But a loose regulatory framework and sometimes just plain confusion about what exactly constitutes organic food has proven to be a stumbling block, experts say. Last month he called for greater efforts to develop organic farming, showing just how concerned Beijing has become about food and consumer safety. Two food processors in China are suspected of adding the chemical melamine to vegetable proteins used in feed for pets, hogs, poultry and fish. While tales of heavy metals in vegetables,...

One of these is Marshland St James, a remote spot south-west of Kings Lynn and just a few miles from Bleak House, the home of shotgun killer Tony Martin, who became a local hero upon his release from prison for manslaughter, after defending his home from burglars. One of these is Marshland St James, a remote spot south-west of Kings Lynn and just a few miles from Bleak House, the home of shotgun killer Tony Martin, who became a local hero upon his release from prison for manslaughter,...

To read this article in full you must registered with this site. Teen bodybuilder strikes gold. And now he is preparing for the National Physique Association (NPA) British finals with a strict diet of turkey breast and rice cakes. Juliann, 19, of Chatsworth Street, Barnes, first got into bodybuilding when he was 16 after becoming tired of his skinny frame. Click here to register and/or customise your newsletters. And with help from staff at the Marine House Gym in Fulwell and a strict diet...

MILWAUKEE (AP) The state's response to a potentially fatal swine disease was hindered last month by farms that failed to register where their animals are kept as required by law, officials say. Wisconsin became the first state in the nation a year and a half ago to require livestock premise registration in an effort to track down animals within 48 hours and help prevent the spread of disease. But when swine contracted pseudorabies on two Clark County farms in central Wisconsin, the state...

Chrissy Aloysius in an interview with the Health Watch referring to the present trend in society, where most of the people have got used to eating out from any food outlets in cities and in their neighbourhoods, emphasised the need to health educate them properly on the care they should exercise in this way of eating out for their own and their families good health. Chrissy Aloysius in an interview with the Health Watch referring to the present trend in society, where most of the people...