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Hairy crabs from PRC found to have DDT
Taiwan Headlines ^ | Friday, December 09, 2005 | Taiwan News Staff

Posted on 12/08/2005 9:04:39 AM PST by GreenFreeper

A shipment of hairy crabs imported from China, some of which have already been sold and eaten, was found to contain residues of the pesticide DDT, the Department of Health said on Wednesday.

This was discovered during a random DOH inspection of aquatic products sold in markets throughout the island. The department began the inspections in September in an effort to determine whether residues of drugs or pesticides were retained in such products, and also to assess the level of metals they might contain.

According to the DOH, the hairy crabs sold in three supermarkets -- Carrefour, Hsi-Mei and Hsing-Loong, in Changhua County -- were found to contain residues of DDT.

The Changhua County Public Health Bureau said on Wednesday that as soon as it received the information from the DOH on November 4, it immediately contacted the three supermarkets to try to trace the source of the hairy crabs. However, at that point, some of the crabs had already been sold, the bureau said.

Carrefour also said that as soon as it learned that there was a problem with the product, it recalled all the hairy crabs that had been sold and has not put any more on sale since. However Carrefour could not be sure how many of the contaminated crabs were sold to consumers.

According to the health bureau, the three supermarkets said that the shipment of contaminated hairy crabs came from a company in Taichung City and an international trading company in Taoyuan County.

The Changhua County Public Health Bureau therefore asked the Taichung City and Taoyuan County Health Bureaus to trace the source of the hairy crabs, and it was found that the contaminated shipment originated from a single importer in Taipei.


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KEYWORDS: bushsfault; cz; ddt; ecology; ecoping; environment; freetrade
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To: GreenFreeper
a random DOH inspection


21 posted on 12/08/2005 9:27:21 AM PST by Peepster (If guns kill people, than spoons make Michael Moore fat!!)
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To: reagan_fanatic

>> it immediately contacted the three supermarkets to try to trace the source of the hairy crabs. <<

The only way that woman [Helen Thomas] could ever give hairy crabs to anyone is by trying on underwear at the mall.


22 posted on 12/08/2005 9:27:36 AM PST by dangus
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To: GreenFreeper

So you'll have crabs AND smell like fish? That CANNOT be good for your sex life.


23 posted on 12/08/2005 9:29:20 AM PST by dangus
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To: GreenFreeper
A shipment of hairy crabs imported from China, some of which have already been sold and eaten

They must market it as something else. "Hairy crabs" just don't have the same appeal to the appetite as a good local Dungeness does.

24 posted on 12/08/2005 9:29:47 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: GreenFreeper

I guess I'm not the only one put off by the name :~D


25 posted on 12/08/2005 9:30:36 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick

Sounds painful.
Hope they didn't use too much mousse.


26 posted on 12/08/2005 9:33:16 AM PST by Darksheare (Bonafide Henchman.)
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To: Darksheare
Probably not as painful as Miss Staplegun, though.
27 posted on 12/08/2005 9:34:42 AM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.)
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick

I dunno, stuck hair can be debilitating.
That nice patch right by the ears can bring you to your knees if your glasses catches it.


28 posted on 12/08/2005 9:36:42 AM PST by Darksheare (Bonafide Henchman.)
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To: GreenFreeper

Hairy crabs? I thought this must have been about Bill Clinton...


29 posted on 12/08/2005 9:40:31 AM PST by Astronaut
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To: Darksheare

LOL!! Try a bikini waxing and get back to me on painful.


30 posted on 12/08/2005 9:46:31 AM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.)
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To: GreenFreeper

Hairy crabs?

Haven't been to Bourbon Street in many years.


31 posted on 12/08/2005 9:48:14 AM PST by Mr. Brightside
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To: AmericaUnite

It not so.


32 posted on 12/08/2005 9:48:26 AM PST by Old Professer (Fix the problem, not the blame!)
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To: GreenFreeper
I ain't fishing for no hairy crabs!


33 posted on 12/08/2005 9:50:49 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance (I will prevail. I miss my best friend.)
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To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick

"LOL!! Try a bikini waxing and get back to me on painful."

Uh, no thanks. Not for me. I think I'll keep wearing my baggies and going natural. OUCH!


34 posted on 12/08/2005 9:52:08 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: HairOfTheDog
Hairy crabs don't seem as nasty as geoduck clams:


35 posted on 12/08/2005 9:52:32 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance (I will prevail. I miss my best friend.)
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To: MineralMan

LOL, good choice.


36 posted on 12/08/2005 9:53:29 AM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.)
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To: Fierce Allegiance

Oh that's just wrong.


37 posted on 12/08/2005 9:54:32 AM PST by Jersey Republican Biker Chick (Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.)
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To: Fierce Allegiance

Yum! Geoduck soup. That's one thing I miss about living on the Pacific Coast. Pretty hard to find them here in Minnesnowta.


38 posted on 12/08/2005 9:56:31 AM PST by MineralMan (godless atheist)
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To: Fierce Allegiance

Yeah - I'm gonna give you this point. :~D


39 posted on 12/08/2005 9:56:35 AM PST by HairOfTheDog (Join the Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/ 1,000 knives and counting!)
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To: AmericaUnite
...hairy crab?

I would post a pic of Helen Thomas, but I'm sure someone else will beat me to it...........

40 posted on 12/08/2005 9:57:10 AM PST by Red Badger (Dan rather didn't say "Courage", he said "Couric"..................)
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