Food contamination still afflicts China and US…
China is once again in the news over food contamination, this time regarding contaminated fish exported to the U.S. for human consumption. USA Today is reporting that “in the past 13 months, at least two dozen shipments of catfish, eel and tilapia from Meihua [China] were rejected for entry into the USA by the Food and Drug Administration,” based on FDA records.
The irony is that some of the shipments were rejected because they were contaminated with an antifungal that protects fish but is not allowed by the FDA because it increases cancer rates in lab animals. Others were rejected because of “suspected” contamination or for other contaminants.
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