China’s Online Backlash?

I have been lurking in a number of message boards online that have been discussion the China food safety issue.  One thing that has caught my attention is the type of information I keep seeing.  Now either the same person frequents the same boards I do, or there is something going on.  I really don’t [...]

Hello AIG

Seems that little article on AIG got some attention.  Hello to whoever it is from AIG who has paid many a visits yesterday and the day before.  Did you find what you were looking for?  Yes I can see you, and I can see you visited quite often, about a dozen times in a 24 [...]

US Country of Origin Labels, a Brand Advantage

I was watching the news last week and the debate over the US law on the country of origin for foods.  Current only fish is being enforced.  Most foods are to have these labels but special interest groups are fighting it.  For example, the beef industry wants to have Canadian and Mexican beef called US [...]

AIG, Marketing isn’t Going to Save You

Ah yeah, AIG again, this company can supply me with more material for articles than China’s food safety problem!  The basics of the current issues are, a group of reinsurance companies (of which AIG is one) agreed to fund a workers comp fund and each year, companies would put in their fair share of the [...]

Your Unlimited Internet Access Does Have Limits

Here is an interesting article from the Star Tribune about a Comcast customer’s experience with his so called “unlimited access.”  You can read the details by following the link, what I want to focus on is the move by Comcast and how it could be handled better.
 
I certainly understand Comcast’s point of view, if someone [...]

“Strange” Milk from China in the Dominican Republic

I came upon this interesting article that was just released.  Dominican officials are on the look out for what they call “strange milk from China.”  The DR is a net exporter of milk to China, and the price in question is far below market value.  This lead DR officals to put out a warning about [...]

Zhou Qing, China’s One Man Looking Out For Everyone

Zhou Qing is a man I’ve heard a lot of, he is the guy that goes around researching how bad the problems are in China in terms of food and health safety.  He has taken a lot of abuse in his quest and he’s a guy that we should all thank for at least trying [...]

FDA’s List of Rejected Foods by Country

The US FDA has a list of foods shipments by countries that they reject shipments from.  Keep in mind, they admit to only checking about 1%.  But the information is rather interesting.  You can check it it out on a month by month basis at the following link:  http://www.fda.gov/ora/oasis/ora_ref_cntry.html

US Company Labels Products “China Free”

I wrote about how this would be something companies would do in the not so distant future and it has already started.  Food for Health International, based in Orem, Utah has launched their line of “China Free” products for humans and pets.  This was a direct move in response to the fears of contaminated products [...]

You Can Still Buy American

Follow the last blog entry on the lack of diversity in the average retails space in America, I was reminded of a local company that is dedicated to all American products still made here!  Not all are 100% sourced in the US but you cannot truly expect that anymore.   ZebulonUSA, started in 2006 by a [...]