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Toronto – Dried apples preserved with a cancer-causing chemical. Frozen catfish laden with banned antibiotics. Scallops and sardines coated with putrefying bacteria. Mushrooms laced with illegal pesticides. These were among the 107 food imports from China that the FDA detained at U.S. ports just last month, according to an article in the Washington Post.

Here are some visitor comments regarding the National Post report:

If they don’t start taking this very seriously, I will stop buying Made in China. I already know of some people who have since the tainted Pet food scandal.

Comment by Barbara Hamelin

-  One has to wonder, just a little bit, if some of the news we’re getting these days regarding the alleged low quality of food imported from China has as much to do with American food producers fearing the incredibly low prices of these Chinese imports as it has to do with the “safety” of the food itself.

Comment by Samuel Ganshaw

-  The authority should be more stressed on this matter, an old saying of good news speading not afar, but the bad ones do. currently, China’s pushing the brand image and building trust relationships with each country she make businesses with, the ones mentioned would not represent the whole chinese companies who really like to expand their outreach.

Comment by bianchinni

-  Slaughtered whales, dolphins, tortured dogs in food, cats boiled alive, all for what, beanie babies, gizmos for spoiled kids

keep the heat on — it’s only our purchasing power that counts (votes don’t!)

-  I’m in China for a 3 month stay. If you could see the horrendous lack of sanitation here, you wouldn’t be buying any food related items!

Meat & dairy products are not refridgerated or even covered half the time! Instead they hang in the open air with insects and passersby touching them at will.

Animals are slaughtered in the streets at ‘food markets’, that along with public urination on the streets makes the US designation as ‘filthy’ seem a bit mild!

Comment by Susan

-  I have stopped buying ‘made in china’ – its difficult because every man and his dog is trying to make money by having stuff made there – but why should i put myself and my family and my dogs at risk in this way.

to hell with china!

Comment by poppymac

-  “My household has agreed to buying in-season domestic produce and canned or frozen domestic produce out of season. Clean, healthy, untainted food, meeting USFDA standards is of much greater importance than buying at reduced cost. We have never been more conscious of deficiencies in imported food stuffs. It will take extreme measures to regain our trust.”

Comment by David Morris