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China Struggles to Repair Image Friday July 13, 2:13 pm ET By Joe Mcdonald, AP Business Writer China Launches Image Campaign After Safety Scandals BEIJING (AP) -- Stung by product safety scandals, Beijing is waging its own version of a corporate public relations campaign to repair China's battered brand name, an effort punctuated by the execution of a corrupt former drug regulator. This week, Beijing's propaganda machine trumpeted decisions to tighten standards for toothpaste makers and food processors and to create a symbol to attach to food exports that pass quality inspections. But can Beijing restore consumer trust after a...

The Other Fake MeatFriday, August 30, 2002 By Steven Milloy You might think the anti-meat food police at the Center for Science in the Public Interest would be cheering the new meat substitute Quorn. Instead, CSPI is scaring the public and bad-mouthing Quorn to the Food and Drug Administration. Quorn is "the processed cellular mass that is obtained from the filamentous fungus Fusarium venenatum strain PTA-2684," according to the manufacturer's application to the FDA. The fungus by-product was approved in the U.K. in 1985 and is the top-selling meat substitute in Europe. The FDA approved Quorn in the U.S. last...

<p>You might think the anti-meat food police at the Center for Science in the Public Interest would be cheering the new meat substitute Quorn.</p> <p>Instead, CSPI is scaring the public and bad-mouthing Quorn to the Food and Drug Administration.</p> <p>Quorn is "the processed cellular mass that is obtained from the filamentous fungus Fusarium venenatum strain PTA-2684," according to the manufacturer's application to the FDA. The fungus by-product was approved in the U.K. in 1985 and is the top-selling meat substitute in Europe.</p>