China Has Cornered the Global Market for Vitamins

The News-Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana) ^ | May 31, 2007 | By Tim Johnson

[Names Ash Housewares]

Americans have the most expensive urine in the world.
Lack of enough vitamin and minerals is not a problem here if you just eat right.

[mom4kittys]

[RushingWater]

I haven’t bought vitamins in a while, nor do I intend to. Do these vitamins say “Made in China”?

[FlyVet]

Do these vitamins say “Made in China”?

None of the ones I take say that. They say things like "Manufactured for", "Manufactured by", and "Distributed by".

I'm going to have to look into this further, if this is true. The Chicoms can't be trusted any more than our Beltway "leaders".

[sweetiepiezer]

I called Costco on my fish oil and they said they are not from China.

Thanks for the ping.

[GBA]

I quit taking my vitamins about 6 months ago. I'm sure 99% are just fine, but who knows? Seriously, who really knows what's inside those pills?

And, with the Chinese making so many antibiotics, how long before they are no longer effective? Overuse just makes stronger more resistant germs. The next serious Asian flu should be a killer. The story of that guy who possibly infected all those fellow airline passengers with a resistant form of TB should make us all be very afraid...especially with our open borders.

If I were an overly dramatic person, I might say, "so this is what nation wide suicide feels like." The trouble with just giving people knowledge? They don't have the wisdom that came with earning it.

[pennboricua]

How many people on the road to poisoning?
Are they bulking their vitamins with the same plastic material as in their pet food?

[Fred Nerks]

I’m taking an enzyme supplement that has been very effective against symptoms of arthritis...this article confirms what I suspected. Made in China.

As you often write - ‘it never ends’ !

thanks for the pings.

[BlazingArizona]

I’m taking an enzyme supplement that has been very effective against symptoms of arthritis...this article confirms what I suspected. Made in China.

How dare the dastardly Chinese manufacture low-cost stiff that Americans want! Nuke 'em!

[caveat emptor]

Since U.S. laws don't require food and drug sellers to label products with the country of origin of ingredients

Yikes. I'm still trying out what to feed my dog.

[Fred Nerks]

Your flippant comment is totally unhelpful and out of line.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/19/AR2007051901273_pf.html

Tainted Chinese Imports Common
In Four Months, FDA Refused 298 Shipments

By Rick Weiss
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, May 20, 2007; A01

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 that 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.

Now the confluence of two events — the highly publicized contamination of U.S. chicken, pork and fish with tainted Chinese pet food ingredients and this week’s resumption of high-level economic and trade talks with China — has activists and members of Congress demanding that the United States tell China it is fed up...

[Flavius]

he must be a shareholder

[backhoe]

Poison pills, anyone?

[ears_to_hear]

I have heard this a couple months ago and promptly stopped taking Vit C.

I have been wondering what would happen if we contacted Vit makers and asked them if any of their ingredients come from China.

Might be if enough did and then stopped buying the ones that do not answer or say yes if the interest would be a red flag for them

[ears_to_hear]

Your flippant comment is totally unhelpful and out of line. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/19/AR2007051901273_pf.html Tainted Chinese Imports Common In Four Months, FDA Refused 298 Shipments By Rick Weiss Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, May 20, 2007; A01 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 that 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. Now the confluence of two events — the highly publicized contamination of U.S. chicken, pork and fish with tainted Chinese pet food ingredients and this week’s resumption of high-level economic and trade talks with China — has activists and members of Congress demanding that the United States tell China it is fed up...

In Europe if one of the inspected items has a problem the check THE ENTIRE SHIPMENT . We do not do that here.
It is a well known practice that when the offending shipment is put back on a ship it is simply taken to another port were it will probably not be inspected.

We need to check entire loads like Europe and clearly mark every refused shipment and notify other posts .

[BlackbirdSST]

How dare the dastardly Chinese manufacture low-cost stiff that Americans want! Nuke 'em!

Sounds of a FRee (to be) Traitor. Blackbird.

[Veto!]

I’ve given up fish altogether, as so many are parasite-ridden. Hopefully my expensive cod liver oil with omega 3s from the arctic didn’t come from the Chinese arctic.

I’m suspicious of any and all prepackaged meat too.

My kitties now turn their backs on canned cat food they loved just a few months ago. Finicky cats? Or smart cats who recognize changed and cheapened formulas? I’m betting on the latter, though the brand I’ve used for years was not on the poisoned food list.

[little jeremiah]

“Food and drug safety inspectors drop in at the plant from time to time. “

Chinese ones. So big deal.

If I took vitamins, I’d stop right now. But as mentioned up the thread, if you eat “real” food, you don’t need vitamins. Another interesting facet is that most (not sure, I rarely eat any) pre-prepared foods have added vitamins - most likely from China.

Yum!

[Cold Heart]

Anti-Arthritis supplements have kept me from having knee replacements. I need to check into them a little more to make sure I’m not working up to a kidney replacement.