China has a huge ongoing problem with fake food products. The latest one I’ve come across is this video showing an investigation of completely man made “fake eggs”.
This follows on from something I remember from my time in HK whereby duck eggs in China were doctored with a carcinogenic dye.
I’ve mentioned fake food/medicine/supplements from China in my past blog: China may well solve global warming.. Kinda including:
- baby food that looked and smelled ok, but had zero nutritional content. Result: 50 to 60 dead kids who starved to death while the poor parents tried in vain to feed them with milk powder that was pretty much sawdust. (See http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/05/10/health/main616432.shtml )
- Use of a carcinogenic red dye (called sudan red) in duck eggs because the redder the yolk, the more they can sell ‘em for (see http://french.hanban.edu.cn/english/health/189567.htm ) and also in sauce (http://www.china.org.cn/english/health/209080.htm)
- Fake medical supplies (see http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/08/content_10625425.htm and http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/jul/05/china.internationalnews1 )
Food that’s “Made in China” is pretty scary
It really is a worry to be considering sending any food production toward China. The pollution in China is already ridiculous and getting worse. I wouldn’t trust anything coming out of there to not have lots of heavy metals and carcinogenic crap stuffed in it.
Chinese Oysters: Top quality ingredients!
I’ve already given up trying to get smoked oysters (a guilty scoff-a-whole-tin pleasure of mine) because the only ones in the shops now come from China and I don’t fancy eating the “filters of the sea” from one of the most polluted places on Earth.