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.
Thanks for laugh.
Well, despite Republican administrations for 17 of the last 25 years, the air is cleaner than ever and US life expectancy is at an all time high.
PS I read your profile page, I agree!
I'm a retired Union truck drive and I was a Shop Steward for several years at our freight terminal in Oakland, CA.
Member of Teamsters Local # 70 ~ 31 years from 1955 to 1986.
Bikini wax is about a ten on my "Don't even try it" ometer.
Smart man. It is not fun.
I will lend unhelpful support and wiseguy jokes to those who do.
(And get maced/peppersprayed/murdered for it.)
;-)
Gee, somehow I figured you were licensed to give a bikini wax. I know how you love to inflict pain and all.
LOL, no.
*chuckle*
"YOU GO HOME NOW BIGBOY! YOU BEEN HERE 4HOUR!"
I don't agree with that at all. I think its in the nature of young people to rebel against that type of indoctrination- I know I did along with many of my friends. SD
I don't agree with that at all. I think its in the nature of young people to rebel against that type of indoctrination- I know I did along with many of my friends.
No, you didn't.
SD
BLE 727-(BLET) Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (Teamsters). And damn proud of it!!! Just signed on with the Teamsters a short time back.
Weird childhood confession from New York's junior senator. At a hearing on "cancer clusters," the Copley News Service reports:
The former first lady told of how she and neighborhood children would run behind an exterminator's truck when they were children, inhaling "a whole mouthful" of "whatever it was" they used to kill the area's mosquitoes.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=95000587#inhale
DDT?
The article is lacking a few facts. What level of DDT was detected? Modern GCMS can detect ppt levels, and even a gas chrom with an EC detector can pick up tiny quantities of chlorinated compounds.
Then, having stated the level, the article should say what the standard is for DDT in food, in that country.
If the level is, say, .05 ppb and the standard is 1 ppb, it's not too much of a hazard. But the author does not give us enough information to decide if it's a problem or not.
Because it taste real good. I read your profile page, you are in the wrong forum. Happy sprouts and tofu to you.
http://copleydc.com/Archives-2001/wilkie_6-6-01.htm
A more direct link to the Hillary-inhaling-pesticide story.
Would that make the kids less likely to get Hairy Crabs as adults?
Thanks. I like sprouts and tofu but till Jim Rob kicks me out, I'm not leaving :-)
Congratulations, I am sure your ancestors who fought their way up the food chain are very proud. Happy bacon trails to you from the carnivores.
I don't believe in evolution. None of my ancestors fought their up a food chain but do continue. This is entertaining *LOL*
I like DDT, it keeps those pesky crabs at bay.
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