Workers tend to a fish farm in Jiaonan, China. Industry experts and others in China that say melamine has been routinely added to fish and animal feed to artificially boost protein readings.Posted on 12/26/2008 9:07:04 AM PST by BGHater
Industry experts and businesspeople in China say that the industrial chemical has been routinely added to fish and animal feed to artificially boost protein readings.
Reporting from Los Angeles and Shanghai--Melamine in Chinese-produced milk powder has sickened hundreds of thousands of children and added to a growing list of made-in-China foods banned across the globe.Now, some scientists and consumer advocates are raising concerns that fish from China may also be contaminated with the industrial chemical.
China is the world's largest producer of farm-raised seafood, exporting billions of dollars worth of shrimp, catfish, tilapia, salmon and other fish.The U.S. imported about $2 billion of seafood products from China in 2007,almost double the volume of four years earlier, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
But industry experts and businesspeople in China say that melamine has been routinely added to fish and animal feed to artificially boost protein readings. And new research suggests that, unlike in cows and pigs, the edible flesh in fish that have been fed melamine contains residues of the nitrogen-rich substance.
Melamine, commonly used in plastics and dishware, can lead to urinary problems such as kidney stones and even renal failure.
Last year, pet foods made with melamine-laced ingredients from China sickened or killed thousands of dogs and cats in the U.S. This year, infant formula tainted with the chemical has been linked to illness in 294,000 small children and six deaths in China, according to China's Ministry of Health.
In the U.S., fish from China can be found in the frozen food aisle in supermarkets and is served in posh restaurants.
Workers tend to a fish farm in Jiaonan, China. Industry experts and others in China that say melamine has been routinely added to fish and animal feed to artificially boost protein readings.
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No more tilapia for you!
Anyone who would buy a package of Chinese seafood needs to have their head examined.
I’ve noticed boxes of frozen talapia bearing “Produce of China” being unloaded into Walmart seafood display cases.
What is it with China and melamine? Is it like global warming and all those billion plus Chinese producing the stuff? Where does all this melamine come from?
I am sure we will get our resident Free Traders on here to tell us “how good free trade with Commie China is”
Wealth redistribution can kill you...in so many ways
China’s war plan: Poison the world, especially Americans.
Even at the seafood counters of larger supermarkets, much of the shrimp, etc. are coming from China.
We only eat fish we catch (but we live near the Gulf and catch a lot, so it's not a problem for us.)
I wouldn't know how you'd verify fish served in a restaurant was not coming from a Chinese source.
“China’s war plan: Poison the world, especially Americans.”
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It is working.
It is a damn shame the liberals ruined the concept of eating locally.
Because it is just about the healthiest option there is.
People, if it doesn’t have country of origin, don’t buy it. And if it is from China, you’d have to be suicidal to buy it. If you can, buy/grow locally, get to know your small local markets who know where they are buying. It’s what you eat: it’s important.
“No more tilapia for you!”
The best way to buy Tilapia is to go to the Asian market and pick a live one out of the tank. Here in Ohio, the Tilapia come from a company in Erie Pa.. They’ll off it, gut it, and scale it for you. Leave the head and tail on the fish. Take it home, stuff the inside cavity with slivers of carrot, ginger, and green onion. Put some of that same mix on top of the fish. Pour some Chinese cooking wine over it, preferably Chinkiang Vinegar. Let it set for 15/20 minutes, then steam it. It’s done when a chopstick pokes into it easily.
ABDO-LUTELY DELICIOUS!
Agreed — avoid fish from China.
Years ago we got a package of frozen salmon filets. We found what looked like abscesses in the meat. Package said they were farm raised from China, where they can also use antibiotics that are banned here. Ick. I didn’t even feed it to the chickens, it was so gross.
Now we read labels. Unless someone we know catches the fish and gives it to us, about all we eat is canned salmon from Alaska and-or stuff from Canada.
I’m vegan. I am not going to deal with a fish w/the head on. I don’t even like fish and didn’t eat it before becoming vegan. My son (skywalk) is lucky that I simply pan fry the tilapia for him. While your recipe probably tastes pretty good, it also sounds like a lot of trouble for something he should just stop eating anyway.
Well, I am free to buy or not buy. For some USA products it is now a marketing tool. I bought some frozen shrimp earlier this week. The bag says: “Certified Wild American Shrimp.” They were caught off the coast of Alabama. Since I was 17 and worked at a seafood shop, I have been obsessed with the origins of my fish. I quit buying shrimp from one store once they started importing from Mexico and Central America.
Well that does it
Call your congress critter and demand we pay all our debt owned to china
In addition we will produce all our own stuff including gasp food
Or wait
No I think I will just whine on a website of my choice because critters know I don’t matter
Where is that O messiah gold coin web site I need to buy some I have no need for sanity anymore
I consider EVERYTHING from China having Melamine.
China SUCKS!
Remind me to just stop eating.
(Buy ammo, get your kids out of government schools, pray for the Republic.)
So you're a pro-gun, religious vegan who named his homeschooled kid "skywalk?"
You sir win my vote for most eclectic poster of the day.
Trade with China is the worst mistake we ever made. Clinton opened it up, but Bush just loves it too, apparently.
After the great dog food scandal broke out into public view, despite FDA efforts to hush it up, it became obvious that ALL FOOD, FOOD INGREDIENTS, SUPPLEMENTS, and MEDICAL INGREDIENTS, not to mention pet food, needed careful inspection by the FDA. THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE. So Americans have been eating poison for another year, as I suspected was probably the case.
The food authorities are quick to shut down family farmers or others who don’t pay as big bribes to the pols as the factory farmers. How about turning a little attention to Chinese poison? How about requiring that labels indicate when ANY products from China or uncertified sources abroad have gone into our food and medical products?
Here is a list of things produced in China that have proven to be deadly:
Toys
Pet Food
Infant formula
Fish
How many things do we need to have on the list before we ban trade with China. I don’t blame our Government though, consumers just have to put safty before the dollar and the problem will be solved.
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