Since the 1500s, Chinese aristocrats demanded bird's nest soup for its purported medicinal ... such as severe allergic reactions to the swiftlet's saliva or food poisoning from leftover bacteria.

Amidst the food shortage, they found an enormous quantity of ... According to traditional Chinese medicine, eating bird nests can help treat conditions like asthma, TB, and stomach issues.

Vietnamese raw bird’s nests have opportunities to enter the Chinese market as an exclusive product after ... with over 220 bird's nest samples tested for food safety indicators. Experts said that ...

quarantine and hygiene requirements for edible bird’s nests with China’s customs department on Jan 15. It said this followed several consultations with the Chinese customs department and ...

The ministry also requested bird’s nest processing enterprises study and fully comply with the requirements of the Chinese side on the management of swiftlet-raising establishments and processing to ...

The bird’s nest soup was gentle and slithery ... But, as Fuchsia Dunlop, an English food writer, explains in an authoritative new book, stock is a unique, intrinsic expression of a chef ...

In “Chinese Menu,” Grace Lin takes readers and eaters on a food tour that dates back to 7000 B.C. By Elisabeth Egan There are few leather-bound books more satisfying to pore over than the ones ...

Cambodia Food Manufacture Association president Meav Soktry said Cambodia does not yet have national standards in place for edible bird’s nests. He urged the government to set regulations in order to ...