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Could your rice be made out of PLASTIC? Shocking footage of 'an underground food factory' sparks fears of fake grains
Video shows a worker producing white granules out of plastic
Many people in China claimed the man was making fake rice
Fears of toxic grains have spread on Chinese social media
However, other claimed the final product was for industrial use
By Tracy You and Julian Luk For Mailonline
Published: 18:29 GMT, 9 November 2016 | Updated: 08:21 GMT, 10 November 2016
A video of workers feeding plastic into a machine to produce white, rice-like granules has sparked fears on Chinese social media.
Many people said the factory, thought to be located in China, was producing toxic rice out of sheets of plastic.
Other people, however, said the plastic grains were for industrial use.
The two-minute-long footage was widely shared on WeChat, a Chinese social media messaging app, in early November.
In a version of the video, shared by QQ.com, a topless worker can be seen putting dozens of plastic bags into a machine at a dim-lit workshop.
The bags were soon shredded by the spinning saws of the machine before being turned into a long plastic tube.
The worker used a pair of scissors to cut the long strip before putting it into another machine placed next to the first machine.
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“Anyone else here remember the melamine contaminted milk scandal from 2008...?”
If I recall correctly, because of the PR nightmare the scandal caused, the Chinese government claimed they executed the owner of the company for the “crime”.
Uness you’re buying beef or pork. With the repeal of country of origin labeling repealed, who the heck knows where it comes from.
Drown it in duck or soy sauce and you'd never know the difference.
Plastic is gluten free.....
Melamine in milk. How are people to know that that is in there?
OH MY GOD!!! I’ll never eat rice again.
Italy has its olive oil scams too. Some brands they ship to the us have veg oils partial or mostly in there.
The drywall wasnt fake, it was contaminated with something. It either was food for mol which grew, or mold itself.
Carbon is key. Organic chemistry will help them understand.
Life happens while you are waiting to die.
One of the most disgusting scams is the selling of “gutter oil”, the oils literally taken from street side gutters and grease traps, then heated up to run it through a makeshift filter, and sold as edible cooking oil.
The Making Of ‘Gutter Oil’
https://youtu.be/zrv78nG9R04
“USED TAMPON material used for the center portion of STEAM BUNS (not made up)”
My flight back to the US from Asia 6 months ago, they had these awesome steam buns. Thanks Singapore Airlines.
Hmmm. That would explain a lot...
Agreed. I have taken to buying only US Rice! I prefer Arkansas rice—grown in delta area. Arkansas is the largest producer of US rice.
I make my own dog food which includes rice; and my dogs were having issues until I read up on rice and decided to search out US rice. NO issues since I changed to US rice.
Sounds like a great diet food - no calories!
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