Buying from China
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Neha is right, the story is a hoax, read here:-
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200708/20070813/article_327042.htm
This is widely reported in all newspapers. I think some of us need to read more newspaper so that our minds are more opened. Food safety issues do not just happen in China alone, it may be in anywhere in the world, I agree with Neha when she says,"I agree that there is lot of bad stuff out of China, but really it is not possible to cut everything made in China and I firmly beleive if anything bad is to to happen will happen irrespective of how many precautions u take. That doesnot mean that u dont precautions . I just feel that things are getting blown out of proportion here. I am careful what we eat etc but atthe same time I am not paranoid.". Did you guys not read about the Meat Hope scam, Ishiya Chocolate Factory scam, Fujiyo-Peko scam, it happens in Japan as well!!!
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/sp/article/2007/200708/20070813/article_327042.htm
This is widely reported in all newspapers. I think some of us need to read more newspaper so that our minds are more opened. Food safety issues do not just happen in China alone, it may be in anywhere in the world, I agree with Neha when she says,"I agree that there is lot of bad stuff out of China, but really it is not possible to cut everything made in China and I firmly beleive if anything bad is to to happen will happen irrespective of how many precautions u take. That doesnot mean that u dont precautions . I just feel that things are getting blown out of proportion here. I am careful what we eat etc but atthe same time I am not paranoid.". Did you guys not read about the Meat Hope scam, Ishiya Chocolate Factory scam, Fujiyo-Peko scam, it happens in Japan as well!!!
I've lived in Hong Kong for the past 15 years. I buy fruit & vegetables and meat & fish at the wet market. I prefer to eat meat that has been slaughtered this morning, than eat an animal that was slaughtered who-knows-when and then flown in.
Same reason I'm a bit sad over the demise of the local chicken stalls. I feel more secure if I can see that the bird looks healthy & active and is killed very close to the time of cooking.
Fish - again prefer live or very fresh to frozen in the supermarket. But yes we did avoid eels during the malachite green scare.
I do end up buying meat from NZ & Australia in the supermarket from time to time, because I'm shopping there and don't want to make an extra trip to a different shop.
Dairy products:
I buy the local (Dairy farm) yoghurt sometimes, mostly as a starter for my own yoghurt. I buy the same brand of sour cream & cottage cheese. I buy the NZ "Mainland" cheddar because that's the only reduced-fat cheddar that I like. The parmesan and fancy cheese - also imported.
Olive oil & fancy vinegars - imported. Wine - not Chinese. Beer - whatever catches my husband's fancy. He's been into the Tsingtao lately, but other times he likes Heineken, and still other, Fosters.
My husband and I are a little careful about buying some products (would prefer HK-made noodles, for example, over Chinese-made). But, you can only spend so much time worrying about things like that.
I get more worried about packaged food than fresh stuff - but I just bought some frozen xiao long bao for the kids as a treat for the start of school next week.
When we buy our fruit & veggies, we wash them carefully & some we peel.
IMHO it's silly to spend 3 times the price to buy Australian carrots instead of local carrots. But, it's not my $ and if that's one's pleasure: go for it. I probably spend $ on some things that are important to me that others might think silly.
Same reason I'm a bit sad over the demise of the local chicken stalls. I feel more secure if I can see that the bird looks healthy & active and is killed very close to the time of cooking.
Fish - again prefer live or very fresh to frozen in the supermarket. But yes we did avoid eels during the malachite green scare.
I do end up buying meat from NZ & Australia in the supermarket from time to time, because I'm shopping there and don't want to make an extra trip to a different shop.
Dairy products:
I buy the local (Dairy farm) yoghurt sometimes, mostly as a starter for my own yoghurt. I buy the same brand of sour cream & cottage cheese. I buy the NZ "Mainland" cheddar because that's the only reduced-fat cheddar that I like. The parmesan and fancy cheese - also imported.
Olive oil & fancy vinegars - imported. Wine - not Chinese. Beer - whatever catches my husband's fancy. He's been into the Tsingtao lately, but other times he likes Heineken, and still other, Fosters.
My husband and I are a little careful about buying some products (would prefer HK-made noodles, for example, over Chinese-made). But, you can only spend so much time worrying about things like that.
I get more worried about packaged food than fresh stuff - but I just bought some frozen xiao long bao for the kids as a treat for the start of school next week.
