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2012-06-15 China-Japan-Koreas

China says tainted food found at Wal-Mart

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Posted by gorb 2012-06-15 04:01|| || Front Page|| [11126 views ] Top

#1 What's the danger of a few more chemicals for a Wal-Mart SNAP shopper ?

Posted by Besoeker 2012-06-15 07:08|| 2012-06-15 07:08|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2012-06-15 07:23|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2012-06-15 07:27|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2012-06-15 12:10|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2012-06-15 12:22|| Front Page Top

#6 USDA workers testing meats in 1935

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2012-06-15 12:40|| 2012-06-15 12:40|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2012-06-15 15:09|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2012-06-15 16:00|| Front Page Top

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