China says its seafood is safer and better

by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Jan 19th 2008 @ 11:01AM

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Safer and better" than what? you may be asking yourself.

After a year of food (and toy) safety problems on their record including tainted seafood, the Chinese government is instituting programs and regulations to restore confidence in the safety of their seafood exports. Among the measures are a crackdown on the use of illegal antibiotics that have been shown to cause cancer and a focus on pollution and water-quality problems.

Let's hope they get it together, since much of the world has to turn to China's land-based fish farms as ocean waters become increasingly depleted by overfishing.

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Filed Under: Business, Health & Medical, Ingredients
Tags: china, exports, fish, fish farming, food safety, imports, seafood, shellfish

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1-19-2008 @12:09PM Ethan said... i think chinese food is ok.. maybe you should came to zhiqing.org check out china.
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1-19-2008 @1:53PM Maman said... Safer and better than what they are letting THEIR people eat
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1-19-2008 @6:01PM Walter Jeffries said... "Safer and better" than what?"

Funny you should mention that... it was my first thought.

Even if it is safer and better it still is from 1) the other side of the world, 2) a country that is known for "Hazardous and Worse". I'll pass.
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