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China Bans 17 Substances as Food Additives
VOA News ^
| 17 December 2008
Posted on 12/16/2008 9:07:49 PM PST by nickcarraway
China has banned food producers from adding 17 substances, including some chemicals more commonly used as insecticides or disinfectants.
The list of additives banned by the Health Ministry Tuesday included boric acid, formaldehyde and lye.
Recent inspections have found that some Chinese food producers have added boric acid to meat balls and noodles to increase elasticity. Boric acid is commonly used as a pesticide.
Inspectors have also found that some companies soak fish in water with formaldehyde and lye to make it appear fresher. The two substances are common ingredients in soap.
Health officials also warned local authorities to scrutinize 10 common foods, such as cookies, meats and flour, for the presence of potentially harmful food colorings and preservatives.
China's latest food scandal broke out in September after powdered milk, tainted with the industrial chemical melamine, sickened thousands of Chinese infants. Melamine-tainted milk has been blamed for the death of six babies in China.
The milk scandal followed reports of food poisoning in Japan, linked to China's food exports.
The resulting outrage forced the government to review the country's food production practices and consider measures to improve food safety standards.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: china
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To: JACKRUSSELL
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posted on
12/16/2008 9:08:04 PM PST
by
nickcarraway
(Are the Good Times Really Over?)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
12/16/2008 9:09:19 PM PST
by
dfwgator
(I hate Illinois Marxists)
To: nickcarraway
So formaldehyde *was* a legal additive up to now? Yummy.
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12/16/2008 9:11:20 PM PST
by
John Jorsett
(scam never sleeps)
To: nickcarraway
It’s a compliance to the new world order.
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posted on
12/16/2008 9:11:26 PM PST
by
eyedigress
(All I want for Christmas is a nice blue barrel rifle.)
To: nickcarraway
Inspectors have also found that some companies soak fish in water with formaldehyde and lye to make it appear fresher.
No more tasty embalmed fish?
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12/16/2008 9:18:42 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: nickcarraway
Inspectors have also found that some companies soak fish in water with formaldehyde and lye The Chinese have been making Ludafisk?
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12/16/2008 9:18:52 PM PST
by
Dinsdale
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
12/16/2008 9:21:30 PM PST
by
ari-freedom
(Conservatives solve problems. Libertarians ignore problems. Liberals create problems.)
To: nickcarraway
China Bans 17 Substances as Food AdditivesWow, this is great. I am sure that every manufacturer in China will adhere to not using the banned substances. /sarc
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12/16/2008 9:24:54 PM PST
by
Dustbunny
(Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged. The Gipper)
To: nickcarraway
Lead, melamine, cadmium, mercury...
Wafarin, benzene, ...
Sometimes it's not worth reloading to shoot MORE fish in the barrel.
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12/16/2008 9:27:21 PM PST
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grey_whiskers
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To: Army Air Corps; nickcarraway
Inspectors have also found that some companies soak fish in water with formaldehyde and lye to make it appear fresher. The Norwegians invented that. It's called "lutefisk".
Minnesotans have been known to foist it upon unsuspecting guests at Thanksgiving.
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12/16/2008 9:28:48 PM PST
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grey_whiskers
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To: Dinsdale
What's in a name? Literally translated, Lutefisk means lyefish, which refers to the early process of soaking where a lye solution made of birch ashes was used in the luting process.
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12/16/2008 9:30:01 PM PST
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smokingfrog
(I'll go green when they plant me in the ground.)
To: grey_whiskers
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12/16/2008 9:32:09 PM PST
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MHGinTN
(Believing they cannot be deceived, they cannot be convinced when they are deceived.)
To: grey_whiskers
Thanks to many Lutheran friends in my life, I am familiar with Lutefisk. I have yet to give it a try despite being gastronomically adventurous.
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12/16/2008 9:33:39 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four fried chickens and a coke)
To: nickcarraway
They banned lye? No more hominy from China I guess. /s
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12/16/2008 11:06:28 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(Mohammed licks my shoes but the Allah won't come off.)
To: TigersEye
I eats my grits everyday! I guess American lye is okay then?
To: ari-freedom
one of my favorite skits.
Bag-o-glass
Johnny human torch
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12/17/2008 5:36:15 AM PST
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ko_kyi
To: ari-freedom
one of my favorite skits.
Bag-o-glass
Johnny human torch
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12/17/2008 5:58:56 AM PST
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ko_kyi
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To: ari-freedom
bass-o-matic more appropriate?
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