Posted on 06/25/2007 6:10:13 PM PDT by kellynla
How do you say "embargo" in Chinese.
Quality control = F-— ‘em in Chinese.
And guess who will pay the price? The taxpayer.
related thread (different source &c, not a dupe): http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1856148/posts
Does anyone know of a site compiling food products imported from China, and by whom? I noticed on a product I buy weekly that it was made by Kraft Global, or something like that, and “distributed” by Kraft. No mention of where it was made .... yikes.
Can’t answer your question but be aware, Hershey is moving their candy making to Mexico.
Yuck.
mom4kittys a ping list for Chinezz Fud/Pizen/Junk...;0)
The FDA has the power to stop shipments at the border and collect samples and test for certain contaminants that may be in violation of U.S. regulations. Last month, it refused 215 shipments from mainland China for various reasons. A shipment of dried red dates from Chongqing was considered filthy, frozen swordfish from Shandong contained a poisonous substance and ginseng from Changsha had unsafe pesticides.
But the food shipments that get tested are the exception, not the rule. “The volume of food imports from overseas is approaching 10 million per year, and the number that FDA inspectors physically examine is in the single digit thousands — making it virtually certain that any given food shipment will enter the United States with no FDA inspection,”
Much more here:
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=9053
“FTS said an unknown number of the tires it sold were made without a safety feature, called a gum strip, which helps bind the belts of a tire to each other, the company said in a filing to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration”
The Chinese probably left this step out to get carbon credits.
It seems that most foodstuffs do not say where they are from, which is very disturbing.
FTS will file and be out of business in days. Who is the owner?
I buy absolutely nothing from the chicoms. Drives my wife nuts sometimes, but she is catching on.
Have had my last Hershey!
It's going to have to be retailers that say, "Can I find an alternative to commie Chinese crap?"
FTS supplied cut rate tires from a crappy Chinese manufacturer. They are responsible for the consequences. They get exactly zero sympathy from me.
They could have supplied tires from a reputable manufacturer, but they went half way around the World to find cheap garbage so they could make a quick buck. Nobody forced them to do business with a cheap Chinese manufacturer.
And then when they sold out to make the quick buck on the Chinese garbage, they purposely looked the other way and pretended that Chinese quality control is reliable. Any child knows this is not true.
FTS deserves whatever hurt they have coming to them, up to and including getting sued into the poorhouse.
“The company, which has about a half-dozen employees, doesn’t have the money to pay for a recall, he said. “
They made the money and it is now in offshore bank accounts. They will declare bankruptcy and stick the insurace companies and tax payers with the bill.
The retailers won’t budge until the customer balks at buying whatever garbage it is that the Chinese are producing.
And quality control is only one (very good) reason to avoid doing business with the ChiComs. Another good one is that many of their largest manufacturers are owned by the People’s Liberation Army, who take the money earned on foreign sales and use it to buy weapons that will be aimed at American soldiers.
Somebody of my aquaintance, a few years back, made up little pressure sensitive labels that said “PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF THIS ITEM WILL BE USED TO INCINERATE YOUR CHILDREN”, and then had a lot of fun applying them right next to the MADE IN CHINA labels on all of the stuff at his local WalMart.
And:
100 Calorie Bar, Almond Joy, Cacao Reserve, Cadbury, 5th Avenue, Heath, Pot Of Gold (boxed chocolates), Hershey Sticks, Kissables, Hershey Kisses, Kit Kat, Krackel. Mauna Loa, Milk Duds, Mounds, Mr. Goodbar, Payday, All Reeses products, Rolo, Smores, Take 5, Whoppers, York Peppermint Patties.
Good thing I like Mars bars!
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