Chakolate wrote:
> FurPaw <furrealpawdog@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in news:N-
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>> Question is: will this have any effect whatsoever on the quality
>> and safety of the foods and drugs that they produce and export?
>> Or is it for show? Inquiring minds await an answer...
>>
>
> If he was as high as the corruption went, things may improve.
One of the problems, I've read, is that local authorities retain
more autonomy than Peking folks would like. Factories (of any
sort) are good for the local economy, generating lots of under
the table income for local officials. And hence those local
officials are loath to report any infractions of country-wide
regulations, like pollution, use of banned antibiotics,
unsanitary conditions, etc., because it would disrupt their
personal income flow. Not unlike the US, just on a larger scale.
Of course, this ultimately will hurt the entire Chinese economy,
but I doubt that the Chinese businesspeople are any better at
looking at long-term vs short-term than most others are.
According to a recent Consumer Reports poll, 92 percent of those
polled in the US want the country of origin shown on food products.
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1036016120070710
"Last month, USDA said it would reopen public comment to its
so-called "country-of-origin" labeling measure until August 20."
Well, now's your chance to speak out!
I don't know why they have to re-open anything - the law
requiring country of origin labeling on meat products was passed
in 2002. Oh, yeah, I know why. The Bush Administration has
delayed its implementation. Go figure. I hope W enjoys many
meals of antibiotic and sewerage contaminated Chinese catfish.
FurPaw
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