22 Tons of Fake Beef Seized in China - Bonus info for Americans

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the “beef” was actually made from pork (considerably cheaper than beef) that had been treated with chemicals including paraffin wax and industrial salts to make it look like it came from a cow. Shanghiist reports that the factory sold more than 1,500 kilos (3,000 pounds) of the fake beef to local markets at around 25 to 33 yuan ($4 or $5) per kilo. Six workshops that were producing the fake beef have been discovered and shut down.
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You'll eat chicken processed in China and you won't even know it



The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved four plants in China to process chicken for export to the United States.




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“As all outstanding issues have been resolved, [China] may proceed with certifying a list of poultry processing establishments as meeting [Food Safety and Inspection Service] requirements,” says a letter signed by Andreas Keller, director of international equivalence staff.
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Under the new rules, the Chinese facilities will verify that cooked products exported to the United States came from American or Canadian birds. So no U.S.D.A. inspector will be present in the plants.

And because the poultry will be processed, it will not require country-of-origin labeling. Nor will consumers eating chicken noodle soup from a can or chicken nuggets in a fast-food restaurant know if the chicken came from Chinese processing plants.
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“We certainly don’t look forward to any more imports, but we also realize free trade is a two-way street,” said Tom Super, spokesman for the National Chicken Council

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[Blackleaf]

I don't eat Chinese beef. I eat British beef.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

I don't eat Chinese beef. I eat British beef.

Arrr, matey. Two cows were standing on a hillside in Devon, and one said "I'm worried about this mad cow disease." The other replied "I'm not worried at all. I'm a helicopter!"

 

[PoliticalNick]

 

[karrie]

I don't eat Chinese beef. I eat British beef.

lol. Ah, yes, Britain's notorious mystery meats.

 

[petros]

I don't eat Chinese beef. I eat British beef.

Right on, yummy FMD beef but not the meat right? Noooo eating meat isn't an Engish thing to do, you wankers throw the meat away and eat the organs and entrails.