Talk:Food safety in China

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Other than the current pet-food related issues, here's two other recent cases about poisoined/bad food in china:

Fake eggs

Humain hair used to make soy sauce

I used the Internet Journal of Toxicology as it has the most sources, but both are widely reported elsewhere on the internet. Also, articles have a habit of disappearing/expiring from ispub.com, so it's good to keep a copy or to go to archive.org for them.

Not just food

I suggest that this page be moved to Product safety in the People's Republic of China, as public interest in Chinese regulation has extended to nonfood items recently as well with the recent controversy re:Chinese-made toys. --Soultaco 18:51, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Gluten

This edit represents exports to *outside* of China. As such, I'm not sure it's relevant in this article. Badagnani 21:15, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

As there was considerable media reporting of alleged widespread contamination with melamine inside China (see Chinese protein export contamination), it seemed wothwhile to mention what the government had actually confirmed, and as it was used as one of the predicates for instituting domestic recall systems I thought it was relevant. Abby Kelleyite 22:08, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Was there melamine contamination of gluten-containing products within China? If not, it doesn't seem appropriate to this article, as it wouldn't be "in" China (and the foods were made with the contaminated gluten in the U.S.). Badagnani 22:09, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Several sections of the article relate to problems with the production of food in China. The contaminated products were produced in China, the only difference is they were then exported. I see no problem with this section being in the article, unless there is a more specific article elsewhere. --carelesshx _talk 22:15, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

This, however, fails to answer the question "Was there melamine contamination of gluten-containing products within China?" Badagnani 22:19, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

As far as I am aware, there are only uncomfirmed media reports of the practice of melamine contamination of domestic food products in China. It would at least be useful to include the Xinhua references with regard to the positive steps taken to protect food safety, such as the food safety recall measures. Abby Kelleyite 22:20, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

The cited Xinhua article clearly states: In May, China's quality control watchdog confirmed two domestic companies had exported melamine-contaminated wheat gluten and rice protein blamed for the deaths of dogs and cats in the United States. The stuff was contaminated when it was exported, hence the contamination occurred in China. Whether we believe the source (Chinese state news service) is a can of worms in itself and probably beyond the scope of this article. --carelesshx _talk 22:25, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

On reflection, I find myself in agreement with the suggestion that as gluten exports are covered in a more specific article elsewhere, having a section heading in this article is superfluous. I wonder if it might be better to include a section giving a brief summary of some of the domestic food safety measures taken in 2007, as a counterpart to the food safety incidents? Some of these food safety measures are detailed in the references I included and I am sure there are more recent Xinhua articles on the topic. Of course, there may be many other good sources. As I am no expert on Chinese domestic policies, I would welcome it if someone more familiar with the actions taken do the drafting giving whatever level of mention they think might be appropriate to the role gluten export and other food incidents played in motivating any of them. On a purely personal level, I am made hopeful by the prospect that Chinese consumers may benefit from safety measures taken, in part, to address export safety concerns. Abby Kelleyite (talk) 17:32, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

Let's leave the gluten section as is, then. Abby Kelleyite (talk) 11:58, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Unless there is a better reference than the July 10 Xinhua article. Abby Kelleyite (talk) 12:11, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Tone

The tone of this article, particularly the section headings, is sensationalist in tone, so I will retitle some of the headings to give the article a more balanced tone. --carelesshx _talk 21:31, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

This seems reasonable. The section titles do seem to be written in a "newspaper headline-like" manner. Badagnani 21:34, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Cooking oil scandal

China goes organic after scandal of cooking oil from sewers. I think there is a need to address a separate article of this incident. Komitsuki (talk) 13:55, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

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