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Is China's Food Production Poisoning Us?
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PORKER
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In the past year, the FDA rejected more than twice as many food shipments from China as from all other countries combined.
Most of the time, the reason listed is simply "filthy," the official term used when inspectors smell decomposition or gross contamination of food.
Officials say FDA inspectors examine only a tiny percentage of the food imported from foreign countries – about 1 percent -- meaning most of the contaminated products make it inside the country and to the shelves of retailers.
In the age of globalization, food imports in America are big business and getting bigger. In 2006, they represented $64 billion – a 33 percent increase over 2003. No country is increasing its food exports faster than China – about 20 percent in the last year alone but it maybe slowing down.
China has become America's leading supplier of apple juice used as a food sweetener, garlic and garlic powder, sausage casings and cocoa butter.
China has also attempted to export hundreds of thousands of pounds of chickens and poultry products to the U.S., even though it is not yet certified to do so. Chinese exporters disguise the meat by labeling crates "dried lily flower" or "prune slices" or "vegetables."
Most of the time, the reason listed is simply "filthy," the official term used when inspectors smell decomposition or gross contamination of food.
Officials say FDA inspectors examine only a tiny percentage of the food imported from foreign countries – about 1 percent -- meaning most of the contaminated products make it inside the country and to the shelves of retailers.
In the age of globalization, food imports in America are big business and getting bigger. In 2006, they represented $64 billion – a 33 percent increase over 2003. No country is increasing its food exports faster than China – about 20 percent in the last year alone but it maybe slowing down.
China has become America's leading supplier of apple juice used as a food sweetener, garlic and garlic powder, sausage casings and cocoa butter.
China has also attempted to export hundreds of thousands of pounds of chickens and poultry products to the U.S., even though it is not yet certified to do so. Chinese exporters disguise the meat by labeling crates "dried lily flower" or "prune slices" or "vegetables."
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China's toy sweatshop pays 36 cents an hour
Christmas product safety recalls continue along with import mania
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Posted: December 20, 2007
3:33 p.m. Eastern
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
WASHINGTON – As consumer safety recalls of Christmas products made in China continue at a torrid pace, a new report shows the average Chinese worker making toys is paid a meager 36 cents an hour – just 2.5 percent of what U.S. toy manufacturers pay domestically. Today, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the latest recall of a Christmas import – a holiday candle set that tips over and whose exterior coating is flammable. The snowman and Christmas tree candles were manufactured in China.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission warned the candles should not be used because of the fire hazard they pose. Instead, they should be returned to the retailer for a full refund.
Chinese-made toys accounted for 94 percent of the CPSC recalls this year. Most of the recalls were related to excessive and dangerous levels of lead used in cheap paints.
The surge in product hazards and safety recalls in recent years coincides with the relocation of toy production and other manufacturing plants in China and other countries. About 74 percent of toys sold in the U.S. are now made in China. In total, 87 percent are made overseas.
In 1970, 86 percent of U.S. toys were made in the USA, employing some 60,000 American workers.
While the shift overseas has been tough on U.S. workers, the profits of toy companies have soared as a result. Toy profits have risen from $50 million in 1970 to $930 million last year.
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U.S. toy production has declined 70 percent since the establishment of the North American Free Trade Agreement and World Trade Organization and more than 500 percent since the 1970s, claims the report.
From 1972 through 1982, when most toys were made in the U.S., there were never more than 12 toy recalls in any year. This year there were 120 – almost all from China. -------------------------
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59309
Christmas product safety recalls continue along with import mania
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Posted: December 20, 2007
3:33 p.m. Eastern
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
WASHINGTON – As consumer safety recalls of Christmas products made in China continue at a torrid pace, a new report shows the average Chinese worker making toys is paid a meager 36 cents an hour – just 2.5 percent of what U.S. toy manufacturers pay domestically. Today, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the latest recall of a Christmas import – a holiday candle set that tips over and whose exterior coating is flammable. The snowman and Christmas tree candles were manufactured in China.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission warned the candles should not be used because of the fire hazard they pose. Instead, they should be returned to the retailer for a full refund.
Chinese-made toys accounted for 94 percent of the CPSC recalls this year. Most of the recalls were related to excessive and dangerous levels of lead used in cheap paints.
The surge in product hazards and safety recalls in recent years coincides with the relocation of toy production and other manufacturing plants in China and other countries. About 74 percent of toys sold in the U.S. are now made in China. In total, 87 percent are made overseas.
In 1970, 86 percent of U.S. toys were made in the USA, employing some 60,000 American workers.
While the shift overseas has been tough on U.S. workers, the profits of toy companies have soared as a result. Toy profits have risen from $50 million in 1970 to $930 million last year.
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U.S. toy production has declined 70 percent since the establishment of the North American Free Trade Agreement and World Trade Organization and more than 500 percent since the 1970s, claims the report.
From 1972 through 1982, when most toys were made in the U.S., there were never more than 12 toy recalls in any year. This year there were 120 – almost all from China. -------------------------
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=59309
PORKER
Well-known member
Toxic fish
Posted by jeyer December 19, 2007 20:25PM
Categories: Feeding
You may have already seen this story from the NY Times last week, but in case you haven't...
Here in southern China, beneath the looming mountains of Fujian Province, lie dozens of enormous ponds filled with murky brown water and teeming with eels, shrimp and tilapia, much of it destined for markets in Japan and the West.
Fuqing is one of the centers of a booming industry that over two decades has transformed this country into the biggest producer and exporter of seafood in the world, and the fastest-growing supplier to the United States.
But that growth is threatened by the two most glaring environmental weaknesses in China: acute water shortages and water supplies contaminated by sewage, industrial waste and agricultural runoff that includes pesticides. The fish farms, in turn, are discharging wastewater that further pollutes the water supply.
"Our waters here are filthy," said Ye Chao, an eel and shrimp farmer who has 20 giant ponds in western Fuqing. "There are simply too many aquaculture farms in this area. They're all discharging water here, fouling up other farms."
