50 Chinese factories caught making fake, toxic sauces

[madoka]

This is why I avoid eating anything from China. They'll do anything for a yuan including:

http://mashable.com/2017/01/17/chinese-factory-produces-toxic-food/#mSnp9LsRtaqo

- Ingredients for the fake food seasonings include tap water and industrial-grade salt, which is banned from human consumption in China because it can cause damage to the liver and kidneys due to the presence of cancer-causing agents and heavy metals.

- Factories also bought spices and herbs that had already been used, such as star anise and pepper from nearby factories, then dried them and ground them into powder.

- The operations are carried out in squalid conditions, with many factories operating inside dilapidated buildings.

 

[John Connor]

I swear, there is more BS coming out of China. Between drywall, dog food, lead in toys, you name it. Country is a shit hole.

 

[luv2liv]

the counterfeits look just like the real deal. too bad the article doesnt mention on how to identify the fakes.

 

[lxskllr]

Trying to save money on salt... If your margins are that thin, you should find something else to do. Reminds me of an addict friend I had. If he put the effort into honest work that he put into his various schemes/scams, he could have been something aside from dead.

 

[John Connor]

In business, even the amount of ink you print on a package could save millions annually.

 

[amdhunter]

I swear, there is more BS coming out of China. Between drywall, dog food, lead in toys, you name it. Country is a shit hole.

Wait until Trump ends regulation on businesses here. We'll be worse than China.

 

[evident]

Chinese soy sauce is disgusting anyways, who uses it over kikkoman? very disturbing though, has any been distributed in the US?

 

[John Connor]

Is that sriracha made in China too? Not too concerned myself. That shit is hot as hell!

 

[Ns1]

Is that sriracha made in China too? Not too concerned myself. That shit is hot as hell!

made in Southern California, much to factory neighbors chagrin.

 

[John Connor]

Ah! Found my answer looking at the bottle and Google. They were founded in Cali. in 1980 and have 200 employees.

Huy Fong Foods is a hot sauce company based in Irwindale, California. Beginning in 1980 on Spring Street in Los Angeles's Chinatown, it has grown to become one of the leaders in the Asian hot sauce market, particularly in Sriracha sauce.

 

[rh71]

They were willing to poison infants. That says a lot about priorities there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal

A spokesman said the scale of the problem proved it was "clearly not an isolated accident, [but] a large-scale intentional activity to deceive consumers for simple, basic, short-term profits."

 

[madoka]

They were willing to poison infants. That says a lot about priorities there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal

What's even sadder is that Chinese were caught still creating fake baby powdered milk just last year.

Chinese authorities have arrested nine people in a recent milk powder scandal, which involved the production and selling of fake baby formula under the brands of "Similac" and "Beingmate".

China's food safety commission under the State Council said at a Saturday press conference that Shanghai police had transferred six of the suspects to judicial organs for prosecution and hunting down another suspect.

Shanghai police started to probe the case after receiving reports in September. From Dec. 9, 2015 to Jan. 7, 2016, they have arrested nine suspects and seized about 1,000 cans of milk powder, over 20,000 empty cans and 65,000 fake "Similac" trademarks.

The fake products had been sold into four provinces, including Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu and Hubei, according to Yan Zuqiang, deputy director of the Shanghai food safety office.

According to the commission, three vendors in Hubei, Jiangsu and Anhui have voluntarily destroyed 3,300 cans after becoming suspicious of the powder, while Shanghai police have confiscated another 5,000 cans. There are still 3,300 cans of fake "Similac" powder left unaccounted for, and another vendor in Anhui confessed 3,600 cans of "Beingmate" had been sold.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

What's the big deal with fake toxic sauces? Works just fine for Domino's, Chipotle and Olive Garden.

 

[ponyo]

Is that sriracha made in China too? Not too concerned myself. That shit is hot as hell!

Hot as hell? You must grew up eating bland food.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Hot as hell? You must grew up eating bland food.

