Police find dozen tonnes of chemical-soaked durians in southern Vietnam
The fruits were to sell under foreign labels
Facility caught chemically treating 11 tons of durian in Vietnam’s Central Highlands
The durians were ready for distribution by the time police inspected the building
No ‘azodicarbonamide’ in pastries in Vietnam store: Starbucks VN
The additive, which is often used in the manufacturing of foamed plastics like yoga mats and the sneakers’ soles, is used in the making of “some food products currently sold in Starbucks stores in the region" said Starbucks Vietnam spokesperson
As Europe bans Chinese dolls, Vietnam just testing them
While European state agencies have seized batches of Chinese dolls with fruit heads for destroying, Vietnamese authorities said they must conduct proper procedures (which often take months) prior to a possible recall
8 foreigners detained for soaking durian in dubious chemical
Eight Thai people have been kept in custody by police in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang after being caught red-handed soaking durians in unregistered Chinese-made ripening chemicals
Syria rebels reject opposition coalition, call for Islamic leadership
Thousands of Syrian rebels have broken with the Western-backed coalition and called for a new Islamist front
Opposition says as many as 1,300 killed in gas attack near Damascus
Western and regional countries called for U.N. chemical weapons investigators - who arrived in Damascus just three days ago - to be urgently dispatched to the scene of one of the deadliest incidents of the two-year-old civil war
Pepsi outside California still has chemical linked to cancer - report
The Center for Environmental Health said that PepsiCo Inc. lagged its rival Coca-Cola in removing the chemical, called 4-methylimidazole, or 4-MI