Posted on 08/22/2007 10:10:38 AM PDT by quesney
China said Wednesday it had discovered many safety problems with soybeans imported from the United States, urging US authorities to deal with the problem.
"Inspection and quarantine units in various areas have discovered a large number of quality and safety problems with imports of US soybeans," the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said.
"We have reported this to the US side, demanding that it look into the causes and adopt effective measures to ensure that a situation like this does not repeat itself," it said on its website.
It detailed a series of safety problems, including the discovery of sorghum halepense and other exotic harmful weeds among the soybeans.
There was no mention in the statement of any plan to restrict or halt imports of US soybeans.
Recent global scares over the safety of China's exports -- ranging from toys to clothes to toothpaste -- have not made major headlines in the nation's state-run media.
However, frequent reports have emerged about safety problems in goods imported into China, especially from the United States.
On Monday, China said it had returned 272 heart pacemakers imported from the United States after they failed quality inspections.
The Xinhua news agency quoted the general administration as saying the pacemakers posed potential threats to patients' lives as they could cause misdiagnoses.
I just drove 35-40 miles past fields of soybeans. Am I in trouble? /s
Ditto that, those ChiComs can shove it up their Mao suits.
We knew that was coming.
Stop buying things made in China.
Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! We’re mad you caught us sending poisoned and defective crap to the US so we’re going to accuse you of selling us unsafe food. *stomp*
Boycott the bastards.
China says (pirated) Hollywood movies and (pirated) U.S. software unsafe. Yeah, that’ll be day.
That’s it, China and the US should halt all trade.
Message to China: Then stop buying the damned things.
The lead content in the soybeans wasn’t up to their usual high standards?
“That’s it, China and the US should halt all trade.”
Yeah, and watch who cries uncle first. Hint: wont be us. China’s sitting on a social powder keg. The minute economic growth slows for them, the Commies may have a revolution on their hands, and they know it. A recession is a walk in the park for us, by comparison. They cant even afford to slow down from 10% annual growth.
Sure. They're trying to head off what they fear is a major market boycott of their product. Whod'a thunkit!
When are we going to boycott these Chicoms? They’re like kids on a schoolyard...rather than fix their own problems, they want to act like little children without the “nana, nana, boo boo!”
It's found on all continents except Antartica and is a run of the mill weed, hardly exotic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorghum_halepense
Maybe we should put formaldehyde and melamine in our soybean exports to them.
If you dare tell the truth about communist China , they’ll lie about you.
US to China
Go piss up a rope
That’s it! No soy beans for you. One year.
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