New China food safety scandal widens to oil, peanuts

[no_hypocrisy]

Chinese authorities in a southern boomtown have detected a cancer-causing toxin in peanuts and cooking oil that was only recently discovered in milk, in the nation’s latest food safety scandal.

The food safety regulator in Shenzhen said it had found excessive levels of aflatoxin in peanuts sold in three stores, and in cooking oil in four restaurants, the official Xinhua news agency said late Friday.

Calls to the regulator — the Shenzhen market supervision bureau — went unanswered.


The incident comes after leading dairy firm Mengniu revealed at the weekend that authorities found high levels of aflatoxin in a batch of milk before it was sold, caused by cows eating mouldy feed at a farm in southwest China.

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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/12/31/new-china-food-safety-scandal-widens-to-oil-peanuts/


Do you think any of these products are used in Chinese Take-Out here?

[Brickbat]

1. I wouldn't be surprised if they're sold on grocery-store shelves.

I read the label of everything I buy. If the food says "Product of China," I don't buy it; I assume it to be crap, poison or produced by slaves.

[Morning Dew]

2. I'm wary of Chines food products as well.

Honey, for instance.
http://healthland.time.com/2011/08/22/tainted-chinese-honey-may-be-on-u-s-store-shelves/


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What’s wrong with honey from China? For one thing, it may contain lead, a toxin that accumulates in the body and can cause neurological damage, particularly in young children. The lead contamination has been traced back to the thousands of small beekeeping operations in China that use unlined, lead-soldered drums to collect and store honey before transferring it to processors.

Further, FSN reports, Chinese honey may contain tiny amounts of an antibiotic known as chloramphenicol, which was used in the early 2000s to thwart a bacterial epidemic that was killing tens of millions of bees. The FDA has banned the presence of the drug in food; even in small amounts, it can cause a severe or fatal reaction in about 1 out of 30,000 people.



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[City Lights]

3. I leave all food labeled "Product of China" on the shelf as well. eom