In latest scare, China finds fake veterinary drugs

[Joanne98]

Source: San Diego Tribune

BEIJING – Almost one-fifth of veterinary drugs tested in China in the first quarter were not up to standard, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Thursday, unveiling a long list of fake products.
Still, that one-fifth figure is a slight improvement over the same period of last year, the ministry said, putting a positive spin on the announcement.

Advertisement 'Although more of the veterinary drugs tested were up to scratch, there remains a problem with the illegal production and sale of fakes,' it said in a statement posted on its Web site (www.agri.gov.cn).
'There is especially a glaring problem with underground dens selling fakes,' the ministry added, vowing tougher action.

It published a five-page list of problem drugs it had found, saying some claimed to be made by companies that don't exist, some falsely claimed to have government approval, while others had been banned long ago.

Others were just undisguised fakes.



Read more: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20070621-0346-china-health-animals.html

[CottonBear]

1. This country is going to host the Olympic games.

If I were an athlete, I'd be scared to go there. Medicines are not safe, pet foods are toxic, toohpaste is poisonous, the air is toxic, the water is horribly polluted, the soils and been poisened with chemiicals and I wouldn't want to eat much of the food.
:scared:

[Joanne98]

2. Really.

[monktonman]

4. I love chinese food!

Oh....ok never mind.

Another thing I was thinking is, why are we buying so much food and drugs from china in the first place?
Dont we still grow food in America? Arent we the bread basket of the world? Jeez.
Wall street is killing us! Profits before patriotism.

[KittyWampus]

3. It takes Communist China to make the GOP look good. What a perfect illustration of what happens

when countires don't regulate, in a meaningful way, business.

[dmr]

5. Anti-freeze in toothpaste, melamine in pet food and

you just know this is the tip of the ice-berg. Heaven only knows what we've unknowingly injested, inhaled or applied to ourselves, our families, neighbors and friends.

Obviously they don't care. They've got the corner on the greed of the corporate world and are making so much money, that news like this is only a minor set back for them. I just wish there was a way this would make someone, or something held accountable.

I wonder how many people are suffering from an ill-prepared product; and how many will continue to suffer or die because they don't have the health care to truly care for them. The toothpaste made with anti-freeze for example were made primarily for the discount and dollar stores. I know people who buy their personal products there because its afforable.

I was at the grocery store last week and wanted to buy a jar of minced garlic. There was a jar there a little cheaper than the others, but it was made in China. I quickly put it back.

Avoid Toothpaste Made in China, FDA Says
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2007/06/01/national/w121204D83.DTL

[Javaman]

6. "Mrs. Simpson, our powerbars are nothing more than apple cores and old chinese newspapers!" nt

[sutz12]

7. China manages to combine all of the worst elements of unfettered capitalism and naked communism. nt

:shrug:

[Quantess]

8. Terrible.

K & R.