Farmers have coped with the toxic waters by mixing illegal veterinary drugs and pesticides into fish feed, which helps keep their stocks alive yet leaves poisonous and carcinogenic residues in seafood, posing health threats to consumers.
It made me wonder, in general, where the food I buy comes from. I constantly read ingredient labels, but I've never thought to check where the items are produced.
After reading the article, I immediately went to the kitchen and checked most of our staples. I found one bag of organic spinach from Trader Joe's that was a "Product of China." With everything we've been reading about China lately, how can I be sure that spinach is really organic?
This article suggests that you can't be sure.
The organic label on a bag of produce, whether domestic or foreign-grown, does not mean that USDA inspectors actually have visited the farms. Instead, a certifier visits the farms and reports to the USDA, which reviews the paperwork.
China presents one example of the problem encountered with the credibility of foreign certifiers, said Joe Mendelson, legal director with the Center for Food Safety, a non-profit consumer and environmental protection association based in Washington D.C.
"Do we know whether the government or the certifier has the will to crack down on fraud?" Mendelson asked. "I doubt it, because [a crackdown] would have direct impact on China's ability to export product."
When foreign countries export organic food, even with the USDA certification label, there is cause for concern because of a language gap and a knowledge gap in farmers' understanding of U.S. regulations and what organic means in the U.S., said Jim Riddle, organic outreach coordinator of the University of Minnesota and former chair of the USDA National Organic Standards Board.
China is the primary country under question, he said, because of its incredibly rapid growth in converting massive amounts of land to organic production in order to reap the price premiums of organic.
"I have been an organic inspector (and have trained inspectors throughout the world, in Japan, Taiwan and Russia) for 20 years--it takes time to convert to organic production," Riddle said.
"There are concerns about China's past agricultural processes and toxic inputs, the possibility of toxic residue in the soil and possibly in the food, and there are concerns about the long-term commitment to following the organic standards and the depth of understanding of the organic requirements," Riddle said.
In my quick inventory, I also noticed that many other Trader Joe's items that didn't say where they were produced. When I have a spare moment, I'm going to call TJ headquarters and ask about that. And I think I'll avoid seafood from China, or any that doesn't say where it's from.
Posted by jeyer December 19, 2007 20:25PM
Categories: Feeding
You may have already seen this story from the NY Times last week, but in case you haven't...
Here in southern China, beneath the looming mountains of Fujian Province, lie dozens of enormous ponds filled with murky brown water and teeming with eels, shrimp and tilapia, much of it destined for markets in Japan and the West.
Fuqing is one of the centers of a booming industry that over two decades has transformed this country into the biggest producer and exporter of seafood in the world, and the fastest-growing supplier to the United States.
But that growth is threatened by the two most glaring environmental weaknesses in China: acute water shortages and water supplies contaminated by sewage, industrial waste and agricultural runoff that includes pesticides. The fish farms, in turn, are discharging wastewater that further pollutes the water supply.
"Our waters here are filthy," said Ye Chao, an eel and shrimp farmer who has 20 giant ponds in western Fuqing. "There are simply too many aquaculture farms in this area. They're all discharging water here, fouling up other farms."
Farmers have coped with the toxic waters by mixing illegal veterinary drugs and pesticides into fish feed, which helps keep their stocks alive yet leaves poisonous and carcinogenic residues in seafood, posing health threats to consumers.
It made me wonder, in general, where the food I buy comes from. I constantly read ingredient labels, but I've never thought to check where the items are produced.
After reading the article, I immediately went to the kitchen and checked most of our staples. I found one bag of organic spinach from Trader Joe's that was a "Product of China." With everything we've been reading about China lately, how can I be sure that spinach is really organic?
This article suggests that you can't be sure.
The organic label on a bag of produce, whether domestic or foreign-grown, does not mean that USDA inspectors actually have visited the farms. Instead, a certifier visits the farms and reports to the USDA, which reviews the paperwork.
China presents one example of the problem encountered with the credibility of foreign certifiers, said Joe Mendelson, legal director with the Center for Food Safety, a non-profit consumer and environmental protection association based in Washington D.C.
"Do we know whether the government or the certifier has the will to crack down on fraud?" Mendelson asked. "I doubt it, because [a crackdown] would have direct impact on China's ability to export product."
When foreign countries export organic food, even with the USDA certification label, there is cause for concern because of a language gap and a knowledge gap in farmers' understanding of U.S. regulations and what organic means in the U.S., said Jim Riddle, organic outreach coordinator of the University of Minnesota and former chair of the USDA National Organic Standards Board.
China is the primary country under question, he said, because of its incredibly rapid growth in converting massive amounts of land to organic production in order to reap the price premiums of organic.
"I have been an organic inspector (and have trained inspectors throughout the world, in Japan, Taiwan and Russia) for 20 years--it takes time to convert to organic production," Riddle said.
"There are concerns about China's past agricultural processes and toxic inputs, the possibility of toxic residue in the soil and possibly in the food, and there are concerns about the long-term commitment to following the organic standards and the depth of understanding of the organic requirements," Riddle said.
In my quick inventory, I also noticed that many other Trader Joe's items that didn't say where they were produced. When I have a spare moment, I'm going to call TJ headquarters and ask about that. And I think I'll avoid seafood from China, or any that doesn't say where it's from.
PORKER
Well-known member
Frozen spinach from China launches '08 Hall of Fame
Carol Ness, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
What Canada Eats Too
There's lots of fresh, dark green spinach in produce markets and farmers' markets at this time of year. The baby spinach I bought from River Dog Farm's stall one recent weekend took exactly 90 seconds in a skillet - with a little olive oil and some mustard seeds - to go from raw to ready to eat.
But, if that seems a little daunting, or you couldn't pull yourself away from holiday football to get to the market, check the freezer. You've probably got some frozen spinach stashed away.
It's one of the world's most health-giving convenience foods, perfect for early January, when the french fries and Haagen-Dazs are still in their post-holiday lockdown.
