Posted on 10/08/2007 10:45:20 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Filipino children hospitalised after eating Chinese candy
AFP - Friday, October 5MANILA, Oct 5, 2007 (AFP) - Twenty-three children in the Philippines were hospitalised after eating sweets made in China, officials said Friday.
The pupils, aged nine and 10, were rushed to hospital on Thursday suffering from stomache aches, vomiting and dizziness after eating candy given out at a birthday party on Bantayan Island near Cebu.
Romelo Mates, an adviser at an elementary school in the town of Madridejos, said that according to its wrapper, the Ube Milk Candy was made in Guandong, China.
Mates told local media the children were kept in overnight for observation and four were given intravenous liquid after showing signs of weakness.
The Cebu provincial government is now examining the sweets.
Last month, the Philippines education department banned four Chinese food products from school canteens following reports they contained cancer-causing formaldehyde.
China has been battling to improve the reputation of its products amid fears over food safety.
Industrial oils, acid, cancer-causing chemicals and other dangerous ingredients have been found in thousands of food items such as baby milk powder, rice and flour.
In July, Beijing executed the former head of its food and drug safety watchdog for corruption as part of drastic steps to contain the problem.
Ping!
Made in China,is not the world most recognized warning label.
The crunchy frogs, no doubt.
The only way out is to keep eating them and dying for the sake of world peace and maintaining global trade order.:-)
Poor kids. Hope they all recover quickly.
I think inflation and market capitalism in combination with zero safeguards and regulations is leading to the slew of bad chinese products.
If people stopped buying anything from China, it would shut them down. I mean anything.
I believe that is a suggestion to be posted on move-on.org and code pink websites. I am sure they will be more than willing to oblige for world peace and trade order.
I looked at some very nice salmon filets today while grocery shopping. Pkg was labeled “wild caught,” but in small print, “made in China.” I wouldn’t feed it to my cat...
China boycott ping.
Ping.
Thanks to Tiger for posting this report.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.