1. The expanded directors meeting of Frozen Drinks Special Committee was held in Nanjing. Arrangements were made regarding the announcement and implementation of the industrial standards of soft ice-creams as well as amendments to the national industrial standards for frozen drinks.

2. According to Feshan Quality Supervision Authority, prepackaged herbal tea will be formally subject to food production licensing management. Products without the ?QS? logo are not allowed in the market.

3. In 2007, Shanxi Houma examination and quarantine authority altogether examined and quarantined 1543 batches of fruit juice, totaling 196,300 tons, worth 255 million dollars. Yuncheng under the jurisdiction of Houma authority has become one of the major fruit juice exporting bases in China.

4. Filling plants of Pepsi China in Guangdong and Hunan voluntarily make donations for disaster-stricken people.

5. In the autumn of 2008, all newspaper kiosks can sell soft drinks for the convenience of residents.

6. The Department for Commercial Reform of the Ministry of Commerce mobilized the China Business Confederation to draft the Food Packaging Standard, which provides principles for the designs and production of food packaging including beverages and wines, labeling, packaging layers, recovery management of packaging wastes, etc.

7. In the first quarter of 2008, Shanghai municipal quality supervision bureau organized relevant quality inspection bodies for a special supervisory sampling survey of baked coffee products in the local market. The qualification rate of products in the survey is 92.0%.

8. At the seminar hosted by the China Food Association for the draft text of the Food Hygiene Law, over 30 food enterprises, including Coca Cola, Pepsi, Nestle, Wuliangyie, Yili, Bright and Yanjing Beer, made an appeal to standardize the criteria for food safety.

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BOABC Insights 1

News Flash 1

1.1 Soft Drinks Industry?s News Update & Policy Review 1

1.2 Monthly Update of Key Companies 2

1.3 Introduction to New Products and Technology 3

Soft Drinks Industry?s Developments 4

2.1 Monthly Monitoring on Soft Drinks Market 4

Economic Indices of the Soft Drink Industry of China in 2007 4

2.2 Monthly Monitoring on Drinking Water in Bottles and Barrels 5

Policy Environment for the Drinking Water Industry in 2008 5

Remarkable Progress for the Development of Changbaishan Mineral Water in Jilin in 2007 6

2.3 Monthly Monitoring on Carbonated Drinks 7

Coca Cola's Non-carbonate Business 7

2.4 Monthly Monitoring on Fruit Juices and Drinks 8

Analysis of Apple Juice Industry in Shaanxi 8

2.5 Monthly Monitoring of Other Soft Drinks 9

Sales of Herbal Tea in Guangdong to Match Coca Cola 9

2.6 Monthly Analysis of Import and Export of Orange Juice and Apple Juice by Original Country 10

2.6.1 5,927 Tons Import of Frozen Orange Juice in January 2008, 38.43% Less from Same Month 2007 10

2.6.2 89,816 Tons Export of Concentrated Apple Juice in January 2008, down by 11.02% from January 2007 11

2.7 Monitoring on Import and Export Volume of Orange Juice and Apple Juice by Company 12

2.7.1 Analysis of Orange Juice Importing Companies in Dec. 2007 12

2.7.2 Analysis of Apple Juice Exporting Companies in Dec., 2007 17

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