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CHINA BLAMES JAPAN FOR TAINTED
FOOD!
"The contamination is likely to have been caused by
loopholes in the producers' purchase of raw materials such as
vegetables," it said, indicating the companies might have
bought from suppliers other than designated export-oriented farms.
Meanwhile, another AQSIQ statement released on Friday said
China had suspended all exports from the Shandong-based Wangyu
Aquatic Food Company, whose mackerel products exported to Japan
were allegedly contaminated with dichlorvos." Link
Japan Sick
from Tainted Chinese Dumplings
"The prime minister and other leaders tried
to reassure the public that the steps were enough to ensure the
safety of food in Japan, which imports more Chinese food than
the United States. But as public
opinion appeared at times to carry a tinge of hysteria, a
half dozen large supermarket and department store chains
announced that they had taken all Chinese-made processed foods
off their shelves, even products not made by Tianyang."
Possible
Tampering .... but who?!
chinese food recalled after
poison alert
"Three people in western Hyogo prefecture and
seven in Chiba prefecture near Tokyo suffered severe abdominal
pains, vomiting and diarrhoea after eating the frozen dumplings
imported from China." and now one 5 year old girl has
died Link
"Prefectural Government Office Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008,
the same package of a Chinese-made dumpling sold at a
supermarket in Chiba near Tokyo is shown. At least 8 Japanese
were sickened, including a child who fell in a coma, after
eating the Chinese-made dumplings contaminated with an
insecticide, police and health officials said Wednesday. A
family of three in western Hyogo and another family of five in
Chiba suffered severe abdominal pains, vomiting and diarrhea
after eating the frozen dumplings imported from China by a
Japanese company, the Health Ministry said. (AP Photo/Kyodo
News)"
Canned Food
Export Halted in China
"The investigation comes amid a slew of findings of
potentially unsafe foods and other products. Chinese officials
have vowed to tighten controls on food processors,
slaughterhouses and other suppliers to help improve safety.
China closed more than 6,000 slaughterhouses and created a
database of 23,052 slaughter houses across the country as part
of its campaign to improve food safety, the state-run newspaper
China Daily reported Friday."
Link
US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told The New York Times
in an interview published yesterday: 'What we need to do with
China is deal with the most important issues of concern to
Americans...right now, product and food safety is the
No.1 issue.'
Treasury Secretary Henry
M. Paulson Jr. declared that "economic nationalism and
protectionist sentiments" were rising in China as well as
the United States. If China is unhappy with anti-Chinese
sentiment in Congress, he said, it must respond by doing more to
open its own economy to American investments and
goods." Link
Chinese Candy
Sickens Children.... "Some 23
schoolchildren fell ill on Thursday after eating milk candies imported
from China and were sent to hospital in Cebu, the Philippines, according
to local reports. They were all discharged a day later"
Mislabeled Monkfish
"One person in Chicago was hospitalized and another became ill in
late May after eating a homemade soup supposedly containing monkfish.
But the imported Chinese fish was mislabeled, and may have actually been
deadly
puffer fish. A delicacy in Japan, puffer fish contain the potent
toxin tetrodotoxin, which is not destroyed in regular food preparation.
Tetrodoxin can kill humans by first numbing the body and causing
paralysis." Link
Three Gorges already wrecking the
fisheries industry in the East China Sea
"CHINA'S Three Gorges dam isn't fully operational
yet, but it is already threatening one of the world's biggest fisheries
in the East China Sea. A drop in the amount of fresh water and sediment
reaching the sea is to blame." Expect
more problems with Chinese fish
"China accounts for 21 percent of all seafood
imported into the U.S. ($500 million of that coming through the ports of
Los Angeles and Long Beach."
"Monkfish was rejected for being filthy. Frozen
catfish nuggets were turned away because they contained veterinary
drugs. Tilapia fillets were contaminated with salmonella. The problems
were even worse in April, when 257 shipments from China were rejected,
including 68 of seafood. Frozen eel contained pesticides, frozen channel
catfish had salmonella and frozen yellowfin steaks were filthy, ...
"
Link
Demand country of origin packaging ... demand it
now!
Your Congress.................. U.S.
House ......... U.S.
Senate ... .... FDA
The Number on reason Chinese Imports
of Food are refused......!!
FILTH
Read
this list and .....PUKE!
.... no pictures please!
And What do the Chinese say:
"I dare not eat farmed fish or meat because most are fed with
growth pills or pumped with bad additives. I worry about vegetables in
case they are tainted with pesticide. I even think twice about the water
I drink because it might contain heavy metals." ..........
"I think foreign food is less risky. Even though they are
not as fresh, I trust products from the US, Europe and Japan because
those countries protect their environments. Sometimes when I see
foreigners blithely eating raw lettuce in Chinese restaurants, I worry
for them." Link
Tainted and Fake Baby Food Killed
Chinese Children
"SOMETHING was wrong with the babies. The villagers
noticed their heads were growing abnormally large while the rest of
their bodies were skin and bones. By the time Chinese authorities
discovered the culprit - severe
malnutrition from fake milk powder - 13 had died."
