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Default Beijing Steam Buns Include Cardboard

On Jul 12, 5:36 am, wrote:
> Beijing Steam Buns Include Cardboard
> Thursday July 12, 2007 10:01 AM
>
> BEIJING (AP) - Chopped cardboard, softened with an industrial chemical
> and made tasty with pork flavoring, is a main ingredient in batches of
> steamed buns sold in one Beijing neighborhood, state television said.



Blech! X{ I wonder how many food stuffs are being sent here from
there adulterated in this fashion?
A couple years ago, several babies died in that same country after a
company sold counterfeit baby formula:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/reportsfromab.../20060410.html