June 28, 2007
China insists its exports are safe
By Audra Ang, Associated Press Writer

BEIJING --China insisted Thursday that its exports are safe, issuing a
rare direct commentary as international fears over Chinese products
spread.

Wang Xinpei, a spokesman for the Commerce Ministry, said China "has
paid great attention" to the issue, especially food products because
it concerns people's health.

"It can be said that the quality of China's exports all are
guaranteed," Wang told reporters at a regularly scheduled briefing.

The statement was among Beijing's most public assertions of the safety
of its exports since they came under scrutiny earlier this year with
the deaths of dog and cats in North America blamed on Chinese wheat
gluten tainted with the chemical melamine.

Since then, U.S. authorities have turned away or recalled toxic fish,
juice containing unsafe color additives and popular toy trains
decorated with lead paint.

Chinese-made toothpaste also has been banned by numerous countries in
North and South America and Asia for containing diethylene glycol, or
DEG, a chemical often found in antifreeze. It is also a low-cost --
and sometimes deadly -- substitute for glycerin, a sweetener in many
drugs.

The New York Times reported Thursday that tainted Chinese toothpaste
had been more widely distributed in the United States than had been
previously reported. It said about 900,000 tubes have turned up in
places including correctional facilities and some hospitals, not just
at discount stores.

Earlier this month, a spokesman for North Carolina's Department of
Correction said Pacific brand toothpaste was distributed to prisoners
who could not afford to buy a name brand at prison stores. The tubes
were taken away after trace amounts of DEG was found in them.

Officials in Georgia and North Carolina told the Times there had been
no illnesses reported, and that the toothpaste in question was being
replaced with brands not manufactured in China.

On Wednesday, three Japanese importers recalled millions of Chinese-
made travel toothpaste sets, many sold to inns and hotels, after they
were found to contain as much as 6.2 percent of diethylene glycol.

Wang, the Commerce Ministry spokesman, said Chinese experts have
already "explained the situation."

He gave no details, although the country's quality watchdog has in
past cited tests from 2000 that it said showed toothpaste containing
less than 15.6 percent diethylene glycol was harmless to humans.

Also Wednesday, Beijing police raided a village where live pigs were
force-fed wastewater to boost their weight before slaughter, state
media reported.

Plastic pipes had been forced down the pigs' throats and villagers had
pumped each 220-pound pig with 44 pounds of wastewater, the Beijing
Morning Post reported Thursday.

Paperwork showed the pigs were headed for one of Beijing's main
slaughterhouses and stamps on their ears indicated that they already
had been through quarantine and inspection, the paper said. Suspects
escaped during the raid and no arrests were made, it said.

The case underscored China's chaotic food safety situation, where
manufacturers and distributors often use unapproved additives, falsify
expiration dates or find other methods of cutting corners to eke out
small profits.

Officials have in recent weeks underscored the need to tighten up
inspections, punish violators and increase surveillance.

Wei Chuanzhong, deputy director of the General Administration of
Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, said local governments
"should be fully aware of the importance and improve responsibility
for imported and exported food safety."

His remarks, made during an inspection tour of the port city of
Tianjin, were posted Thursday on the administration's Web site.

Earlier this week, inspectors announced they had closed 180 food
factories nationwide in the first half of this year and seized tons of
candy, pickles, crackers and seafood tainted with formaldehyde,
illegal dyes and industrial wax.

"These are not isolated cases," Han Yi, an official with Wei's quality
administration, was quoted as saying in Wednesday's state-run China
Daily newspaper.

Han's admission was significant because the agency has said in the
past that safety violations were the work of a few rogue operators --
a claim aimed at protecting China's billions of dollars of food
exports.

> wrote in message
ups.com...
> June 28, 2007
> China insists its exports are safe
> By Audra Ang, Associated Press Writer
>
> BEIJING --China insisted Thursday that its exports are safe, issuing a
> rare direct commentary as international fears over Chinese products
> spread.
>

The chinese seem to love to fool people in clever ways and make a buck at
the same time. I won't buy chinese foods if I can help it.