A guide to Chinese Imported Food .... read
this.... Link
Kraft
Foods Explains their packaging and the Farm Law ... good
read!
in part .... "If a product (or component of a product) is manufactured in a country other than the United States, the packaging will reflect this information. The label will state:
Product of .... If no statement is made about production in a foreign country, the entire product was made in the US."
READ THIS ARTICLE
"Dried apples preserved with a cancer-causing chemical. Frozen
catfish laden with banned antibiotics. Scallops and sardines coated
with putrefying bacteria. Mushrooms laced with illegal
pesticides" ....
Washington Post
FDA
REFUSAL REPORTS --- but even
when you look at just China you must also look at other countries too
where product comes in .... say Canada and then is repacked to the USA
with Chinese product.
Expanded to include more FOOD ITEMS!
"Zhao Baoqing, first
commercial secretary of the Chinese Embassy, yesterday at a press
conference said that all types of food would be examined, with at least
one box checked from each shipment -- confirmed by a government
seal attached to a package or shipment, ..." But
who checks the inspectors!
"WHO
is pleased to have received this briefing from the MOH, which shows that
the government has recognized that China has some special challenges and
is working to address them," said Joanna Brent, WHO's
Beijing-based spokeswoman.Link
How Safe is Chinese Fish Imports?
Well it better be really really
safe as we import over a billion pounds! Link
FDA Says Chinese
Tainted Fish Got Through...
"Last summer, FDA labs began accumulating
evidence that 15 percent of farm-raised shrimp, eel and catfish
contained dangerous or unapproved substances. The agency started
throwing individual companies on its watch list, and ultimately
issued a sweeping mandate that all shrimp, eel and catfish
raised on Chinese farms be stopped and tested." Link
Chinese Manager.... "Our
company's most basic principle is not to harm the consumer,"
Wow and so I
really feel better now!
SEAFOOD--FDA-Link
FDA Detains Imports of Farm-Raised Chinese Seafood
Products Have Repeatedly Contained Potentially
Harmful Residues FDA
The Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) ..... announced a broader import
control of all farm-raised catfish, basa, shrimp, dace (related to
carp), and eel from China. FDA will start to detain these products at
the border until the shipments are proven to be free of residues from
drugs that are not approved in the United States for use in farm-raised
aquatic animals.
"The fish are being raised, however, in a country whose
waterways are an ongoing environmental problem, tainted by sewage,
pesticides, heavy metals and other pollutants." Washington
Post Story
"In May, Alabama
and Mississippi,
which have their own catfish industries, stopped some grocery store
sales of Chinese catfish because some contained low levels of
antibiotics. The action came nearly two months before a ban by the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration. Health officials in the United States
and China worry that antibiotics could contribute to resistance in
humans when ingested over long periods of time, making antibiotics less
effective in the event of a serious illness." Washington
Post Story
"China said Wednesday it will inspect fish farms across
the country to guard against use of illegal drugs and chemicals, but
insisted the majority
of its seafood products were safe." 51% or 99%
.... ?
Fish Oil There are
companies in China producing fish oil and fish oil capsules. (Link)
If you are taking this product then by all means read the label and
determine if possible it's country of origin. Fish oil is used as a
lubricant in drilling and is manufactured in a few other countries to
specifications that do not include human consumption. But where it goes
after it enters the human pipeline is anybodies guess.
" Pregnant women are often told to take fish
oil capsules but must be careful
to get the best quality, instead of cheap, generic stuff. The
cheap fish oil may come from fish with contamination and may not be free
of pollutants. Women should be careful about the types of fish and fish
oil they consume when they are pregnant, nursing, or even when
experiencing pregnancy symptoms."
(Women's
Health recommends this product)
See a doctor first! The
Herrickreport.com does not give medical advise!
And Food Additives? FDA
List
GRAS-List (
Generally Regarded As Safe)
Raw Pharmaceuticals and food additives -CHINA
LIST
SIDEBAR STORY!!!
"BEIJING: Chopped cardboard, softened in an
industrial chemical and made tasty with pork flavoring, is a main
ingredient in batches of steamed buns sold in a Beijing
neighborhood, state television said.
The report, aired late Wednesday on China Central Television,
highlights the country's perennial problems with food safety despite
continuing government efforts to improve the situation." Link
The Herrickreport.com is trying to be fair; if you
have information that is pro-or-con about fish and shrimp products
.... Chinese or otherwise please submit. We have taken information
from the net and it can be questionable but we assume it is accurate.
Kent M. Herrick, Editor in Chief, 2008
HERRICKREPORT.COM
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