Dutch electronics giant Royal Philips Electronics is recalling seven million Senseo coffee makers due to a safety defect, but it has yet to make the recall in China.

In response to a report that said that 15 American infant formula milk powder products contain perchlorate, Abbot, one of the three major milk powder producers from the United States, declared that all their products sold on Chinese market are all made with milk from New Zealand, Ireland or the Netherlands, so they aren't contaminated [...]

China's General Administration of Quality Inspection, Supervision and Quarantine has issued a pre-warning for a range of substandard food products imported into China from Europe.

Royal Dutch Shell has announced two new research agreements on biofuels with experts in academic institutions in China.