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Posted on 10/22/2005 7:27:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Adding to recent scares over Chinese food products, the nation's health watchdog said yesterday that it has detected parasite eggs in imported kimchi.
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said the eggs were found in nine out of 16 types of Chinese kimchi for sale over the Internet, adding Korean kimchi was found to be free of them. Around 18 percent of kimchi consumed in Korea came from China last year, the KFDA said.
The health authorities alleged that the eggs were laid by parasites living in human feces used as fertilizer on soil where cabbage, the main ingredient of kimchi, grows in China. Kimchi is spicy fermented cabbage served as the main side dish of any Korean meal.
Once kimchi with parasite eggs is digested, they can hatch allowing parasites to live inside the gullet or stomach for more than a year, causing vomiting and stomach pains, experts said. But in most cases, the eggs do not cause problems, they added.
The government immediately suspended imports of Chinese kimchi and asked companies to destroy and recall their stocks of the product. The government also proposed countermeasures, including inspections of Chinese kimchi factories before business licenses are issued to importers of Chinese kimchi.
Experts suspect Chinese kimchi is to blame for a recent increase in the number of Koreans identified as parasite carriers. The proportion of identified carriers was 3.7 percent last year, up from 2.4 percent in 1997. In 1971, however, the figure stood at 84.3 percent, the KFDA said.
"Thirty years ago, Koreans became infected with parasites even after having cabbage salad," said Seo Min, a doctor who specializes in the study of parasites at Dankuk University Hospital, who also said tainted Chinese kimchi may have led to the recent rise of parasite carriers.
Parasite eggs were found during government tests of nine main dishes for possible content of harmful material. The tests were conducted amid growing concern over tainted Chinese imports such as kimchi, tea and seafood like eels.
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We love kimchee, but now realize we may be in deep kimchee ourselves if it says Made in China.
8mm
Why the hell would anyone want to eat intentionally-rotted cabbage anyways?
It has beneficial bacteria.
Don't you like sauerkraut?
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