To help you stock up, Taster's Choice ran through 15 kinds of frozen spinach found in local markets, and came up with 2008's first Hall of Fame winner: Woodstock Farms Organic Cut Spinach ($2.29 for 10 ounces, Whole Foods).
Hall of Fame honors go to the very few products - just 10 in all of 2007 - that scoop up 80 or more points out of a possible 100 in a blind tasting.
The tasters thought that this spinach, which is produced in China, had "good color, a leafy appearance and honest spinach flavor." It's coarsely chopped, with a "very clean taste," and cooked up "a little soft." Four panelists would buy this brand, and one might.
Runner-up was Trader Joe's Organic Spinach ($1.69 for 16 ounces), also from China. One taster gave this spinach a perfect score, saying "looks like fresh - bright color, bigger pieces, basic spinach flavor." Others liked its "good, large leaves" and "nice texture." One felt it had "too many stems - but they are tender and the flavor is good." Another detected a "metallic" note. Four would buy it; one might.
(Probably those Toxic Chinese Farms got mercury)
Third-place California & Washington Organic Chopped Spinach ($2.99 for 10 ounces, Andronico's), also from China, wasn't nearly as popular with the panel. Some praised its "clean spinach taste" and "good color and flavor." But others found it "grassy," "a bit stringy" and with "lots of stems, not much flavor." One would buy it, three might and one wouldn't.
C&W Chopped Spinach ($1.45 for 10 ounces, Mollie Stone's), in fourth place, was "very chopped," with an "honest" taste but "metallic aftertones." (The package didn't say where it's grown.) One taster might buy this spinach; four wouldn't.
Likewise, Columbia River Organics Spinach ($2.29 for 10 ounces, Whole Foods), produced in the United States, drew mixed reviews, with some tasters praising its "good color and flavor" and "nice bright green color," but others finding it "soft, mushy" and "flavorless." One would buy this brand, one might and three wouldn't.
Carol Ness, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
What Canada Eats Too
There's lots of fresh, dark green spinach in produce markets and farmers' markets at this time of year. The baby spinach I bought from River Dog Farm's stall one recent weekend took exactly 90 seconds in a skillet - with a little olive oil and some mustard seeds - to go from raw to ready to eat.
But, if that seems a little daunting, or you couldn't pull yourself away from holiday football to get to the market, check the freezer. You've probably got some frozen spinach stashed away.
It's one of the world's most health-giving convenience foods, perfect for early January, when the french fries and Haagen-Dazs are still in their post-holiday lockdown.
To help you stock up, Taster's Choice ran through 15 kinds of frozen spinach found in local markets, and came up with 2008's first Hall of Fame winner: Woodstock Farms Organic Cut Spinach ($2.29 for 10 ounces, Whole Foods).
Hall of Fame honors go to the very few products - just 10 in all of 2007 - that scoop up 80 or more points out of a possible 100 in a blind tasting.
The tasters thought that this spinach, which is produced in China, had "good color, a leafy appearance and honest spinach flavor." It's coarsely chopped, with a "very clean taste," and cooked up "a little soft." Four panelists would buy this brand, and one might.
Runner-up was Trader Joe's Organic Spinach ($1.69 for 16 ounces), also from China. One taster gave this spinach a perfect score, saying "looks like fresh - bright color, bigger pieces, basic spinach flavor." Others liked its "good, large leaves" and "nice texture." One felt it had "too many stems - but they are tender and the flavor is good." Another detected a "metallic" note. Four would buy it; one might.
(Probably those Toxic Chinese Farms got mercury)
Third-place California & Washington Organic Chopped Spinach ($2.99 for 10 ounces, Andronico's), also from China, wasn't nearly as popular with the panel. Some praised its "clean spinach taste" and "good color and flavor." But others found it "grassy," "a bit stringy" and with "lots of stems, not much flavor." One would buy it, three might and one wouldn't.
C&W Chopped Spinach ($1.45 for 10 ounces, Mollie Stone's), in fourth place, was "very chopped," with an "honest" taste but "metallic aftertones." (The package didn't say where it's grown.) One taster might buy this spinach; four wouldn't.
Likewise, Columbia River Organics Spinach ($2.29 for 10 ounces, Whole Foods), produced in the United States, drew mixed reviews, with some tasters praising its "good color and flavor" and "nice bright green color," but others finding it "soft, mushy" and "flavorless." One would buy this brand, one might and three wouldn't.
PORKER
Well-known member
Pork product recall causes drop in JT shares// 01 Feb 2008
No one can afford to eat Chinese !!!!!!
Shares in Japan Tobacco Inc., Japan's biggest cigarette company and food producer, fell by 17% to their lowest in more than 10 months after it recalled frozen pork products imported from China suspected of being contaminated with pesticides.
Eight people had suspected poisoning from eating pork dumplings, according to Japan's Health Ministry. Food imported by a Japan Tobacco unit from Tianyang Food Plant in China's Hebei province caused a family of three and a family of five to fall sick in January.
Liu Jianchao, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman, said that no evidence of toxic agricultural chemicals in the dumplings was found. Production of the dumplings, however, has been halted.
His country's reputation reputation for food-processing and manufacturing was damaged last year after recalls of lead-painted toys and poisoned seafood.
This recall and the associated costs have a negative effect on the company's earnings especially since it is gradually moving into the food business. Cigarette sales are down as smoking is slowly becoming less popular in Japan.
More recalls
Japan's second-largest food producer, Ajinomoto Co. Inc., also recalled pork products made by the same Chinese company.
In addition, Nippon Meat Packers Inc. recalled sausage and pork products from the same source.
No one can afford to eat Chinese !!!!!!
Shares in Japan Tobacco Inc., Japan's biggest cigarette company and food producer, fell by 17% to their lowest in more than 10 months after it recalled frozen pork products imported from China suspected of being contaminated with pesticides.
Eight people had suspected poisoning from eating pork dumplings, according to Japan's Health Ministry. Food imported by a Japan Tobacco unit from Tianyang Food Plant in China's Hebei province caused a family of three and a family of five to fall sick in January.
