Sunday, May 20, 2007
As the old saying goes, "Eat Shit and Die!"
And that seems to be the guiding principle behind the standards, or lack thereof, for Chinese food processors. The WaPo has has a look at the problem and begins with a litany of rejected shipments.
Dried apples preserved with a cancer-causing chemical.If you grow or raise all your own food, you won't be too upset at the rest of the article. If not, then consider this one point brought out in the article; just because a shipment was rejected once doesn't mean the Chinese exporters won't relabel it and try again.
Frozen catfish laden with banned antibiotics.
Scallops and sardines coated with putrefying bacteria.
Mushrooms laced with illegal pesticides.
These were among the 107 food imports from China that the Food and Drug Administration detained at U.S. ports just last month, agency documents reveal, along with more than 1,000 shipments of tainted Chinese dietary supplements, toxic Chinese cosmetics and counterfeit Chinese medicines.
For years, U.S. inspection records show, China has flooded the United States with foods unfit for human consumption. And for years, FDA inspectors have simply returned to Chinese importers the small portion of those products they caught -- many of which turned up at U.S. borders again, making a second or third attempt at entry.
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