And these are the things we know about.What other horrors exist?
A hideously long list, including but not limited to raising St. Bernards for food and other dogs and cats for fur. They don't even bother to kill them, just skin them alive to save time.
In the strange bedfellows department, looks like PETA is becoming our friend. Wonder how much they've researched other Chinese "farming" practices, like butchering sick hogs and cattle.
I look askance at every meat item in Wal-Mart (no thanks to all of it) and now at other markets as well. If it isn't butchered on the spot from whole carcasses, I don't want it. And come to think of it, those carcasses might be frozen in China too.
Some expert interviewed on radio said that all burger you find in your supermarket comes pre-ground from huge suppliers. Your local market might regrind it finer and package it under it's own label, dating it that day. The only way to get safe burger is to purchase a piece of steak and have the butcher grind it in front of you--or grind it at home yourself. I have an old Vita-Mix that will grind pieces of steak into burger but I'm sure there are better appliances for the job.