Liu Jianchao, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman, said that no evidence of toxic agricultural chemicals in the dumplings was found. Production of the dumplings, however, has been halted.
His country's reputation reputation for food-processing and manufacturing was damaged last year after recalls of lead-painted toys and poisoned seafood.
This recall and the associated costs have a negative effect on the company's earnings especially since it is gradually moving into the food business. Cigarette sales are down as smoking is slowly becoming less popular in Japan.
More recalls
Japan's second-largest food producer, Ajinomoto Co. Inc., also recalled pork products made by the same Chinese company.
In addition, Nippon Meat Packers Inc. recalled sausage and pork products from the same source.
FDA News
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February 6, 2008
Media Inquiries:
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Consumer Inquiries:
888-INFO-FDA
FDA Investigation Leads to Several Indictments for Importing Contaminated Ingredients Used in Pet Food
Contaminated pet food caused pet illnesses and deaths last year
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of Criminal Investigations announced that two Chinese nationals and the businesses they operate, along with a U.S. company and its president and chief executive officer, were indicted by a federal grand jury today in separate but related cases. The indictments are for their roles in a scheme to import products purported to be wheat gluten into the United States that were contaminated with melamine. These products were used to make pet food.
Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Co., LTD. (XAC), a Chinese firm that processes and exports plant proteins to the United States; Mao Linzhun, a Chinese national who is the owner and manager of XAC; Suzhou Textiles, Silk, Light Industrial Products, Arts and Crafts I/E Co. LTD. (SSC), a Chinese export broker that exports products from China to the United States; and Chen Zhen Hao, president of SSC and a Chinese national were charged in a 26-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury today in Kansas City, Mo.
Also indicted were ChemNutra, Inc., a Las Vegas, Nevada corporation that buys food and food components from China to sell to U.S. companies in the food industry, along with ChemNutra owners Sally Qing Miller and her husband, Stephen S. Miller, who were charged in a separate, but related, 27-count indictment. Sally Qing Miller, a Chinese national, is the controlling owner and president of ChemNutra; Stephen Miller is an owner and CEO of ChemNutra. The indictments charge all seven defendants with delivering adulterated food that contained melamine, a substance which may render the food injurious to health, into interstate commerce; introduction of a misbranded food into interstate commerce; and other charges.
The indictments allege that more than 800 tons of purported wheat gluten, totaling nearly $850,000, was imported into the United States between Nov. 6, 2006, and Feb. 21, 2007. According to the indictments, SSC falsely declared to the Chinese government that those shipments were not subject to mandatory inspection by the Chinese government prior to export.
Melamine can be used to create products such as plastics, cleaning products, glues, inks, and fertilizers. Under certain conditions, melamine mixed with wheat gluten can make the product appear to have a higher protein level than is actually present. Melamine has no approved use as an ingredient in human or animal food in the United States. Wheat gluten is a natural protein derived from wheat or wheat flour, which is extracted to yield a powder with high protein content. Pet food manufacturers often use wheat gluten as a thickener or binding agent in the manufacture of certain types of pet food.
ChemNutra contracted with SSC, a Chinese registered export broker, to purchase food grade wheat gluten, according to the indictment. SSC then entered into a separate contract with XAC to supply the wheat gluten it needed to fulfill its contract with ChemNutra.
The indictments allege that the products purported to be wheat gluten were misbranded because the labels incorrectly represented that the purported wheat gluten had a minimum protein level of 75%.
On March 15, 2007, a pet food manufacturer alerted FDA to the deaths of 14 cats and dogs, several reported by consumers and several that died during routine taste trials conducted by the company. The animals were reported to have developed kidney failure after eating pet food that had been manufactured with the purported wheat gluten.
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http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01792.html
Finally, the FDA takes action. but how effective is FDA ;
Feb. 5, 2008, 8:14PM
ANOTHER VOICE
Fallout of FDA neglect
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
snip...
The Government Accountability Office reported that at its current staffing levels, the FDA would need 13 years to inspect every foreign drug plant that sends products into this country; 27 years to inspect all foreign medical device makers; and 1,900 years to check every foreign food processor.
snip...
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/5516254.html
DER SPIEGEL (9/2001) - 24.02.2001 (9397 Zeichen)
USA: Loch in der Mauer
Die BSE-Angst erreicht Amerika: Trotz strikter Auflagen gelangte in Texas
verbotenes Tiermehl ins Rinderfutter - die Kontrollen der Aufsichtsbehörden
sind lax.
Link auf diesen Artikel im Archiv:
http://service.spiegel.de/digas/find?DID=18578755
"Its as full of holes as Swiss Cheese" says Terry Singeltary of the FDA
regulations. ...
http://service.spiegel.de/digas/servlet/find/DID=18578755
Thu Dec 6, 2007 11:38
FDA IN CRISIS MODE, AMERICAN LIVES AT RISK
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/fs/food-disease/news/dec0407fda.html
FDA SCIENCE AND MISSION AT RISK
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/07/briefing/2007-4329b_02_01_FDA%20Report%20on%20Science%20and%20Technology.pdf
Article Posted: 04/15/2007 9:16:48 PM
Human and Animal Food Poisoning with Mad Cow a Slow Death
an editorial by Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
HUMAN AND ANIMAL FOOD POISONING WITH MAD COW DISEASEs A SLOW DEATH
WITH all the pet food deaths mounting from tainted pet food, all the
suffering not only the animals are going through, but there owners as well,
why are owners of these precious animals not crying about the mad cow
tainted animal carcasses they poison there animals with everyday, and have
been for decades, why not an uproar about that? well, let me tell you why,
they don't drop dead immediately, it's a slow death, they simply call it
FELINE and or CANINE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, DEMENTIA OR MAD CAT/DOG DISEASE
i.e. FSE and they refuse to document CSE i.e.Canine Spongiform
Encephalopathy, but it's there and there is some strange pathological
findings on that topic that was convientantly swept under the rug. Sadly,
this happens everyday with humans, once again confidently swept under the
rug as Alzheimer's and or dementia i.e. fast Alzheimer's. Who wants to spend
money on an autopsy on an old dog or cat? Sadly, it's the same with humans,
you get old and demented your either die or your family puts you in an old
folks home and forgets about you, then you die, and again, no autopsy in
most cases. Imagine 4.5 annually with Alzheimer's, with and estimated 20+
million dieing a slow death by 2050, and in reality it will most likely be
much higher than that now that the blood supply has been infiltrated with
the TSE agent, and we now know that blood is another route and source for
this hideous disease. It's hell getting old now a days.
