China Food Fears Go From Pets To People – Ariana Eunjung Cha

With the recent uproar over contaminated pet food, China’s food exports are receiving closer scrutiny, and what’s being found is not always pretty. From the Washington Post:

By value, China is the world’s No. 1 exporter of fruits and vegetables, and a major exporter of other food and food products, which vary widely, from apple juice to sausage casings and garlic. China’s agricultural exports to the United States surged to $2.26 billion last year, according to U.S. figures — more than 20 times the $133 million of 1980.

China has been especially poor at meeting international standards. The United States subjects only a small fraction of its food imports to close inspection, but each month rejects about 200 shipments from China, mostly because of concerns about pesticides and antibiotics and about misleading labeling. In February, border inspectors for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration blocked peas tainted by pesticides, dried white plums containing banned additives, pepper contaminated with salmonella and frozen crawfish that were filthy. [Full text]

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