Imported Food

Tainted Mexican Meat; county of origin labeling 10/25/11. "We’ve already imported nearly 90 million pounds of Mexican beef this year...USDA caved under the industry pressure and now allows USA meat products that are exclusively of U.S. origin to bear the label “Product of U.S. and Mexico,” or “Product of U.S., Mexico, and Canada,” Schultz said adding, “USDA kowtowed to foreign countries and to the multinational meatpackers who don’t want U.S. consumers to be able to differentiate U.S.-produced meat from foreign meat."

China says 300,000 babies sickened by tainted milk, Capital Press 12/2/08. (KBC NOTE: Every year Klamath Basin farmland is acquired by the Feds and Nature Conservancy to make swamps, nearly 100,000 acres already. Agencies in Klamath are doing their part to guarantee imported food from China." More on imported food.

CHINA - Melamine already in global food chain, Capital Press, posted to KBC 11/2/08

(Chinese) Tainted milk crisis hits more global companies, Capital Press 9/26/08. " The compromised dairy products are blamed for sickening 54,000 babies."  (KBC Note: Millions of acres per year are being taken out of agriculture. In the Klamath Basin, more than 100,000 acres have been converted from ag into federally-owned swamps, and with the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement, thousands more acres will be eliminated from producing agriculture. We can always get more food from China.)

Chinese parents demand answers in baby formula recall, Herald and News 9/19/08.

Imported food supply leaves nation vulnerable, Capital Press 11/30/07

Tainted Chinese products keep surfacing; Bad toothpaste turns up in prison, Herald and News 8/10/07

China Executes Former Head of Food, Drug Safety, Washington Post, posted to KBC 7/14/07. " 'Our work in food and drug supervision is only just beginning. The foundation of the work is still weak, and the trend is not promising,' Yan said. The SFDA, for example, said that its goal is to stop production of fake medications within five years by stepping up on-site checks at manufacturing facilities. It also said it would set up a food recall system that would let the agency quickly take contaminated food off grocery store shelves." HERE for imported food page.

CALIFORNIA Assembly Bill 1109: Fervor to ban light bulbs dims, Sacramento Bee, posted 6/18/07. Description by Fox News: Junk Science, light bulb lunacy posted 6/19/07. "It’s quite odd that environmentalists have embraced the CFL, which cannot now and will not in the foreseeable future be made without mercury. Given that there are about 4 billion lightbulb sockets in American households, we’re looking at the possibility of creating billions of hazardous waste sites". (KBC NOTE: Couldn't resist sharing this enviro logic, like, lets rip out all the hydropower dams and save power and spend $2000 mercury cleanup if one bulb breaks. Our leaders and environmentals at work.)

Tainted foods are daily problem in Asia, Sacramento Bee, posted 6/19/07.  

China Executes Former Head of Food, Drug Safety, Washington Post 7/11/07. " 'Our work in food and drug supervision is only just beginning. The foundation of the work is still weak, and the trend is not promising,' Yan said. The SFDA, for example, said that its goal is to stop production of fake medications within five years by stepping up on-site checks at manufacturing facilities. It also said it would set up a food recall system that would let the agency quickly take contaminated food off grocery store shelves."

NOAA Fisheries Director Issues Statement About FDA's Action to Detain Certain Farm-Raised Imported Seafood from China, FishNews, posted to KBC 7/2/07

Tainted foods are daily problem in Asia, Sacramento Bee, posted 6/19/07. "China has faced outrage among its own citizens in recent years. Whiskey laced with methanol, a toxic wood alcohol, was blamed for killing at least 11 people in southern Guangzhou. Local media in Shanghai uncovered the sale of phony tofu made from gypsum, paint and starch. At least a dozen Chinese babies died and more than 200 were sickened with symptoms associated with malnutrition after drinking infant formula made of sugar and starch with few nutrients. In another case, lard for human consumption was made with hog slop, sewage, pesticides and recycled industrial oil."

Seafood imports from China raised in untreated sewage; Fish products consumed by Americans treated with dangerous drugs, chemicals, World New Daily 6/4/07

Is China trying to poison Americans and their pets? U.S. market flooded with foods unfit for humans, tainted with carcinogens, pesticides, bacteria, drugs, World Net Daily 5/27/07

Gluten factory had a toxic history, LA Times 5/9/07

FDA: Melamine Found in Tainted Pet Foods, March 30, 2007