NOW, for the ones that don't believe me, well mad cow has been in the USA
for decades undetected officially, but the late Richard Marsh documented way
back, again, swept under the rug. Then in 2003 in December, the first case
of BSE was finally documented, by accident. Then you had the next two cases
that were documented in Texas and Alabama, but it took an act of Congress,
literally, to get those finally documented, and when they were finally
documented, they were atypical BSE or Bovine Amyloid Spongiform
Encephalopathy (BASE), which when transmitted to humans is not vCJD or
nvCJD, but SPORADIC CJD. Now you might ask yourself what about that mad cow
feed ban of August 4, 1997, the year my mother died from the Heidenhain
Variant of Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (confirmed), well that ruminant to
ruminant was merely a regulation on paper that nobody enforced. Just last
month there was 10+ PLUS MILLION POUNDS OF BANNED BLOOD TAINTED MBM
DISPERSED INTO COMMERCE, and there is no way the FDA will ever recover it.
It will be fed out again. 2006 was a banner year for FDA mad cow protein fed
out into commerce. Looks like 2007 will be also.
Our federal Government has failed us at every corner when it comes to food
safety. maybe your dog, your cat, your mom, your dad, your aunt, or your
uncle, but again, who cares, there old and demented, just put them down, or
put them away. It's hell getting old. ...END
http://www.swnebr.net/newspaper/cgi-bin/articles/articlearchiver.pl?160273
FELINE AND CANINE ALZHEIMER'S OR MAD CAT/DOG DISEASE AND PET FOOD ...
...TSS Name: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. Date: Jan 26, 2007 Dear Terry S.
Singeltary Sr. ... specifically dry dog food, some of which was reported to
have been ...
http://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?ArticleId=113652 - 107k -
http://www.kxmb.com/getForumPost.asp?ArticleId=113652
Crushed heads (which inevitably involve brain and spinal cord material)
are used to a limited extent but will also form one of the constituent
raw materials of meat and bone meal, which is used extensively in
pet food manufacturer...
http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/yb/1989/03/17004001.pdf
QUESTION, IS U.S.A. FOOD PRODUCTION SYSTEM POISONING US ?
What Do We Feed to Food-Production Animals? A Review of Animal Feed
Ingredients and Their Potential Impacts on Human Health
Amy R. Sapkota,1,2 Lisa Y. Lefferts,1,3 Shawn McKenzie,1 and Polly Walker1
1Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, Bloomberg School of Public
Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; 2Maryland Institute for
Applied Environmental Health, College of Health and Human Performance,
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA;
3Lisa Y. Lefferts Consulting, Nellysford, Virginia, USA
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Table 1. Animal feed ingredients that are legally used in U.S. animal feeds
Animal
Rendered animal protein from Meat meal, meat meal tankage, meat and bone
meal, poultry meal, animal the slaughter of food by-product meal, dried
animal blood, blood meal, feather meal, egg-shell production animals and
other meal, hydrolyzed whole poultry, hydrolyzed hair, bone marrow, and
animal animals digest from dead, dying, diseased, or disabled animals
including deer and elk Animal waste Dried ruminant waste, dried swine waste,
dried poultry litter, and undried processed animal waste products
snip...
Conclusions
Food-animal production in the United States has changed markedly in the past
century, and these changes have paralleled major changes in animal feed
formulations. While this industrialized system of food-animal production may
result in increased production efficiencies, some of the changes in animal
feeding practices may result in unintended adverse health consequences for
consumers of animal-based food products. Currently, the use of animal feed
ingredients,
including rendered animal products, animal waste, antibiotics, metals, and
fats, could result in higher levels of bacteria, antibioticresistant
bacteria, prions, arsenic, and dioxinlike compounds in animals and resulting
animal-based food products intended for human consumption. Subsequent human
health effects among consumers could include increases in bacterial
infections (antibioticresistant and nonresistant) and increases in the risk
of developing chronic (often fatal) diseases
such as vCJD. Nevertheless, in spite of the wide range of potential human
health impacts that could result from animal feeding practices, there are
little data collected at the federal or state level concerning the amounts
of specific ingredients that are intentionally included in U.S. animal feed.
In addition, almost no biological or chemical testing is conducted on
complete U.S. animal feeds; insufficient testing is performed on retail meat
products; and human health effects data are not appropriately linked to this
information. These surveillance inadequacies make it difficult to conduct
rigorous epidemiologic studies and risk assessments
that could identify the extent to which specific human health risks are
ultimately associated with animal feeding practices. For example, as noted
above, there are insufficient data to determine whether other human
foodborne bacterial illnesses besides those caused by S. enterica serotype
Agona are associated with animal feeding practices. Likewise, there are
insufficient data to determine the percentage of antibiotic-resistant human
bacterial infections that are attributed to the nontherapeutic use of
antibiotics in animal feed. Moreover, little research has been conducted to
determine whether the use of organoarsenicals in animal feed, which can lead
to elevated levels of arsenic in meat products (Lasky et al. 2004),
contributes to increases in cancer risk. In order to address these research
gaps, the following principal actions are necessary within the United
States: a) implementation of a nationwide reporting system of the specific
amounts and types of feed ingredients of concern to public health that are
incorporated into animal feed, including antibiotics, arsenicals, rendered
animal products, fats, and animal waste; b) funding and development of
robust surveillance systems that monitor biological, chemical, and other
etiologic agents throughout the animal-based food-production chain “from
farm to fork†to human health outcomes; and c) increased communication and
collaboration among feed professionals, food-animal producers, and
veterinary and public health officials.
