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June 28, 2007
Made In China
Is it time for a ban of Chinese food products for people and animals?
Diethylene Glycol has now been found in toothpaste made in China and shipped to the US. Unlike the melamine found in gluten for animal feed, toothpaste is intended for human consumption. And like the melamine, diethylene glycol is poisonous.
What gives? Why are the Chinese putting poisons into food products?
Honestly, why is this happening? Clearly they're trying to save money by using cheap ingredients, but why would you want to alienate your customers by making them and their pets sick, or in the ultimate form of alienation, dead? This simply defies reason.
What also defies reason is the dogged insistence of Chinese officials that foodstuff made in China is safe. Clearly it isn't, and the officials' denials of systemic issues suggests that they're not open to investigating their manufacturers' production practices, nor are they open to regulating their industries to detect and punish companies when their products are found to be adulterated.
Given these facts, the only sane course of action is one that must take place as part of national policy. Simply stated, no foods, whether intended for human or animal consumption, should be mass-imported into the United States. China relies on food exports for income, and hitting them where it hurts may be what it takes to make them pay attention.
Posted by Pat at 07:22 PM | Comments (0)