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  • Singapore's de-facto national dish in the crossfire as Malaysia bans chicken exports

    06/01/2022 10:49:35 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 6 replies
    AsiaOne ^ | JUNE 01, 2022
    Singapore is bracing for a shortage of its de-facto national dish, chicken rice, as major supplier, Malaysia halts all chicken exports from Wednesday (June 1). Restaurants and street stalls in the city-state are faced with hiking prices of the staple food or shutting down altogether as their supplies dwindle from neighbouring Malaysia, where production has been disrupted by a global feed shortage. Malaysia's export ban is the latest sign of growing global food shortages as countries, reeling from the effects of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, extreme weather, and pandemic-related supply disruptions, scramble to shore up domestic supplies and tame food...
  • Home of China's dog meat festival defiant amid outcry

    06/21/2018 4:59:38 PM PDT · by yoe · 34 replies
    Yahoo News ^ | June 21, 2018 | Joyce Zhou and Christian Shepherd
    Residents of China's southern city of Yulin defended eating dog meat to celebrate the summer solstice on Thursday, as animal rights activists seek new ways to pressure organizers to cancel the annual festival. The ten-day event, dubbed the lychee and dog meat festival by residents, has become a lightning rod for dog lovers, who every year confront those who buy, sell and eat canines. In recent years, animal rights activists have raided slaughterhouses and intercepted truckloads of dogs in efforts to limit the number of animals killed. Activists say the dog meat trade is inhumane and unhygienic, pointing to videos
  • Fish on the menu of our ancestors

    07/08/2009 6:02:11 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 23 replies · 447+ views
    Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News ^ | Tuesday, July 7, 2009 | Sandra Jacob
    The isotopic analysis of the diet of one of the earliest modern humans in Asia, the 40,000 year old skeleton from Tianyuan Cave near Beijing, has shown that at least this individual was a regular fish consumer. Michael Richards of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology explains "Carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of the human and associated faunal remains indicate a diet high in animal protein, and the high nitrogen isotope values suggest the consumption of freshwater fish." To confirm this inference the researchers measured the sulphur isotope values of terrestrial and freshwater animals around the Zhoukoudian area and...