China Destroys U.S. Imported Food On Safety Grounds (This Is Not A Misprint)

[DeSwiss]

China destroys U.S. imports on safety grounds

International Herald Tribune (Reuters, The Associated Press)
Published: June 8, 2007

BEIJING: Raisins and health supplements imported from the United States failed to meet Chinese safety standards and have been returned or destroyed, the country's food safety agency said Friday.

The move comes as China itself faces international criticism, especially in the United States, over a series of scandals that have plagued Chinese food, drugs and other products from poisoned cough syrup to tainted toothpaste and pet food.

Inspectors in the ports of Ningbo and Shenzhen found bacteria and sulfur dioxide in products shipped by three American companies, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said.

"The products failed to meet the sanitary standards of China," the agency said in a brief notice posted on its Web site. No details were given on when or how the inspections were conducted.

The agency said it was asking "all local departments to increase quarantine examinations of foods imported from the United States."

more: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/08/africa/food.php

*** - Hmmm. Maybe they found out that we put some of that imported gluten in those supplements.

[porphyrian]

1. Sulfur dioxide is commonly used in dried fruits here. Funny they should complain about it now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_dioxide

[papau]

2. Sulfur dioxide does make some folks sick-but I wonder what China is using to preserve food shipments

n/t

[porphyrian]

3. Probably toluene. - n/t

[papau]

17. I thought they stopped using toluene in baby food after the first

100,000 dead babies in China -

They shot, or condemned to death, the 2 folks in charge of the dog food makers and the gov official that was taking bribes as head of their "FDA/ag inspections" area that were part of the dog food with added plastic - a CEO "bonus" which if adopted in the US would do wonders for corporate governance.

They should have shot the toluene in baby food folks - and probably did - but I do not remember. Paint thinner in baby food, plastic in dog food, or formaldehyde as in the Hong Kong fish - what a choice.

[porphyrian]

19. It's such a strange culture in some ways to me.

Perhaps it has something to do with the population, making individual lives less valuable. Maybe it's simply what happens when a communist country experiments with the free market - making it more extreme when going the other way. Maybe it's just, like here, the criminals have bought control of things. I'm not sure, but I hope they work it out. I like a number of other things about Chinese people and culture.

[papau]

20. I agee - I think it is the gangs are in control via corrupt officials - Chicago 1930 comes to mind n

n/t

[jmowreader]

4. Melamine

It's the All Purpose Food Additive! Keeps food garden fresh, increases its measured protein content, and lets it serve as its own plate!

[kurth]

9. "all 176 tons of fish for sale in a local Hong Kong market contained formaldehyde"

http://www.bloggernews.net/16751

[kurth]

5. Not meeting Chinese quality standards - not enough antifreeze

or melamine or maggots.

[CountAllVotes]

6. you forgot the rat poison!

. . .

:kick:

[Edweird]

7. That'll teach us.

[durrrty libby]

8. It's payback baby. Tit for tat

[originalpckelly]

10. Pot, kettle on line one.

:rofl:

[Buzz Clik]

11. Would anyone but Walmart be upset if China went shopping for buyers elsewhere?

[Robbien]

12. Interesting

The FDA said it will get right on it and check out the Chinese complaint.

Wonder which FDA personnel they are going to put on it. The FDA/RNC party operative in charge of electing more GOPers? Too bad they closed down all those FDA testing labs. Could have come in handy.

[and-justice-for-all]

13. Bacteria is on everything...

we, the US, need to stop importing everything and make our own foods, among other things. You can not accidental put poison into something, its intentional.

[jellybeancurse]

14. No more imports?

Prices are going to go through the roof! (if you can still afford one)

[and-justice-for-all]

15. I listen to metal too!!! Immortal, Saytricon, CoF, Dimmu...!

There is no reason for prices to go through the roof, but importing a large majority of our food products is rediculous...its like we are incapable of doing anything for ourselves.

[jellybeancurse]

16. Yay metal!

The reason we import so much is because its cheaper than making/growing it here. Prices would rise dramatically. Plus, its pretty impossible to import ALL the goods we do now and produce domestically that same volume at the same cost. It makes sense to keep some production domestic, like steel for instance, for national security reasons.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

18. Does that go for coffee?

Such as the delicious (fair trade) stuff I'm drinking right now from Guatemala? How about the Russian tea I drank earlier? Or the curry powder used in the curry we're having tonight, complete with bamboo shoots from China and tomatoes from Mexico? Oh, and the cantaloupe, also from Mexico?