From China to Panama, a Trail of Poisoned Medicine


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070712/ap_on_re_as/china_cardboard_buns

Beijing steamed buns include cardboard

BEIJING - Chopped cardboard, softened with an industrial chemical and flavored with fatty pork and powdered seasoning, is a main ingredient in batches of steamed buns sold in one Beijing neighborhood, state television said.
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The report, aired late Wednesday on China Central Television, highlights the country's problems with food safety despite government efforts to improve the situation.

Countless small, often illegally run operations exist across China and make money cutting corners by using inexpensive ingredients or unsavory substitutes. They are almost impossible to regulate.

State TV's undercover investigation features the shirtless, shorts-clad maker of the buns, called baozi, explaining the contents of the product sold in Beijing's sprawling Chaoyang district.

Baozi are a common snack in China, with an outer skin made from wheat or rice flour and and a filling of sliced pork. Cooked by steaming in immense bamboo baskets, they are similar to but usually much bigger than the dumplings found on dim sum menus familiar to many Americans.
 
Olde Hornet said:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070712/ap_on_re_as/china_cardboard_buns

Beijing steamed buns include cardboard

BEIJING - Chopped cardboard, softened with an industrial chemical and flavored with fatty pork and powdered seasoning, is a main ingredient in batches of steamed buns sold in one Beijing neighborhood, state television said.ADVERTISEMENT

The report, aired late Wednesday on China Central Television, highlights the country's problems with food safety despite government efforts to improve the situation.

Countless small, often illegally run operations exist across China and make money cutting corners by using inexpensive ingredients or unsavory substitutes. They are almost impossible to regulate.

State TV's undercover investigation features the shirtless, shorts-clad maker of the buns, called baozi, explaining the contents of the product sold in Beijing's sprawling Chaoyang district.

Baozi are a common snack in China, with an outer skin made from wheat or rice flour and and a filling of sliced pork. Cooked by steaming in immense bamboo baskets, they are similar to but usually much bigger than the dumplings found on dim sum menus familiar to many Americans.
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And OLYMPIC ATHELETE's have to go there and trust them mofo's not to feed them crushed sheetrock mixed with iodine.:lmao:

Oh Brother.:lmao:
 



Samples below: but according to the chinese - its the media's fault. Sounds familiar.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/26/madeinchina.overview/index.html

However, even inside China, there have been shocking revelations in recent months: Pigs fattened on force-fed wastewater, dairy cows given so many antibiotics they can't produce yogurt from their milk and lard made from sewage. A Chinese government report earlier this month found that 80 percent of food and products for domestic consumption passed inspection -- meaning that nearly 1 in 5 failed to meet minimal standards.

Watch cough medicine with Chinese toxin turns deadly in Panama Video

Farmers and producers, he said, are continually finding new and dangerous ways to cut costs. He cited the example of a farmer in the south who he said deliberately added a cancer-causing chemical to pigs because it made the flesh look better and less fatty. When he challenged the farmer about the potential health dangers, Qin said he replied, "People in the city get free health care."
 
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070801/toy_recall.html?.v=10

Fisher-Price to Recall Almost a Million Toys Worldwide Because of Lead in Paint

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Toy-maker Fisher-Price is recalling 83 types of toys -- including the popular Big Bird, Elmo, Dora and Diego characters -- because their paint contains excessive amounts of lead.

The worldwide recall being announced Thursday involves 967,000 plastic preschool toys made by a Chinese vendor and sold in the United States between May and August. It is the latest in a wave of recalls that has heightened global concern about the safety of Chinese-made products.

The recall is the first for Fisher-Price Inc. and parent company Mattel Inc. involving lead paint. It is the largest for Mattel since 1998 when Fisher-Price had to yank about 10 million Power Wheels from toy stores.
 
Kudos to Alabama!! The feds wont step up to the plate to protect americans, the states are doing the job.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20070802/pl_bloomberg/artnxigwpyoc

Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Joseph Basile, an Alabama state scientist, drops a frozen catfish filet into an industrial food processor and pulverizes it into a fluffy white powder.

The grinding in a laboratory in Montgomery is part of a test of imported seafood for drugs that U.S. regulators say can cause cancer or increase resistance to antibiotics. Alabama officials have reported finding banned medicines missed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in seafood from China, Vietnam and other Asian countries.

``I'm sure that FDA would probably wish we'd go away,'' says Ron Sparks, commissioner of Alabama's Department of Agriculture and Industries, which conducts the seafood testing, in an interview. ``My wish is that they'd come to the table and work with us.''
 
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/2007-08-21-wal-mart-pet-food_N.htm
Wal-Mart quietly pulled Chinese-made dog treats
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By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Writer
LITTLE ROCK ? Wal-Mart (WMT) quietly stopped selling two brands of dog treats in July, after customers voiced concerns that the Chinese products may have caused their pets to fall ill, but no recall has been announced, a company spokeswoman confirmed.
The world's largest retailer started pulling Chicken Jerky Strips from Import-Pingyang Pet Product and Chicken Jerky from Shanghai Bestro Trading on July 26, spokeswoman Deisha Galberth said late Monday.

Wal-Mart also placed a computerized block on all cash registers to prevent workers from selling the products, Galberth said.

"When we took it off shelves at the end of July, we pulled it based on the customer feedback so we could do testing prior to announcing anything publicly," Galberth said. "That's why did not make a public announcement ? it was still going through the testing process."

Wal-Mart's action follows a massive pet food recall in March, when retailers began pulling products made in China that included the chemical melamine ? a contaminant that's a byproduct of several pesticides.
 
And the Wong Tong beat go on.

Lead in MeTell's Tonka Trucks and now rover can't even get a Scoobie Snack without glowing in the dark.:lol:

Tell me again how in Hell did China get the Olympic's? :lol:
 
I wonder how these things will pan out in the next few years especially since a lot of American corporations have their products made in China. As I see those corporations are addicted to the cheap labor. So the change will not come easily.

The Chinese are not the only ones who owned our debt. One can add the Japanese, Saudis, British, Germans, French, Mexicans, and the Caribbean. They maybe some other countries on that list too.

SLT said:
I bought some tilapia from Wal-Mart this weekend. I didn't look to see where it was from until I got home. I politely took it right back and told them why.

I though Wal-Mart only used USA products...:retard:
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Wal-Mart has had foriegn made products for a long time.
 
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070823/ap_on_bi_ge/spongebob_recalls

SpongeBob journal, address book recalled

WASHINGTON - An Ohio importer recalled nearly 250,000 SpongeBob SquarePants address books and journals manufactured in China because the bindings might contain hazardous levels of lead paint, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday.
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Martin Designs Inc. notified the agency that tests of the metal spiral bindings turned up lead content above the level considered safe for children, the CPSC said. Under regulations, children's products found to have more than .06 percent lead accessible to users are subject to a recall.

Children who ingest lead-laced paint can suffer brain damage. The company said it has received no reports of injury.
 
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