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Dumping Debacle Spreads Fear over Chinese Food
Donga Ilbo ^
| 02/11/08
Posted on 02/10/2008 5:41:23 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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The most plausible explanation I ran across so far is that the packaing materials were subjected to cross-contamination. For example, a truck which was used to transport the toxic chemical(pesticide) in question was used later to carry the packaging materials for gyozas.
It is not from any officials, but somebody made such a comment attached to an article on the subject. To me, that seems more plausible than deliberate sabotage, whose possibility was raised previously.
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posted on
02/10/2008 5:42:49 PM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Read your headline.
Should that not be "Dumpling", rather than "Dumping"?
Or I have missed something?
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posted on
02/10/2008 5:46:06 PM PST
by
OldSmaj
(Death to islam. I am now and will always be, a sworn enemy of all things muslim.)
To: OldSmaj
Right. It’s gyoza “dumplings” or pot-stickers.
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posted on
02/10/2008 5:51:19 PM PST
by
kk22tt
To: OldSmaj
Sorry, but that was not my headline. The original article made such a mistake. Maybe I should edit a bit before I post it. Lately, I have seen some articles with obvious misspelling or other glaring errors in them. Especially, the ones originating from Asia.
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posted on
02/10/2008 5:54:22 PM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Our major grocery store had a freezer case full of salmon fillets from China this past week. I told the clerk why I would not buy it...
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posted on
02/10/2008 5:58:27 PM PST
by
Eric in the Ozarks
(ENERGY CRISIS made in Washington D. C.)
To: TigerLikesRooster
Food chains in Japan are also posting signs saying China-free.
Some enterprising American companies should start labeling children's toys, furniture, and clothing the same way.
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posted on
02/10/2008 6:01:24 PM PST
by
kinoxi
To: TigerLikesRooster; Ezekiel
So let's see, people who go to China for the Olympics will ship food from the US there, while we get food from China shipped here
To: TigerLikesRooster
That’s a possibility, Tiger, but the more I think about it, the more I am of the opinion that it was probably the work of an unofficial sub-contractor hired by a greedy plant manager.
They did a pretty impressive overview of the plant where the gyoza came from on one of the Japanese television stations. The sanitation procedures for the workers were impressive, the plant itself was immaculate, the process efficient from start to finish — all of which is expensive as hell.
Now if I was a greedy unscrupulous plant manager and I was tasked with delivering say 1,000 metric tons of gyoza in a certain month at $1,500 per ton and I had made a deal with an el-cheapo plant across town for five tons at $500 per ton, I could arrange to sneak those into the packaging line during an off shift.
It would take the connivance of some other staffers, but they are greedy too (this is China we’re talking about) and walk away with a healthy profit.
And of course the unofficial subcontractor has none of the impressive (and expensive) sanitation measures, quality ingredients, etc.
I know that scams like this exist because they have been exposed before. In fact, I would be willing to bet money that it happens and goes undetected quite often, because in most cases the subcontractor is careful enough to make the product good enough to pass casual inspection and the plant manager knows damn well that only a small portion of any shipment is actually subjected to thorough testing.
The only reason they got caught this time is because people actually got sick. If the pesticide dosage had been slightly less, no one would have been the wiser.
In any case, it just reinforces my decision not to buy anything from China if I can help it at all. Taiwanese products are fine.
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posted on
02/10/2008 6:13:49 PM PST
by
Ronin
(Bushed out!!! Another tragic victim of BDS.)
To: Ronin
If that is the case, it would be pretty hard to make Chinese admit it.
Still unofficial subcontracting is also a highly possible scenario.
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posted on
02/10/2008 6:21:07 PM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
had a freezer case full of salmon fillets from China How did you know they were from China. I don't believe that country of origin is required on food labels.
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posted on
02/10/2008 6:24:48 PM PST
by
SC Swamp Fox
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Heh...
When have the Chinese ever admitted to doing ANYTHING wrong?
The entire nation is composed of spoiled brats who think they have a divine right to anything they want — and they just can’t understand why the rest of the world doesn’t accept that.
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posted on
02/10/2008 6:26:44 PM PST
by
Ronin
(Bushed out!!! Another tragic victim of BDS.)
To: Ronin
It is 2,000-year-old habit. It is next-to-impossible to break.
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posted on
02/10/2008 6:31:16 PM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: TigerLikesRooster
“The New York Times says U.S. athletes for the Beijing Summer Olympics will have their meals shipped from their own country. The U.S. Olympic Committee has signed contracts with major American food makers like Kellogg and Tyson Foods to deliver 25,000 pounds of meat and other foodstuffs to China two months before the opening ceremony.”
Hmm so the food is not good enough for our olympians but its good enough for our supermarket shelves..
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posted on
02/10/2008 6:40:13 PM PST
by
N3WBI3
(Ah, arrogance and stupidity all in the same package. How efficient of you. -- Londo Mollari)
To: OldSmaj
I have a “dumping problem” every time I eat Chinese food!
Can’t believe I was the first to get that line posted lol!
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posted on
02/10/2008 6:40:28 PM PST
by
DariusBane
(Shock and Awe used to mean something! (Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Tokyo and Dresden))
To: TigerLikesRooster
Kellog I am not sure about; but Tyson Foods????????
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posted on
02/10/2008 6:41:28 PM PST
by
freekitty
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To: freekitty
Yeah, that raised my eyebrows, too.:-)
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posted on
02/10/2008 6:46:51 PM PST
by
TigerLikesRooster
(kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
To: Eric in the Ozarks
We live in Japan ...and won’t buy ANY food from China .
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posted on
02/10/2008 6:53:16 PM PST
by
sushiman
To: SC Swamp Fox
“I don’t believe that country of origin is required”
Maybe I’m naive, but many of the grocery stores are labeling seafood as to country of origin and I do tend to buy according to the labels.
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posted on
02/10/2008 7:11:02 PM PST
by
freeangel
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