Your pets will die, your teeth will rot, your kids will get diseases and
people will die. The FDA only checks about 1% of chinese imported foods.
India, China and Mexico are the big three countries that import dangerrous
foods. Avoid them if you can.

"James" > wrote in message
...
>
> > wrote in message
> ups.com...
>> June 28, 2007
>> China insists its exports are safe
>> By Audra Ang, Associated Press Writer
>>
>> BEIJING --China insisted Thursday that its exports are safe, issuing a
>> rare direct commentary as international fears over Chinese products
>> spread.
>>
>
> The chinese seem to love to fool people in clever ways and make a buck at
> the same time. I won't buy chinese foods if I can help it.
>
> Your pets will die, your teeth will rot, your kids will get diseases and
> people will die. The FDA only checks about 1% of chinese imported foods.
> India, China and Mexico are the big three countries that import dangerrous
> foods. Avoid them if you can.

That's just great! :-(

I made stir-fry last night with Chinese sausage (Lap Cheong) I picked up at
a market in chinatown over the weekend.

Jon

the Chinese also have fooled the Malay people,
the Chinese from China have taken lots of Malay's native lands.

the Chinese have taken Singapore , which wasa a Malay territory .


now the Chinese holding Malay's passport , want to balkanise
Malaysia,
because the Chinese really want Sarah Wak for the Chinese
navy ,
in case the US navy blocks the Chinese transport route for
Chinese Oil tankers ,
in the event of war in the Taiwan Strait .


..








On Jun 28, 8:48 pm, "James" > wrote:
> > wrote in message
>
> ups.com...
>
> > June 28, 2007
> > China insists its exports are safe
> > By Audra Ang, Associated Press Writer
>
> > BEIJING --China insisted Thursday that its exports are safe, issuing a
> > rare direct commentary as international fears over Chinese products
> > spread.
>
> The chinese seem to love to fool people in clever ways and make a buck at
> the same time. I won't buy chinese foods if I can help it.
>
> Your pets will die, your teeth will rot, your kids will get diseases and
> people will die. The FDA only checks about 1% of chinese imported foods.
> India, China and Mexico are the big three countries that import dangerrous
> foods. Avoid them if you can.

komin is a negro monkey hiding in the jungle of cambodia stuffing
babanas up his own asshole !!!!!!!!!!!!



On Jun 28, 8:26 pm, "st. Mary' s ****ing **** hole"
> wrote:
> the Chinese also have fooled the Malay people,
> the Chinese from China have taken lots of Malay's native lands.
>
> the Chinese have taken Singapore , which wasa a Malay territory .
>
> now the Chinese holding Malay's passport , want to balkanise
> Malaysia,
> because the Chinese really want Sarah Wak for the Chinese
> navy ,
> in case the US navy blocks the Chinese transport route for
> Chinese Oil tankers ,
> in the event of war in the Taiwan Strait .
>
> .
>
> On Jun 28, 8:48 pm, "James" > wrote:
>
>
>
> > > wrote in message
>
> oups.com...
>
> > > June 28, 2007
> > > China insists its exports are safe
> > > By Audra Ang, Associated Press Writer
>
> > > BEIJING --China insisted Thursday that its exports are safe, issuing a
> > > rare direct commentary as international fears over Chinese products
> > > spread.
>
> > The chinese seem to love to fool people in clever ways and make a buck at
> > the same time. I won't buy chinese foods if I can help it.
>
> > Your pets will die, your teeth will rot, your kids will get diseases and
> > people will die. The FDA only checks about 1% of chinese imported foods.
> > India, China and Mexico are the big three countries that import dangerrous
> > foods. Avoid them if you can.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

Sounds like a good idea for War Criminals Bush & Cheney before we
slaughter them
for War Crimes.

---

(no WMDs yet...)