REFERENCES...snip...end
Sapkota et al.
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February 6, 2008
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FDA Investigation Leads to Several Indictments for Importing Contaminated Ingredients Used in Pet Food
Contaminated pet food caused pet illnesses and deaths last year
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Office of Criminal Investigations announced that two Chinese nationals and the businesses they operate, along with a U.S. company and its president and chief executive officer, were indicted by a federal grand jury today in separate but related cases. The indictments are for their roles in a scheme to import products purported to be wheat gluten into the United States that were contaminated with melamine. These products were used to make pet food.
Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Co., LTD. (XAC), a Chinese firm that processes and exports plant proteins to the United States; Mao Linzhun, a Chinese national who is the owner and manager of XAC; Suzhou Textiles, Silk, Light Industrial Products, Arts and Crafts I/E Co. LTD. (SSC), a Chinese export broker that exports products from China to the United States; and Chen Zhen Hao, president of SSC and a Chinese national were charged in a 26-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury today in Kansas City, Mo.
Also indicted were ChemNutra, Inc., a Las Vegas, Nevada corporation that buys food and food components from China to sell to U.S. companies in the food industry, along with ChemNutra owners Sally Qing Miller and her husband, Stephen S. Miller, who were charged in a separate, but related, 27-count indictment. Sally Qing Miller, a Chinese national, is the controlling owner and president of ChemNutra; Stephen Miller is an owner and CEO of ChemNutra. The indictments charge all seven defendants with delivering adulterated food that contained melamine, a substance which may render the food injurious to health, into interstate commerce; introduction of a misbranded food into interstate commerce; and other charges.
The indictments allege that more than 800 tons of purported wheat gluten, totaling nearly $850,000, was imported into the United States between Nov. 6, 2006, and Feb. 21, 2007. According to the indictments, SSC falsely declared to the Chinese government that those shipments were not subject to mandatory inspection by the Chinese government prior to export.
Melamine can be used to create products such as plastics, cleaning products, glues, inks, and fertilizers. Under certain conditions, melamine mixed with wheat gluten can make the product appear to have a higher protein level than is actually present. Melamine has no approved use as an ingredient in human or animal food in the United States. Wheat gluten is a natural protein derived from wheat or wheat flour, which is extracted to yield a powder with high protein content. Pet food manufacturers often use wheat gluten as a thickener or binding agent in the manufacture of certain types of pet food.
ChemNutra contracted with SSC, a Chinese registered export broker, to purchase food grade wheat gluten, according to the indictment. SSC then entered into a separate contract with XAC to supply the wheat gluten it needed to fulfill its contract with ChemNutra.
The indictments allege that the products purported to be wheat gluten were misbranded because the labels incorrectly represented that the purported wheat gluten had a minimum protein level of 75%.
On March 15, 2007, a pet food manufacturer alerted FDA to the deaths of 14 cats and dogs, several reported by consumers and several that died during routine taste trials conducted by the company. The animals were reported to have developed kidney failure after eating pet food that had been manufactured with the purported wheat gluten.
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http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01792.html
Finally, the FDA takes action. but how effective is FDA ;
Feb. 5, 2008, 8:14PM
ANOTHER VOICE
Fallout of FDA neglect
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
snip...
The Government Accountability Office reported that at its current staffing levels, the FDA would need 13 years to inspect every foreign drug plant that sends products into this country; 27 years to inspect all foreign medical device makers; and 1,900 years to check every foreign food processor.
snip...
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/5516254.html
DER SPIEGEL (9/2001) - 24.02.2001 (9397 Zeichen)
USA: Loch in der Mauer
Die BSE-Angst erreicht Amerika: Trotz strikter Auflagen gelangte in Texas
verbotenes Tiermehl ins Rinderfutter - die Kontrollen der Aufsichtsbehörden
sind lax.
Link auf diesen Artikel im Archiv:
http://service.spiegel.de/digas/find?DID=18578755
"Its as full of holes as Swiss Cheese" says Terry Singeltary of the FDA
regulations. ...
http://service.spiegel.de/digas/servlet/find/DID=18578755
Thu Dec 6, 2007 11:38
FDA IN CRISIS MODE, AMERICAN LIVES AT RISK
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/fs/food-disease/news/dec0407fda.html
FDA SCIENCE AND MISSION AT RISK
http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/07/briefing/2007-4329b_02_01_FDA%20Report%20on%20Science%20and%20Technology.pdf
Article Posted: 04/15/2007 9:16:48 PM
Human and Animal Food Poisoning with Mad Cow a Slow Death
an editorial by Terry S. Singeltary Sr.
HUMAN AND ANIMAL FOOD POISONING WITH MAD COW DISEASEs A SLOW DEATH
WITH all the pet food deaths mounting from tainted pet food, all the
suffering not only the animals are going through, but there owners as well,
why are owners of these precious animals not crying about the mad cow
tainted animal carcasses they poison there animals with everyday, and have
been for decades, why not an uproar about that? well, let me tell you why,
they don't drop dead immediately, it's a slow death, they simply call it
FELINE and or CANINE ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, DEMENTIA OR MAD CAT/DOG DISEASE
i.e. FSE and they refuse to document CSE i.e.Canine Spongiform
Encephalopathy, but it's there and there is some strange pathological
findings on that topic that was convientantly swept under the rug. Sadly,
this happens everyday with humans, once again confidently swept under the
rug as Alzheimer's and or dementia i.e. fast Alzheimer's. Who wants to spend
money on an autopsy on an old dog or cat? Sadly, it's the same with humans,
you get old and demented your either die or your family puts you in an old
folks home and forgets about you, then you die, and again, no autopsy in
most cases. Imagine 4.5 annually with Alzheimer's, with and estimated 20+
million dieing a slow death by 2050, and in reality it will most likely be
much higher than that now that the blood supply has been infiltrated with
the TSE agent, and we now know that blood is another route and source for
this hideous disease. It's hell getting old now a days.