I think some people are exceptionally sensitive to spicy, I had a co-worker present me with a cookie he described as inedible as he was downing a bottle of water after having had a bite of. Someone made them for an event we had at work, they had a tiny amount of cayenne in it, about the same as a Lintd cayenne pepper'd chocolate bar you could buy at the store. They were fantastic, and he was flabbergasted that I could even eat it.

 

[Red Squirrel]

And this is why the TPP is ridiculously bad, and I'm glad Trump came in as he will most likely abolish it before it comes into play. Not that China was part of it (I don't think so anyway) but one of the major premises behind the TPP was that a country could do crap like this, export it to us, and our regulations are not allowed to stop them. So if the TPP did pass you'd start seeing tons of stuff like this from overseas coming in, such as milk with hormones in it, or food with questionable fillers, products with no safety ratings etc.

But this stuff will continue regardless as governments seem to be in bed with china and make all sorts of trade agreements. Why is it that if I design and build something I can't sell it because it's not ULC/CSA certified, but China can sell all sorts of crap to us that's not safe at all and has zero certifications? It's a piss off really. Heck, people can't even bake stuff and sell it without getting arrested (unless you're a mega corporation or chain), but places like China can sell all sorts of questionable food to us. It's easier for overseas to sell to us than it is to sell to between ourselves. It's ridiculous.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I think some people are exceptionally sensitive to spicy, I had a co-worker present me with a cookie he described as inedible as he was downing a bottle of water after having had a bite of. Someone made them for an event we had at work, they had a tiny amount of cayenne in it, about the same as a Lintd cayenne pepper'd chocolate bar you could buy at the store. They were fantastic, and he was flabbergasted that I could even eat it.

I was eating poutine and got the cayenne mixed up with the seasoning salt and doused my poutine with cayenne. Turns out it was AWESOME and that's what I use now. If you don't actually read the label, the two shakers look very similar. lol. I grabbed the wrong one out of the cupboard.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

I was eating poutine and got the cayenne mixed up with the seasoning salt and doused my poutine with cayenne. Turns out it was AWESOME and that's what I use now. If you don't actually read the label, the two shakers look very similar. lol. I grabbed the wrong one out of the cupboard.

Father-in-law has this cayenne they use that's either a) *extremely* concentrated, or b) real cayenne and I always get the fake stuff, because I absolutely ruined a batch of thai peanut sauce one time using the called-for amount of cayenne from his batch, he told me afterwards you have to use like 1/4th the called for amount.

 

[Banana]

Chinese soy sauce is disgusting anyways, who uses it over kikkoman? very disturbing though, has any been distributed in the US?

Better check again. That "Kikkomam" in your kitchen came from China.

 

[John Connor]

Better check again. That "Kikkomam" in your kitchen came from China.

I'm gonna have to watch labels now. Damn.

 

[dullard]

And this is why the TPP is ridiculously bad, and I'm glad Trump came in as he will most likely abolish it before it comes into play. Not that China was part of it (I don't think so anyway) but one of the major premises behind the TPP was that a country could do crap like this, export it to us, and our regulations are not allowed to stop them. So if the TPP did pass you'd start seeing tons of stuff like this from overseas coming in, such as milk with hormones in it, or food with questionable fillers, products with no safety ratings etc.

I don't want to turn this thread political, but you have it backwards. The whole point of the TPP is to apply American standards, laws, and testing to Asian countries. Thus, no they could NOT legally produce or sell adulterated products any more, especially not to the US.

But the TPP didn't apply to China anyways, so your post was really off base.

 

[sandorski]

Is that sriracha made in China too? Not too concerned myself. That shit is hot as hell!

The "spice" could be battery acid.

 

[Tommy2000GT]

When I was in China it was hard to find fresh milk. Stores mostly had boxed chemical milk that can be kept at room temperature.

 

[Mai72]

I want malk!

That's Chinese rat milk.

 

[nakedfrog]

Ah! Found my answer looking at the bottle and Google. They were founded in Cali. in 1980 and have 200 employees.

Yeah, the answer was literally in the picture you posted.

Hot as hell? You must grew up eating bland food.

As amazingly white-bread as he is, does that come as a shock?