China's Toxic Products: Recent News and a Brief Summer Roundup

The Big Lie is sometimes good for amusement:

China's farm products safe

BEIJING, Sept 24, 2007

The quality of Chinese farm products has being improving over the years, with more than 93 percent vegetables safe and 98 percent meat products up to standards, Gao Hongbin, vice minister of agriculture, said on Monday. "More than 93 percent of the vegetables are safe in terms of pesticide residue and more than 98 percent of meat products are up to scratch concerning the remains of clenobuterol hydrochloride," Gao said at a press conference.
Clenobuterol hydrochloride is a drug some farmers used to feed pigs to develop more muscles before selling them. It has been abolished due to side effects to human heart.

Back to reality:

The Chinese Communist Party Way of Dealing with Illegal Manufacturing Practices

http://en.epochtimes.com/news/7-9-22/60022.html

China - Nation in grip of unrestrained greed

http://news.therecord.com/Opinions/article/246233

Fake diabetic kit alert

http://www.asianpacificpost.com/portal2/pageView.html?id=ff80808114994add01149976dd9b000f

1 million cribs sold in U.S. recalled

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20907633/

NZ tests find formaldehyde in Chinese-made clothes

http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/08/20/2009811.htm?section=business


Hamleys pulls toys over lead fear

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6953490.stm

China Pays Steep Price As Textile Exports Boom

http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB118580938555882301.html

Throw-away toys, throw-away lives

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/citizensweekly/story.html?id=8c2541b7-aad7-4201-9269-45dce5b956f2

Soylent Red - Tainted food from China

http://www.westernstandard.ca/website/index.cfm?page=article&article_id=2657&pagenumber=1

Some Baby Bibs Said to Contain Levels of Lead

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/15/business/15lead.html?ei=5065&en=f309598d7e544a06&ex=1187841600&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print

The Next Big China Import: class action product liability law suits

http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/daily-brief/2007/08/02/the-next-big-import-lawsuits/

Official Report Says Sub-standard Food Items Produced In China

http://www.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/NewsStory.aspx?cpath=20070704\ACQRTT200707041228RTTRADERUSEQUITY_0341.htm&

Warning over Chinese food imports

http://www.thelocal.se/7687/20070624/

Shell Chemical plant struggling with substandard Chinese parts

http://stevejanke.com/archives/231918.php

Wider Sale Is Seen for Toothpaste Tainted in China - New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/28/us/28tooth.html?ei=5090&en=a00a39144f0b11b4&ex=1340683200&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

Accident Raises Safety Concerns On Chinese Tires

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118278927863547228.html?mod=djemITP

In latest scare, China finds fake veterinary drugs

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20070621-0346-china-health-animals.html


China shuts down 180 food factories

http://www.abcnews.go.com/Business/wirestory?id=3320191