On Jun 28, 8:20 am, wrote:
> June 28, 2007
> China insists its exports are safe
> By Audra Ang, Associated Press Writer
>
> BEIJING --China insisted Thursday that its exports are safe, issuing a
> rare direct commentary as international fears over Chinese products
> spread.
>
> Wang Xinpei, a spokesman for the Commerce Ministry, said China "has
> paid great attention" to the issue, especially food products because
> it concerns people's health.
>
> "It can be said that the quality of China's exports all are
> guaranteed," Wang told reporters at a regularly scheduled briefing.
>
> The statement was among Beijing's most public assertions of the safety
> of its exports since they came under scrutiny earlier this year with
> the deaths of dog and cats in North America blamed on Chinese wheat
> gluten tainted with the chemical melamine.
>
> Since then, U.S. authorities have turned away or recalled toxic fish,
> juice containing unsafe color additives and popular toy trains
> decorated with lead paint.
>
> Chinese-made toothpaste also has been banned by numerous countries in
> North and South America and Asia for containing diethylene glycol, or
> DEG, a chemical often found in antifreeze. It is also a low-cost --
> and sometimes deadly -- substitute for glycerin, a sweetener in many
> drugs.
>
> The New York Times reported Thursday that tainted Chinese toothpaste
> had been more widely distributed in the United States than had been
> previously reported. It said about 900,000 tubes have turned up in
> places including correctional facilities and some hospitals, not just
> at discount stores.
>
> Earlier this month, a spokesman for North Carolina's Department of
> Correction said Pacific brand toothpaste was distributed to prisoners
> who could not afford to buy a name brand at prison stores. The tubes
> were taken away after trace amounts of DEG was found in them.
>
> Officials in Georgia and North Carolina told the Times there had been
> no illnesses reported, and that the toothpaste in question was being
> replaced with brands not manufactured in China.
>
> On Wednesday, three Japanese importers recalled millions of Chinese-
> made travel toothpaste sets, many sold to inns and hotels, after they
> were found to contain as much as 6.2 percent of diethylene glycol.
>
> Wang, the Commerce Ministry spokesman, said Chinese experts have
> already "explained the situation."
>
> He gave no details, although the country's quality watchdog has in
> past cited tests from 2000 that it said showed toothpaste containing
> less than 15.6 percent diethylene glycol was harmless to humans.
>
> Also Wednesday, Beijing police raided a village where live pigs were
> force-fed wastewater to boost their weight before slaughter, state
> media reported.
>
> Plastic pipes had been forced down the pigs' throats and villagers had
> pumped each 220-pound pig with 44 pounds of wastewater, the Beijing
> Morning Post reported Thursday.
>
> Paperwork showed the pigs were headed for one of Beijing's main
> slaughterhouses and stamps on their ears indicated that they already
> had been through quarantine and inspection, the paper said. Suspects
> escaped during the raid and no arrests were made, it said.
>
> The case underscored China's chaotic food safety situation, where
> manufacturers and distributors often use unapproved additives, falsify
> expiration dates or find other methods of cutting corners to eke out
> small profits.
>
> Officials have in recent weeks underscored the need to tighten up
> inspections, punish violators and increase surveillance.
>
> Wei Chuanzhong, deputy director of the General Administration of
> Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, said local governments
> "should be fully aware of the importance and improve responsibility
> for imported and exported food safety."
>
> His remarks, made during an inspection tour of the port city of
> Tianjin, were posted Thursday on the administration's Web site.
>
> Earlier this week, inspectors announced they had closed 180 food
> factories nationwide in the first half of this year and seized tons of
> candy, pickles, crackers and seafood tainted with formaldehyde,
> illegal dyes and industrial wax.
>
> "These are not isolated cases," Han Yi, an official with Wei's quality
> administration, was quoted as saying in Wednesday's state-run China
> Daily newspaper.
>
> Han's admission was significant because the agency has said in the
> past that safety violations were the work of a few rogue operators --
> a claim aimed at protecting China's billions of dollars of food
> exports.