NO cheers, unfortunately.
Posted on 05/20/2007 4:55:44 AM PDT by Flavius
WASHINGTON - Dried apples preserved with a cancer-causing chemical. Frozen catfish laden with banned antibiotics. Scallops and sardines coated with putrefying bacteria. Mushrooms laced with illegal pesticides.
These were among the 107 food imports from China the Food and Drug Administration detained at U.S. ports just last month, agency documents reveal, along with more than 1,000 shipments of tainted Chinese dietary supplements, toxic Chinese cosmetics and counterfeit Chinese medicines.
For years, U.S. inspection records show, China has flooded the United States with foods unfit for human consumption. And for years, FDA inspectors have simply returned to Chinese importers the small portion of those products they caught - many of which turned up at U.S. borders again, making a second or third attempt at entry.
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
how is this not
a>) act of war
b.) terrorism
c.) why isn’t all trade with china stopped today
oh money oh ok, 30 pieces of silver is what you can get a lot of stuff for
Looks like food made in China gets amnesty too.
Very good article by Rick Weiss. Thanks for posting.
Not very comforting is it?
Coming to stores near you!
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I just emailed this article to my local supermarket and asked for their China food policy. Will be interesting to see their response if any.
So the next qustion is, how can we determine mushrooms came from China? Mushroom packages tell us two things: The word “mushroom” and perhaps the address of the packer. And bulk mushrooms in the bin aren’t labelled. I avoid foodstuff where the package says “...in China.” Looks like the rest of the food we eat is a crapshot - sometimes we get poisoned, sometimes we don’t.
This is a national security issue and one of the few areas where I support a vigilant and intrusive federal inspection bureaucracy. Any poison food we find from China - and anywhere else - should be loaded on a C-130 and dumped on that nation’s capital.
We should cease all normal trade with Red China immediately.
Our politicians may have been gulled, but there is no reason that we need to risk our families' health any longer. It is clear from that article that it is impossible without a comprehensive ban on all food products from China to protect our families.
It's already in stores near you.
Why didn’t Sadaam just get deadly chemicals and export them laced in food? He could have gone on forever, with no more than an occasional bureaucratic complaint.
I find it absurd any food products, additives or otherwise are shipped to the USA from China. We not only can take care of our food needs but the needs of others. I think if there are any foods or additives in our food from China, that fact should be clearly indicated on the packaging. Is beyond bizarre that Duncan Hunter is labeled a protectionist just because he demands a fair shake from these commies. When we are being possibly poisoned, and those responsible for our safety look the other way, protection seems to be just what we need.
yes he could have been a favorite nation partner
NO cheers, unfortunately.
bump for later reading
Since the FDA is not doing its job, it is up to us to look after ourselves.
Don’t buy any food products one suspects comes from China or the Far East in general.
We the people can put a crimp in their food exports to us by leaving the products to rot on the local supermarket shelves/freezers.
I have not set foot in Chinese restaurant since this scandal broke and don’t plan to again, at least not for a long, long time. They also can go belly-up.
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