NOW, for the ones that don't believe me, well mad cow has been in the USA
for decades undetected officially, but the late Richard Marsh documented way
back, again, swept under the rug. Then in 2003 in December, the first case
of BSE was finally documented, by accident. Then you had the next two cases
that were documented in Texas and Alabama, but it took an act of Congress,
literally, to get those finally documented, and when they were finally
documented, they were atypical BSE or Bovine Amyloid Spongiform
Encephalopathy (BASE), which when transmitted to humans is not vCJD or
nvCJD, but SPORADIC CJD. Now you might ask yourself what about that mad cow
feed ban of August 4, 1997, the year my mother died from the Heidenhain
Variant of Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (confirmed), well that ruminant to
ruminant was merely a regulation on paper that nobody enforced. Just last
month there was 10+ PLUS MILLION POUNDS OF BANNED BLOOD TAINTED MBM
DISPERSED INTO COMMERCE, and there is no way the FDA will ever recover it.
It will be fed out again. 2006 was a banner year for FDA mad cow protein fed
out into commerce. Looks like 2007 will be also.
Our federal Government has failed us at every corner when it comes to food
safety. maybe your dog, your cat, your mom, your dad, your aunt, or your
uncle, but again, who cares, there old and demented, just put them down, or
put them away. It's hell getting old. ...END
http://www.swnebr.net/newspaper/cgi-bin/articles/articlearchiver.pl?160273
FELINE AND CANINE ALZHEIMER'S OR MAD CAT/DOG DISEASE AND PET FOOD ...
...TSS Name: Terry S. Singeltary Sr. Date: Jan 26, 2007 Dear Terry S.
Singeltary Sr. ... specifically dry dog food, some of which was reported to
have been ...
http://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?ArticleId=113652 - 107k -
http://www.kxmb.com/getForumPost.asp?ArticleId=113652
Crushed heads (which inevitably involve brain and spinal cord material)
are used to a limited extent but will also form one of the constituent
raw materials of meat and bone meal, which is used extensively in
pet food manufacturer...
http://www.bseinquiry.gov.uk/files/yb/1989/03/17004001.pdf
QUESTION, IS U.S.A. FOOD PRODUCTION SYSTEM POISONING US ?
What Do We Feed to Food-Production Animals? A Review of Animal Feed
Ingredients and Their Potential Impacts on Human Health
Amy R. Sapkota,1,2 Lisa Y. Lefferts,1,3 Shawn McKenzie,1 and Polly Walker1
1Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future, Bloomberg School of Public
Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; 2Maryland Institute for
Applied Environmental Health, College of Health and Human Performance,
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA;
3Lisa Y. Lefferts Consulting, Nellysford, Virginia, USA
snip...
Table 1. Animal feed ingredients that are legally used in U.S. animal feeds
Animal
Rendered animal protein from Meat meal, meat meal tankage, meat and bone
meal, poultry meal, animal the slaughter of food by-product meal, dried
animal blood, blood meal, feather meal, egg-shell production animals and
other meal, hydrolyzed whole poultry, hydrolyzed hair, bone marrow, and
animal animals digest from dead, dying, diseased, or disabled animals
including deer and elk Animal waste Dried ruminant waste, dried swine waste,
dried poultry litter, and undried processed animal waste products
snip...
Conclusions
Food-animal production in the United States has changed markedly in the past
century, and these changes have paralleled major changes in animal feed
formulations. While this industrialized system of food-animal production may
result in increased production efficiencies, some of the changes in animal
feeding practices may result in unintended adverse health consequences for
consumers of animal-based food products. Currently, the use of animal feed
ingredients,
including rendered animal products, animal waste, antibiotics, metals, and
fats, could result in higher levels of bacteria, antibioticresistant
bacteria, prions, arsenic, and dioxinlike compounds in animals and resulting
animal-based food products intended for human consumption. Subsequent human
health effects among consumers could include increases in bacterial
infections (antibioticresistant and nonresistant) and increases in the risk
of developing chronic (often fatal) diseases
such as vCJD. Nevertheless, in spite of the wide range of potential human
health impacts that could result from animal feeding practices, there are
little data collected at the federal or state level concerning the amounts
of specific ingredients that are intentionally included in U.S. animal feed.
In addition, almost no biological or chemical testing is conducted on
complete U.S. animal feeds; insufficient testing is performed on retail meat
products; and human health effects data are not appropriately linked to this
information. These surveillance inadequacies make it difficult to conduct
rigorous epidemiologic studies and risk assessments
that could identify the extent to which specific human health risks are
ultimately associated with animal feeding practices. For example, as noted
above, there are insufficient data to determine whether other human
foodborne bacterial illnesses besides those caused by S. enterica serotype
Agona are associated with animal feeding practices. Likewise, there are
insufficient data to determine the percentage of antibiotic-resistant human
bacterial infections that are attributed to the nontherapeutic use of
antibiotics in animal feed. Moreover, little research has been conducted to
determine whether the use of organoarsenicals in animal feed, which can lead
to elevated levels of arsenic in meat products (Lasky et al. 2004),
contributes to increases in cancer risk. In order to address these research
gaps, the following principal actions are necessary within the United
States: a) implementation of a nationwide reporting system of the specific
amounts and types of feed ingredients of concern to public health that are
incorporated into animal feed, including antibiotics, arsenicals, rendered
animal products, fats, and animal waste; b) funding and development of
robust surveillance systems that monitor biological, chemical, and other
etiologic agents throughout the animal-based food-production chain “from
farm to fork†to human health outcomes; and c) increased communication and
collaboration among feed professionals, food-animal producers, and
veterinary and public health officials.
REFERENCES...snip...end
Sapkota et al.
