall almost one million Chinese-made toys over fears that their paint contains too much lead.
An internal probe found the Chinese manufacturer had used a non-approved paint pigment, violating its safety standards, the comp..
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CNN
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A U.S. delegation arrives in Beijing on Tuesday on a five-day fact-finding mission on food and drug safety amid a series of health scares about the "made in China" label. The United States stepped up inspections of imports from China after a chemical addi..
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USA Today
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A radar failure over the Amazon forced Brazil to turn back or ground a string of international flights Saturday, deepening a national aviation crisis just hours after the president unveiled safety measures prompted by the country's deadliest air disaster...
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CNN
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The mayor ordered that a nuclear power plant hit by a strong earthquake be shut down Wednesday until its safety could be confirmed after a long list of problems -- including radiation leaks, burst pipes and fires -- came to light. The malfunctions and a d..
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CNN
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China executed the former head of its food and drug watchdog for approving untested medicine for cash, a show of Beijing's seriousness about product safety, while officials announced moves Tuesday to safeguard food at next summer's Olympic Games. During Z..
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Al Jazeera
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The unusually heavy sentence meted out to Zheng, 63, is being seen as an effort by the government to demonstrate its determination to address the country's dire product safety record.
Zheng headed the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), which s..
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CNN
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China executed a former drug and food safety chief on Tuesday for corruption in an unusually swift sentence which will serve as a warning amid a series of health scandals that have stained the "made in China" brand. The Supreme People's Court approved the..
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BBC News
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Legislation requiring the safety testing of tens of thousands of chemicals - many in everyday use - has come into effect across the EU.
For the first time, it will be up to industry, rather than the regulatory authorities, to prove that chemicals are s..
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SF Gate
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The former head of China's top food and drug safety agency was sentenced to death Tuesday after pleading guilty to corruption and accepting bribes, according to the state-controlled news media.
Zheng Xiaoyu, who served as director of China's Food & Dru..
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News.com.au
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VICTORIAN Roads Minister Tim Pallas is expected to announce a range of new safety measures today which will affect trucks using the Burnley Tunnel.
Three people - Damian McDonald, 34, Geoffrey Kennard, 51, and Darren Sporn, 37 - were killed in last mon..
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Guardian Unlimited
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Network Rail was today fined £4m for "systemic and unacceptable" safety failures that led to the 1999 Paddington rail disaster.
Thirty-one people died and more than 400 were injured when a local Thames Trains service went through a red signal and coll..
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