When we buy our fruit & veggies, we wash them carefully & some we peel.
IMHO it's silly to spend 3 times the price to buy Australian carrots instead of local carrots. But, it's not my $ and if that's one's pleasure: go for it. I probably spend $ on some things that are important to me that others might think silly.
Indeed, they put out a warning to journalists about reporting this stuff. We try not to buy food from China. Can't totally avoid it, but we do look and buy from elsewhere. We consider ourselves to be honorary Aussies due to the amount of food we buy from there.
Mailmail, i take everything i read in local papers and Mainland (online or traditional) with a grain of salt. China is trying hard to reverse the perception we westerners have of the country and I simply don't believe that 1) they report everything bad that happens - just enough to make some of us think they do and 2) that they don't write out right lies when it suits. I saw the filming of the cardboard/pork bun incident and i'm sticking with the original story which holds it to be true. Let's just remember that in China even today there is no such thing as real freedom of the press.
I totally see your point, but why single out China when everything you said happens everywhere in the world. Even USA has no such thing as absolute freedom of the press, probably more so than China. As for food scams in the US which was not just plain mistakes, but deliberate so as to cut cost, we can have a taste of it through the book "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlossar, ditto on European countries and Japaneses (I quoted the three most recent food scams/scandals in my last post). All these were NOT mistakes, but deliberate so as to cut costs. The owners/management of these corporations are just greedy and immoral, period. It happens everywhere in the world. Yet, I must say, Australia, so far has been very trustworthy when it comes to food safety and standards. So, I completely understand why you feel safer buying food imported from Australia.
I would definatley believe something that I saw on film with my own eyes over something I read in the paper.
There are some holes in that newspaer article, compared to what was aired on TV.
Espescially when the guy admitted exactly what he was doing.
Do you not understand the meaning of the word propaganda?
The Chinese govt. is working very hard on damage control at the moment, as it seems to be one story after another that is focusing the worlds attention on China.
I think the only reason we are picking on China at the moment is because there have been a series of scares, one after the other.
I don't understand why people are so defensive.
Do you think it's OK for your family to be exposed to this stuff in the name of cheap products?
If it was happening anywhere else, I'd be equally outraged.
I heard another charming one reported on Australia network the other day.
Wet hand wipes, being made from recycled hospital waste.
There are some holes in that newspaer article, compared to what was aired on TV.
Espescially when the guy admitted exactly what he was doing.
Do you not understand the meaning of the word propaganda?
The Chinese govt. is working very hard on damage control at the moment, as it seems to be one story after another that is focusing the worlds attention on China.
I think the only reason we are picking on China at the moment is because there have been a series of scares, one after the other.
I don't understand why people are so defensive.
Do you think it's OK for your family to be exposed to this stuff in the name of cheap products?
If it was happening anywhere else, I'd be equally outraged.
I heard another charming one reported on Australia network the other day.
Wet hand wipes, being made from recycled hospital waste.
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Neha
Banned
Thanks mailmail. Our point exactly at the beginning of this thread was to be cautious and " crazy" with fear about everything chinese. Pretty impossible to live in HK and not use Chinese products.
Well every country be it Third world like China or developped nations like USA( Iraq war , weapons of mass destruction) use media for their own benefit. I just feel that why dont we give the Central govt in this instance ( Buns) the benefit of doubt. There are alot of people who are unhappy about Beijing holding the Olympic games so it can be their work.China did accept that there was excessive lead in the paint so they might be telling the truth for once. Things are changing china for the better and it si not easy for them to change teh system overnight.
Everything u see on TV is not necessarly all true they can also make up stuff to fool people just as writing false reports.
Have a good day
Well every country be it Third world like China or developped nations like USA( Iraq war , weapons of mass destruction) use media for their own benefit. I just feel that why dont we give the Central govt in this instance ( Buns) the benefit of doubt. There are alot of people who are unhappy about Beijing holding the Olympic games so it can be their work.China did accept that there was excessive lead in the paint so they might be telling the truth for once. Things are changing china for the better and it si not easy for them to change teh system overnight.
Everything u see on TV is not necessarly all true they can also make up stuff to fool people just as writing false reports.
Have a good day
Neha
Banned
for those who want to make sure the toys in their houses are not containing excessive lead content
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