China bans two food exporters amid pet food scare (Reuters)

[Eugene]

From the closing the barn door department...

Source: Reuters

China bans two food exporters amid pet food scare
Thu Jul 19, 2007 10:59PM EDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has cancelled the business licenses of
two firms that exported wheat protein tainted with toxic chemicals
that wound up in pet food in the United States, a senior quality
control official said on Friday.

U.S. consumers have been alarmed by a spate of pet deaths
blamed on tainted wheat gluten and rice protein exported from
China, as well as reports of toxins and disease in other Chinese
exports.

The two companies -- Xuzhou Anying Biotechnology Development
in Jiangsu province and Bingzhou Futian Biotechnology in
Shandong province -- "unlawfully added melamine in some of
their protein products exported to the United States", quality
watchdog chief Li Changjiang told a news conference.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSPEK20317220070720

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Earlier: China warns U.S. against "smear attacks" on imports - Reuters

[napi21]

1. So it took CHINA to do this instead of the US????

THAT'S what the US SHOULD HAVE DONE immediately when this BS first surfaced!

Sh*t! I was ashamed of my President, NOW I'm ashamed of my Country!

[Rex]

2. China steps up to the plate, while the US steps aside.

Take note fellow Americans.

[Sonicmedusa]

3. Well at least they didn't execute them

:rofl:

[Sanctified]

4. Just to note, the US can only ban the Import of the goods only China can ban the Export.

It's a shame that the US did no ban the import, but to say that the the US could have been the solution is a far fetched since China was exporting to more countries than the US.