[Post-Neolithic]

And this directly from their website,

ChemNutra imports quality ingredients from China to the U.S. for the feed, food and pharma industries. We are a professionally managed, American owned company experienced in negotiating, securing and delivering ultra-competitive pricing on high-quality chemicals and ingredients from quality-assured manufacturers in China.

We bridge the business and cultural gaps…including all regulatory, compliance, import and transportation requirements.

We specialize in Taurine, L-Cysteine, Glycine, Vital Wheat Gluten, and Glucuronolactone, and we also handle many other ingredients.

ChemNutra imports over 4,000 tons per year, and our customers include several Fortune 500 companies.

[Miss Marple]

Ugh. I have been cooking from scratch due to being on the Weightwatcher’s diet, and it looks like I may be doing so for a long time.

[girlangler]

Thanks for this very important info. Hmmmm.

I suspect we ingest more wheat glutin (from China) than we know. Check post #13 out freepers.

[SauronOfMordor]

ChemNutra imports quality ingredients from China to the U.S. for the feed, food and pharma industries. We are a professionally managed, American owned company experienced in negotiating, securing and delivering ultra-competitive pricing on high-quality chemicals and ingredients from quality-assured manufacturers in China.

Sounds like a Chinese front company in the US

We specialize in Taurine, L-Cysteine, Glycine, Vital Wheat Gluten, and Glucuronolactone, and we also handle many other ingredients.

Sounds like stuff that would find its way into human food, particularly "health food" items

ChemNutra imports over 4,000 tons per year, and our customers include several Fortune 500 companies.

I doubt that will last. ChemNutra is hosed. They got a new supplier for a food product and it doesn't look like they did "due diligence" to perform chemical analysis on the batches they got, to ensure there wasn't bad stuff there

What will happen now is

1. ChemNutra will go bankrupt. As a middleman, they probably don't have the assets to withstand a bunch of lawsuits
2. The supplier in China will probably dissolve and re-form under a new name with the old faces and the old carelessness
4. The pet food companies that bought from them will get sued, and due diligence will now require testing of ingredients coming from China

[jiggyboy]

ultra-competitive pricing on high-quality chemicals and ingredients from quality-assured manufacturers in China

Yow, that's an eye-opening phrase I need to remember. I know firsthand that "ultra-competive pricing", "quality-assured manfacturers", and "China" don't go together for auto parts, electronics, and laminate flooring, now I can add another food entry to the list.

(I have already sworn off Chinese soy sauce because of the "human hair" incident. There's a google project for the kids for a lazy rainy afternoon.)