"Candies to yogurt to rice balls": tainted Chinese foodstuffs include EXPORTS.

[Bluebear]

BEIJING - An industrial chemical that made its way into China's dairy supplies and that authorities blame in the death of four babies has turned up in numerous Chinese-made exports abroad — from candies to yogurt to rice balls.

British supermarket chain Tesco removed Chinese-made White Rabbit Creamy Candies off its shelves as a precaution amid reports that samples of the milk candy in Singapore and New Zealand had tested positive for melamine — an industrial chemical used to make plastics and fertilizer.

The Shanghai government's quality watchdog was investigating whether the chemical was in the candy, the official Xinhua News Agency quoted government spokesman Chen Qiwei as saying. The government also urged a Bright Food Group Co. subsidiary to stop selling the candy, pull it off store shelves and recall exports that are likely to have problems, it said.

The subsidiary, Guan Sheng Yuan, has been making White Rabbit candies for almost 50 years, with exports to Southeast Asia and Chinese communities overseas. A man who answered the phone at the company said Bright Food Group is having a meeting to discuss what to do next after reports the candy had tested positive for melamine. He did not give his name, saying the company has yet to appoint a spokesman.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080925/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk

[Mojorabbit]

1. For cripes sake

This is getting ridiculous.

[Hekate]

2. It will show up here. The US imports "ingredients" from China for things made here...

... as we found out months ago during the pet food poisonings.

Hekate

[lib2DaBone]

3. Bring our 5 Million Jobs Home From China.. this is ridiculous

Bring our jobs and factories home already, this isn't working. Bush has had his fun and busted us down to 3rd world status. Everyone is bankrupt.. so lets quit pretending that this China thing was a good idea ... fer Chrise sakes...

[Bluebear]

5. You said it.

[silverojo]

4. Can't the fucking Chinese do ANYTHING right?

Incompetent jackasses won't be happy till they've poisoned half the world.

[DeschutesRiver]

6. My favorite dog, although she was a senior, started the beginning of her end

due to what I fed her during the time just before and at the pet food recall last year. She reacted badly, with vomiting and diarrhea, and had infrequent, but frighteningly severe seizures during her last year with me. The one she had this past February took her life after a week of extreme distress.

From the moment of the recall last year and my beloved girl's problems, I swore off not only pet food, but most everything that came from China, or from any other country that was tops on the monthly FDA bad inspections list. It wasn't knee jerk, so much as me being forced to become aware of the russian roulette I was playing with my family's lives by previously choosing to be oblivious to danger of buying shit from people who don't give a shit.

I might want the Chinese to be responsible, and careful, and as worried about my well being as I am; but they aren't in that place right now. I have changed many of my habits, and given up a lot to buy things more carefully, but every time I read another story like this it simply solidifies my decision not to do business with people who apparently don't share my values or understand the importance I place on the well being of my family.

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice and fuck with my family, and I will rally for your downfall. This just makes me so god damned mad to see others still suffering, because no one can wrap their mind around the fact that we continue to do business with a country that would subject us to such risk, without a moment's hesitation. China even accused us of overreacting last year to the melamine scare, and further swore on their ancient old grandma that they would forever change their ways.

Believing China is like being dumb enough to still believe John McCain.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

7. SO glad to live in a country that doesn't import Chinese food.

Toys and electronic junk, on the other hand...