Tainted Pet Food Could Be Sold In China

[PhilipShore]

Source: CBS News

(AP) A Chinese company accused of selling chemical-tainted wheat gluten linked to the pet food deaths of cats and dogs in the U.S. said Thursday that most of its sales are domestic, raising the possibility that people or animals in China might have been exposed to the chemical.

The tainted wheat gluten underscores China's dismal food-safety record. Mass food poisoning cases are common in the country, many blamed on cooks who disregard hygiene rules or mistakenly use industrial chemicals instead of salt and other ingredients.

Last year, seven companies were punished for using banned Sudan dye to color egg yolks red. In 2004, at least 12 infants died from malnutrition after drinking formula with little or no nutritional value in eastern China's Anhui province.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/04/05/ap/world/main2653693.shtml

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Tainted Pet Food Could Be Sold In China to People

[Scairp]

1. No big deal there I would guess

Feeding their people bad dog food is nothing compared with the fact that they eliminated sick dogs by beating their heads in with clubs. Real humanitarians, the Chinese government.

[texanshatingbush]

2. ...and why are we importing ANY foodstuffs from China?

You'd think, with China's "dismal food safety record" (great concise phrasing, PhilipShore), our FDA would either ban the import of Chinese foodstuffs altogether, OR give all Chinese food imports strict and non-negotiable safety inspections.

But then, that wouldn't be good for the corporate bottom-line, would it?

[NYC]

3. ...Mass food poisoning cases are common in the country...

You left out the other important part.

Dismal food safety record...

Mass food poisonings...

Given a choice, I wouldn't eat any of that.

[uppityperson]

4. k&r for people and animals and aw crap