| State quality watchdog: Japan dumpling poisoning case contrived | |
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| Feb 28, 2008 00:41 |   |
 | China's state quality watchdog has issued a statement on Thursday that the poisoning incident in Japan caused by dumplings imported from a food plant in northern China was a special case of sabotage and it's unlikely it happened in China. "After comprehensive investigation, we believe there's little chance that methamidophos was put into dumplings in China," said Yu Xinmin, deputy director of the criminal investigation bureau with the Ministry of Public Security, at a press conference. In 2007, China was widely accused for the food safety issue. The countries in Europe and North America even boycott made-in-China products. Have you ever tasted Chinese dumplings? Did you use any made-in-China products? What do you think of Chinese food and other products? Do they have poor quality? |
| Feb 28, 2008 11:04 | #1 |
| I like to cook and often cook oriental dishes requiring ingredients that come from China, Japan, Thailand, etc. In the US we have global market stores that sell these imported foods and spices and I never had any more or less problems with imported food stuffs compared to those things made in the USA. In the USA, we have had careless and possibly unscrupulous businesses selling questionable foods (like the most recent beef recalls) but it isn't a national issue that condemns the USA. In the same way, problems with imports from China don't reflect on China as a country, but are more localized lapses that can be fixed. Hopefully there are no deaths from any of these lapses, here or in China or elsewhere. Nowadays, however, people seem to want to cast blame rather than work to solve issues quickly and peacefully, and are too quick to blame entire societies and countries for the nasty or careless work of a few. My worry, however, is that some unscrupulous peoples or organizations might taint goods from China (for example), just to have it reflect badly on China. I think that is a form of economic terrorism that should not be tolerated anywhere. |
| Feb 28, 2008 11:04 | #2 |
| I like to cook and often cook oriental dishes requiring ingredients that come from China, Japan, Thailand, etc. In the US we have global market stores that sell these imported foods and spices and I never had any more or less problems with imported food stuffs compared to those things made in the USA. In the USA, we have had careless and possibly unscrupulous businesses selling questionable foods (like the most recent beef recalls) but it isn't a national issue that condemns the USA. In the same way, problems with imports from China don't reflect on China as a country, but are more localized lapses that can be fixed. Hopefully there are no deaths from any of these lapses, here or in China or elsewhere. Nowadays, however, people seem to want to cast blame rather than work to solve issues quickly and peacefully, and are too quick to blame entire societies and countries for the nasty or careless work of a few. My worry, however, is that some unscrupulous peoples or organizations might taint goods from China (for example), just to have it reflect badly on China. I think that is a form of economic terrorism that should not be tolerated anywhere. |
| Feb 28, 2008 19:41 | #3 |
| "China's state quality watchdog has issued a statement on Thursday that the poisoning incident in Japan caused by dumplings imported from a food plant in northern China was a special case of sabotage and it's unlikely it happened in China." Who sabotaged who? How exactly did they figure out that it's unlikely that it happened in China? Did they say? "Have you ever tasted Chinese dumplings? Did you use any made-in-China products? What do you think of Chinese food and other products? Do they have poor quality?" I eat steamed dumplings at Chinese restaurants here. Does that count? ^_^” I have Nike, Kodak, Epson, Apple, Hewlett Packard, etc. at home that are made in China. I don’t really pay attention as to where the products are made as long as they are of good quality. I am a Quality Assurance freak at work after all. ;-) |
| Mar 1, 2008 20:08 | #4 |
| "In the USA, we have had careless and possibly unscrupulous businesses selling questionable foods (like the most recent beef recalls) but it isn't a national issue that condemns the USA. In the same way, problems with imports from China don't reflect on China as a country, but are more localized lapses that can be fixed. " Seth, I agree with you. The poisoning incident is kind of localized lapses. As a whole, the imports from China are not bad. In particular, Chinese food has gained its prestige in the western world. |
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