[GFritsch]

...they are filthy, are contaminated with pesticides and tainted with carcinogens, bacteria and banned drugs.

Bon apetit.

No doubt vended from one of Wal-Mart's Superstore seafood section.

[metmom]

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[Guenevere]

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[kittymyrib]

I have an idea. Take the billions the President is sending to despots in Africa to “fight AIDS” and use that money to inspect the food shipped from China. When are we going to demand that our government do a better job of serving the citizens of the USA with our money?

[Realism]

Eat up America, you get what you pay for.

[Malacoda]

I've visited several Asian countries. In a lot of areas, the sanitation and plumbing are third-world, at best. A lot of open sewers. This report does not surprise me at all.

I'm just surprised no one has gotten deathly ill before this.

[angkor]

China became the leading exporter of seafood to the U.S. in 2004 – and amounts are rising fast.

This is frightening.

In rural Nepal, human waste is used for crop fertilizer. It's an observable fact, and on any major trekking route you will see cultivated fields dotted with the telltale pink toilet paper that is sold throughout the country.I have not seen it myself, but reliable sources have talked about the fish farms they've seen in rural China. Some fish ponds are also used as village restrooms. Connect the dots.

Apparently the resulting "crop" is considered a local delicacy, because the fish are fatty and well fed, but it is not exported outside of China. Let's hope so.

[traumer]

YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR !

[SoftballMominVA]

We wanted cheap - we got cheap. Hope it goes down smooth.

[SE Mom]

How do we find out which companies in the U.S. are using these products from China?

[Dick Bachert]

On a recent visit to China, a friend spotted this ad in a Beijing newspaper. He sent me the photo with a translation of the ad copy.

BECOME AN ENTREPRENEUR AND JOIN CHINA’S NEW MONIED ELITE!

Yes, you can now join the millions of happy and prosperous Chinese citizens taking advantage of the growing numbers of American and Western multinational corporations “outsourcing” their production to the hard-working and industrious people of China. This outsourcing has now spread to their food supplies and ingestible items. Since these firms pay us for gross weight – and this new weight will be pretty gross – and the stupid American government only spot-checks imported items in these categories (they just got lucky on the anti-freeze thing), it has opened an entirely new opportunity which our beloved Chairman is offering to any Chinese citizen willing to do a little of what the foolish Americans call “grunt work.”

Installing one of these state-of-the-art food additive production facilities behind YOUR hovel is as simple as clipping the coupon below and sending it to the address shown. Your production plant will be shipped to you in 4 to 6 weeks. Supplies are limited so don’t fart around. ACT NOW!!

These silly Americans have an expression we have “borrowed” and modified to describe this new and exciting venture: “Don’t give me any s**t.”

Our motto will be “We won’t give any s**t. But we’ll SELL it to you fools at a really great price.”

AND LOOK FOR A NEW DROP-DEAD MONEY-MAKER COMING SOON. SOYLENT YELLOW PROMISES TO BE BIG!!

[Eye of Unk]

Walmart is almost done expanding a store near me in Wasilla, Alaska to a Superstore.

I somehow think Alaskans being what we are and we are pretty smart about what we eat will for the most part not buy any food from the supermarket section, there is however a sad minority that lives in one room shacks and may find better prices albeit perhaps just a few pennies less than other stores a better bargain.

Our famioly will absolutely not buy any food stuffs from a Walmart supercenter, we did in Orlando once and we all got sick.

[twonie]

Do the chinese have no idea about cleanliness? They are responsible for bird flu and now this? Time to cut them off. (And lay off Was Mart, please.)

[Red in Blue PA]

Mmmmmmm.....globalism.

[TommyDale]

Nothing here, move along!

[mewzilla]

The stunning news follows WND's report last week that FDA inspectors report tainted food imports from China are being rejected with increasing frequency because they are filthy, are contaminated with pesticides and tainted with carcinogens, bacteria and banned drugs.

So port-shopping's no longer prevalent...?

[PghBaldy]

They also use human skin for makeup (2005): Chinese cosmetics firm using skin from executed prisoners “A Chinese cosmetics company is using skin harvested from the corpses of executed convicts to develop beauty products for sale in Europe, an investigation by the Guardian has discovered.
Agents for the firm have told would-be customers it is developing collagen for lip and wrinkle treatments from skin taken from prisoners after they have been shot. The agents say some of the company’s products have been exported to the UK, and that the use of skin from condemned convicts is “traditional” and nothing to “make such a big fuss about.”
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2005/09/14/2003271560

[Captainpaintball]

CRAPITALISM The a.) act of outsourcing ones production or b.)the act of purchasing inferior, dangerous, or even toxic, food or consumer products from a foreign source to sell to one's host nation for marginal profit at the expense of the consumer's health, safety, and security.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

PING!