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| Chinese beer found to contain safe levels of formaldehyde |
| 2005-07-15 |
| BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Chinese beer is safe to drink as its formaldehyde content is much lower than the ceiling set by the World Heath Organization (WHO), China's quality watchdog reported Friday. Whew! The State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (SAQSIQ) spot-checked 157 products from 136 domestic beer enterprises and 64 beer products imported from more than 10 countries -- in response to recent media reports alleging that Chinese beer contains too much formaldehyde. The SAQSIQ found all the domestic beer products under sample investigation contained formaldehyde of less than 0.9 milligrams aliter, the danger line set by the WHO, while one liter of the imported beer contained 0.10 to 0.61 milligrams of formaldehyde on average. Good thing inspectors are invulnerable to bribery in China. He slammed some newspaper reports alleging that it can lead to blindness to drink Chinese beer for a long time. "The reports are irresponsible, untrue," the official said. You're growing dim...what was that again? A senior official surnamed He from the China Brewing Industry Association told Xinhua that he believes the formaldehyde storm will soon blow over. The association, however, will continue to encourage domestic breweries to gradually reduce or even stop the use of formaldehyde and help them adopt state-of-the-art technology, he said. As long as the levels are safe, who needs new technology? Why would formaldehyde need to be stopped, if there's no problem? Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have called back beer products imported from China. Imperialist running dogs. |
| Posted by:gromky |
| #9 "... he believes the formaldehyde storm will soon blow over." Whew! Didn't want to get caught out in that. |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2005-07-15 22:42 |
| #8 I thought Chinese beer was formaldehyde? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2005-07-15 15:18 |
| #7 LOL! |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-07-15 15:15 |
| #6 "Helllllo, Earl!" |
| Posted by: Johnny 2005-07-15 14:43 |
| #5 "Tastes great!" "Less embalming!" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-07-15 13:17 |
| #4 Yep. |
| Posted by: mmurray821 2005-07-15 13:01 |
| #3 Anybody else getting flashbacks of "Johnny", the bar owner in the shiny green suit, from Good Morning Vietnam? |
| Posted by: .com 2005-07-15 12:55 |
| #2 Haven't tried a "chinese" brew that suited my discriminating tastes yet. I remain hopeful though, especially with this report. |
| Posted by: MunkarKat 2005-07-15 12:47 |
| #1 What wuzzit I read the other day ... certain artifical sweetners break down into formaldehyde and something else toxic, but you'd have to drink 500 cans of diet soda to get the equivalent formaldehyde of ... are you ready .... one orange. Don't make me find the article! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2005-07-15 12:31 |