China Survival Guide: providing detailed information on food safety threats and how to respond.

The “China Survival Guide” app and “Throw it out the Window” site are two great new tools for understanding food safety issues in China and informing purchase decisions.

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Lejen Chen, the founder of Mrs. Shanen’s, shares tips on organic farming, finding healthy food in Beijing, and what it takes to serve up high quality, organic food at her restaurant in Shunyi.

Lejen in her Shunyi Restaurant

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Are you really worried about the safety of your produce? This futuristic-looking contraption may be the somewhat impractical but fun solution.

你有没有担心过你自己吃的东西呢?这个看起来很有未来主义的玩意儿,可能有点不切实际,但不失为一个有趣的解决方案。

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Cancer on a stick?

Why these hot dogs are one street food you’ll want to avoid….

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In my daily quest to find random and cool things about food on the internet, I came across  www.whatsonmyfood.org/.  They offer a free searchable database of pesticide residue levels found on different foods in the U.S. and the toxicity of these chemicals.  With both PC access and a mobile app, it’s an indispensable aid for modern shoppers.   When will China get something like this??!?

我平常在网上随意搜索一些关于食物的有意思的信息时,偶然发现了 www.whatsonmyfood.org这个网站,他们提供一个免费的搜索数据库,在这个数据库中可以找到美国各类食物中农药的残余量以及这些农药中化学品的毒性。由于用电脑和手机都能搜索,这个网站对于现代购物者来说成为了一个不可或缺的好帮手。中国什么时候才能有这种网站呢? (中文翻译者:Bella)

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