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US, Chinese companies charged in pet-food scandal
07.02.08 05:08
( dpa )- Chinese and US company officials were indicted Wednesday on charges of selling a tainted ingredient for pet food that killed thousands of cats and dogs in the United States last year.
Two Chinese companies and Chemnutra Inc, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, were charged with exporting and distributing Chinese- made wheat gluten that was contaminated with melamine, an industrial chemical, and falsely labelled to avoid inspection in China, the US Justice Department said.
Revelations in spring 2007 that house pets were dying from tainted food touched off a scandal that fed into broader concern in the United States about Chinese product safety standards and forced China to address the problem.
More than 4,000 US pets are estimated to have died, the Justice Department said.
Adding melamine made the gluten appear to have a higher protein level than it actually had, US prosecutors charged in two indictments approved by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Missouri.
Cited in the case were the heads of two Chinese companies - Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Co (XAC), a processor of plant proteins, and SSC Co, an export broker - and Chemnutra owners Sally Qing Miller, a Chinese national, and Stephen Miller, her American husband.
According to the charges, XAC added melamine to the wheat gluten and SSC labelled it with the wrong product code to avoid inspection by Chinese authorities. The Millers sold the wheat gluten to US pet food makers.
The two Chinese company heads face US fraud charges, although both are believed to live in China. The Millers were charged with distributing dangerous, mislabelled food in the US.
Sally Miller, who has a degree in food chemistry from Hangzhou University, knew from the shipping documents that the gluten would not face mandatory inspection in China, but concealed this from Chemnutra's customers, prosecutors alleged.
07.02.08 05:08
( dpa )- Chinese and US company officials were indicted Wednesday on charges of selling a tainted ingredient for pet food that killed thousands of cats and dogs in the United States last year.
Two Chinese companies and Chemnutra Inc, headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada, were charged with exporting and distributing Chinese- made wheat gluten that was contaminated with melamine, an industrial chemical, and falsely labelled to avoid inspection in China, the US Justice Department said.
Revelations in spring 2007 that house pets were dying from tainted food touched off a scandal that fed into broader concern in the United States about Chinese product safety standards and forced China to address the problem.
More than 4,000 US pets are estimated to have died, the Justice Department said.
Adding melamine made the gluten appear to have a higher protein level than it actually had, US prosecutors charged in two indictments approved by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Missouri.
Cited in the case were the heads of two Chinese companies - Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Co (XAC), a processor of plant proteins, and SSC Co, an export broker - and Chemnutra owners Sally Qing Miller, a Chinese national, and Stephen Miller, her American husband.
According to the charges, XAC added melamine to the wheat gluten and SSC labelled it with the wrong product code to avoid inspection by Chinese authorities. The Millers sold the wheat gluten to US pet food makers.
The two Chinese company heads face US fraud charges, although both are believed to live in China. The Millers were charged with distributing dangerous, mislabelled food in the US.
Sally Miller, who has a degree in food chemistry from Hangzhou University, knew from the shipping documents that the gluten would not face mandatory inspection in China, but concealed this from Chemnutra's customers, prosecutors alleged.
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Mass food poisoning raises query over Chinese Olympics catering
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Friday February 1, 2008
The Guardian
Source of Article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,,2250390,00.html
Safety standards in China's food industry were called into question again today with reports that dozens of people in Japan had become ill after eating imported dumplings containing insecticide.
About 80 people are reported to have fallen ill over the past two days after eating the frozen dumplings, made by Tianyang Food Processing in Hebei province. They include a five-year-old girl who fell into a coma, but later regained consciousness.
Tests by the Japanese health ministry revealed that the dumplings contained traces of an organic phosphorous insecticide that can cause severe stomach pains, vomiting and diarrhoea.
Officials in Tokyo cast doubt on China's commitment to food safety, just months before hundreds of thousands of foreign visitors are expected to arrive in Beijing for the Olympics.
"I'm afraid there was a rather loose safety awareness on the Chinese side," Nobutaka Machimura, Japan's top government spokesman, said.
Chinese authorities said Tianyang Food had been ordered to halt production and recall all of its exports, most of which go to Japan. The country's foreign ministry said preliminary tests conducted on two batches of dumplings made at the factory had found no traces of harmful chemicals, but promised a full investigation.
Schools and restaurants in Japan removed Chinese-made food from their menus and TV stations warned viewers not to eat any food imported from China.
The outbreak casts doubt on China's claims to have raised food safety standards after a four-month campaign prompted by the discovery of hazardous substances in children's toys, toothpaste, pet food and other exported items.
Feb 15 2008 ,the toll of sick citizens is over 300+ today.
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Friday February 1, 2008
The Guardian
Source of Article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,,2250390,00.html
Safety standards in China's food industry were called into question again today with reports that dozens of people in Japan had become ill after eating imported dumplings containing insecticide.
About 80 people are reported to have fallen ill over the past two days after eating the frozen dumplings, made by Tianyang Food Processing in Hebei province. They include a five-year-old girl who fell into a coma, but later regained consciousness.
Tests by the Japanese health ministry revealed that the dumplings contained traces of an organic phosphorous insecticide that can cause severe stomach pains, vomiting and diarrhoea.
Officials in Tokyo cast doubt on China's commitment to food safety, just months before hundreds of thousands of foreign visitors are expected to arrive in Beijing for the Olympics.
"I'm afraid there was a rather loose safety awareness on the Chinese side," Nobutaka Machimura, Japan's top government spokesman, said.
Chinese authorities said Tianyang Food had been ordered to halt production and recall all of its exports, most of which go to Japan. The country's foreign ministry said preliminary tests conducted on two batches of dumplings made at the factory had found no traces of harmful chemicals, but promised a full investigation.
Schools and restaurants in Japan removed Chinese-made food from their menus and TV stations warned viewers not to eat any food imported from China.
The outbreak casts doubt on China's claims to have raised food safety standards after a four-month campaign prompted by the discovery of hazardous substances in children's toys, toothpaste, pet food and other exported items.
Feb 15 2008 ,the toll of sick citizens is over 300+ today.
