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China says tainted food found at Wal-Mart |
2012-06-15 |
![]() The Beijing food safety regulator said it found excessive benzopyrene in sesame oil and high levels of cadmium in squid supplied by Chinese producers. Wal-Mart said Friday the products were removed from shelves after the report. It said the company had received appropriate regulatory documents from suppliers. Appropriate my @$$. Get a rope. The products were among seven food items cited by the agency for excessive chemicals and sold in the Chinese capital. Aside from Wal-Mart, the other outlets were Chinese. The action came during China's official food safety week, a period when the government typically announces a series of enforcement actions to reassure the public. I wouldn't buy food outside that week then. |
Posted by:gorb |
#8 It was the whole fish. Tilapia. Head, tail, scales and everything. Little eyeballs looking at you. Not very big. Not very appetizing in appearance. Not what I'd take home for dinner. |
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-06-15 16:00 |
#7 Last time I went to my local supermarket, not a Wal-Mart, they were selling fish from China. I wonder who buys that stuff. If it was fillets or pre-cleaned fish, it was probably caught here and processed in China. How is it cheaper to process it in China? Cost per refrigerated container is 10 cents a pound each way, whereas Chinese wages are 1/8 US wages. I know of a guy who owns plants here and in China. He said the Chinese do a better job, but for high-end seafood, he pays the vig and does the processing stateside because of the freshness factor. |
Posted by: Zhang Fei 2012-06-15 15:09 |
#6 USDA workers testing meats in 1935![]() |
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-06-15 12:40 |
#5 Last time I went to my local supermarket, not a Wal-Mart, they were selling fish from China. I wonder who buys that stuff. |
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2012-06-15 12:22 |
#4 Mmmm, cadmium flavored squid chips. It's the pleasant-tasting salty snack that's both crunchy *and* chewy! Now with heavy metals. |
Posted by: SteveS 2012-06-15 12:10 |
#3 The unspoken irony here is the late Sam Walton took great pride in stocking his stores with American made products. How times, they have changed. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2012-06-15 07:27 |
#2 Typical. Foreign company gets swarmed by inspectors, and *surprise* the inspectors find problems. Forged regulatory documents are a dime a dozen. Anyone need some? I can get 'em. Inevitably, they foreign company is blamed as "bad" while nobody notices the elephant in the room, the Chinese suppliers who did the crime in the first place. |
Posted by: gromky 2012-06-15 07:23 |
#1 What's the danger of a few more chemicals for a Wal-Mart SNAP shopper ? |
Posted by: Besoeker 2012-06-15 07:08 |