20/04: Contaminated Pet Food and Trade with China
Category: America and the World
Posted by: an okie gardener
Another reason not to buy Made in China. The contamination in the pet food appears to have begun as intentional chemical introductions to protein concentrates from China. The chemical introduced enhances the readings on protein content tests. Story here. Hat tip Photognome.
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photognome wrote:
Here is some informatio relevant to our off-line discussion of risks to human consumption / medicatio from China
"Currently, most of the world's vitamins are manufactured in China. Unable to compete, the last U.S. plant making vitamin C closed a year ago. One of Europe's largest citric acid plants shut last winter, and only one vitamin C manufacturer operates in the West. Given China's cheap labor, artificially low prices and the unfair competitive climate it has foisted on the industry, few Western producers of food ingredients can survive much longer
full report at
http://www.washingtonpost.c...