This article reminded me of one of my favorite shows: ‘Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern‘ where Andrew travels the world to eat some of the most unusual and unclean foods (by American standards at least) around. If what this article discusses represents some sort of trend, you and I do not have to travel the world for questionable foods—their bringing it to us!
(washingtontimes.com) VOORHEESVILLE, N.Y. — Cole and Sydney Scheels represent the human face of growing U.S. concern over the safety of food imported from China.
The two young children, two of three triplets, recently became seriously ill with salmonella poisoning attributed to snack food containing tainted Chinese ingredients.
Their parents, Patrick and Elex Scheels, say they are still angry about their children’s illness, which occurred despite their efforts to monitor the kinds of food they eat.
“It was terrifying and horrible,” Mrs. Scheels said, recalling that her daughter lost 2½ pounds during her illness, a significant loss for a 24-pound child.
The illness was linked to Veggie Booty, a snack food manufactured and sold by Robert’s American Gourmet Food of Sea Cliff, N.Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Scheels are suing the company, which recalled the product in June. The company declined to comment for this article.
The safety of Chinese food and other imports has come under heightened scrutiny in recent months because of problems traced to Chinese products, including pet deaths caused by tainted pet food, toothpaste that contained a poisonous chemical used in antifreeze, and mislabeled “monkfish” that might have been puffer fish containing the toxin tetrodotoxin. (more…)
We had to know something like this would happen sooner or later with just about everything made these days having some linkage to China.
I say, just as non-food products are oftentimes stamped with ‘Made in _______’, food manufacturers should have VERY CLEAR MARKINGS that tell consumers the country/countries of origin of all major ingredients.
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