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China says tainted food found at Wal-Mart
2012-06-15
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. says it has removed two food products from shelves in China after regulators found they contained banned chemicals.

The Beijing food safety regulator said it found excessive benzopyrene in sesame oil and high levels of cadmium in squid supplied by Chinese producers.

Wal-Mart said Friday the products were removed from shelves after the report. It said the company had received appropriate regulatory documents from suppliers.
Appropriate my @$$. Get a rope.
The products were among seven food items cited by the agency for excessive chemicals and sold in the Chinese capital. Aside from Wal-Mart, the other outlets were Chinese.

The action came during China's official food safety week, a period when the government typically announces a series of enforcement actions to reassure the public.
I wouldn't buy food outside that week then.
Posted by:gorb

#8  It was the whole fish. Tilapia. Head, tail, scales and everything. Little eyeballs looking at you. Not very big. Not very appetizing in appearance. Not what I'd take home for dinner.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-06-15 16:00  

#7  Last time I went to my local supermarket, not a Wal-Mart, they were selling fish from China. I wonder who buys that stuff.

If it was fillets or pre-cleaned fish, it was probably caught here and processed in China. How is it cheaper to process it in China? Cost per refrigerated container is 10 cents a pound each way, whereas Chinese wages are 1/8 US wages. I know of a guy who owns plants here and in China. He said the Chinese do a better job, but for high-end seafood, he pays the vig and does the processing stateside because of the freshness factor.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2012-06-15 15:09  

#6  USDA workers testing meats in 1935
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2012-06-15 12:40  

#5  Last time I went to my local supermarket, not a Wal-Mart, they were selling fish from China. I wonder who buys that stuff.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-06-15 12:22  

#4  Mmmm, cadmium flavored squid chips. It's the pleasant-tasting salty snack that's both crunchy *and* chewy! Now with heavy metals.
Posted by: SteveS   2012-06-15 12:10  

#3  The unspoken irony here is the late Sam Walton took great pride in stocking his stores with American made products. How times, they have changed.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-06-15 07:27  

#2  Typical. Foreign company gets swarmed by inspectors, and *surprise* the inspectors find problems. Forged regulatory documents are a dime a dozen. Anyone need some? I can get 'em. Inevitably, they foreign company is blamed as "bad" while nobody notices the elephant in the room, the Chinese suppliers who did the crime in the first place.
Posted by: gromky   2012-06-15 07:23  

#1  What's the danger of a few more chemicals for a Wal-Mart SNAP shopper ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-06-15 07:08  

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