Be Careful Of China-Made Products
A seasoning made with imported Chinese ingredients used on recalled snack foods was contaminated with salmonella. The snack foods sickened dozens of people in the US.The Sea Cliff, N.Y., company recalled its Veggie Booty Snack Food last week after it was associated with 54 cases of salmonella poisoning in 17 states. Many of those infected reported eating Veggie Booty.
The company expanded the recall on Monday to include Super Veggie Tings Crunchy Corn Sticks Snack Food, since it uses the same seasoning. Both baked products were sold across United States and Canada.
The recall is only the latest in a growing series to involve Chinese-made products found to be tainted, defective or otherwise dangerous. In recent weeks, there have been recalls of Chinese tires, toy trains and toothpaste. The government also is blocking some Chinese farmed seafood imports because of widespread contamination by antibiotics and other drugs.
Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, especially in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems. Symptoms include fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. (Source - ABC News)
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posted by The Malaysian. at 7/04/2007 12:18:00 PM
2 Comments:
A mainstream newspapers also mentioned "grown vegetables" imported from China (alleged overuse of pesticides).
Unfortunately Very hard to avoid goods from China these days.
Many food products with Western or Malaysian brand names are actually sourced from China, you have to look at the fine print on the label to realise that.
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