China rejects pork imports from U.S., Canada

[hedgetrimmer]

Source: © 2007 MSNBC.com

Says found traces of banned growth agent in shipments


Updated: 7:02 a.m. CT Sept 15, 2007
BEIJING - China has rejected shipments of pork kidney from the United States and of spare ribs from Canada after finding traces of a banned growth agent in them, in the latest volley of cross-border accusations over product quality.

The Xinhua news agency cited the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) as saying that the 18.4-tonne shipment of frozen kidneys and the 24-tonne shipment of frozen pork ribs had been returned to the exporters by local quarantine officials in southern Guangdong province.

The growth agent ractopamine, commonly used in the United States, is at the center of negotiations between U.S. and Chinese officials over the pork trade.

China has banned use of ractopamine and refuses to import pork containing it.



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Touch`e.

[sam sarrha]

1. baste it with some lead and mercury and they will suck it all up..

payback... environmental pollution is the major cause of death in china...

[pampango]

4. environmental pollution is the major cause of death in china..- True.

baste it with some lead and mercury and they will suck it all up.. = Chinese are morons and either don't know what pollution is or welcome it. (Perhaps a slight bit of racial stereotyping there.) :banghead:

payback... So true.

[sam sarrha]

6. the people over there are suffering unbelieveably.. needlessly.. it is tragic, i didnt mean to put

the blame on them.. they just have a government like ours

[CountAllVotes]

7. they too are powerless

My late father lived there pre-communism at the end of WWII and told me all about life in "Peking" as it was then called (now Bejing). He was an Archie Bunker of the worst kind in some ways too. However, he liked the Chinese PEOPLE. As for the government, he believed that Communism was the best thing that ever happened to China for one reason: In the mornings there were no more dead bodies to have to walk over on the streets of starved people that had froze to death during the night. After Communism it is now better for the Chinese people on many levels never imagined and I believe that it is not like this anymore from what I have read.

That said, the Chinese people need to try to get the messages to the government that regulation of foods, etc. should be mandated under the highest order possible. The Chinese could become a respected exporter - it is possible I believe. Perhaps if that could happen, things would change.

Right now, I'm afraid to even put some new sheets I just bought that are Made In China on my bed I will admit, even after having washed them twice. I know this is plain stupid but after the "poison pajamas" I read about a couple of weeks ago, I began to wonder about other clothing/textile items they make. Are they safe?

Too bad we can't all just come together right now and work as one.

[sam sarrha]

9. tom hartman was talking about a fire retardant that is on EVERYTHING that causes hypothyroidism, now

one of the most common illnesses in america, the fire retardant is legislated to be used on furniture rugs etc,,

[NYC]

10. Wash them a few more times.

It will make you feel better. I believe they add formaldehyde to give fabric a "new" look.

[CountAllVotes]

11. my god I will!

Thanks for letting me know. They were real starchy I'd say and had a chemical odor to them. I washed them alone in hot water. I bought them from overstock.com. It did not say where they were made. I thought they were from Egypt being it said "Egyptian cotton" as the fabric they are made out of. That is really scary and just think about all of the clothing (like underwear) they sell! That is too close for any comfort period. Thanks for the advice. I feel like I'm not going crazy now!

:dem:

[NYC]

14. Egyptian cotton is a type of cotton plant.

It has a longer grain, and is therefore softer. The other type of cotton is North America Upland, with a shorter grain. (That's pretty much all I know about cotton.)

When chemicals in fabric were being discussed at DU, I mentioned smelling "kerosene" in some clothing, and I had assumed some kind of fuel leaked into the cargo during transit by ship. A DUer said it was likely insecticide/pesticide that I smelled.

There was a shipment of mattresses from China, docked off Rotterdam about a month ago. It was considered too contaminated to be delivered anywhere. Neither the ship or the manufacturer would accept responsibility for destroying or disposing of the mattresses.

The mattresses had been thoroughly saturated in insecticide/pesticide so that they would not acquire vermin in transit. The result was that they were toxic.

Wash everything before you wear it or use it, and make sure any odors are washed out. Also, any stiffness or starchiness was likely caused by chemicals. Strangely, it is not uncommon for formaldehyde to be used to give clothing a look of "newness" or a no-iron look. I read a website that supplied such chemicals for cloth, and one technique made it clear they used acceptable levels of formaldehyde.

Wash things until you have peace of mind.

[Mend]

8. that's easy, just throw a Barbie in the cooking pot.

[Seabiscuit]

16. Don't forget: first throw some shrimp on the Barbie.

[Joanne98]

2. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!

[FreakinDJ]

3. Let the trade wars begin

We don't need their junk either

[Deja Q]

18. I just replaced a China-made DVD player that had gotten LIGHT use. It was 4 months old.

The warranty was 90 days, go figure.

It is junk.

[zalinda]

5. This is a good thing

Maybe the US will ban the use of ractopamine too. I'd love to see that.

zalinda

[allalone]

12. what? not enough gristle?

[JMDEM]

13. Well -- maybe the Chinese have something

What is this stuff they are feeding to the pigs?

After reading that article in Rolling Stone awhile back, I won't touch pork. Not with a 10 foot pole. Not ham, not bacon, not sausage, not nuthin'.

But you know what? Turkey bacon is pretty darned good, if any of you just can't give up the bacon. And turkey ham, while not so good as its own dish, does fine in casseroles and the like.

[Swede]

15. MMMMMMMMMmmmmmmm,ractopamine.

[Deja Q]

17. Oh, Canada now too.

The Chinese did everything to themselves and this latest attempt (our 2nd oopsie compared to, what, their 500th?!) isn't helping them at all in our globalized economy.

No doubt China will look up what else other people use, ban it, and then stir up some crap accusations too.