Living in China it seems as if we are always in the midst of a food scandal. The latest one to hit within the past week involves lamb and the fact that a group just got busted for selling rat and fox meat packaged as lamb?!?!?! Today at a monthly Meet and Greet expat coffee a few of the ladies and I went through the foods we are not suppose to eat.
Here they are in no particular order (with articles on some of the foods shown/referenced below):
Lamb - article below
Bottled Water - article below
Chicken - Bird Flu
Eggs - Bird Flu
Rice - contains harmful levels of lead, article below
Vegetables - grown in the same soil as the rice - probably contains lead
Fish - Farmed from the same polluted rivers/streams that are unhealthy to drink
Beef - might be dog/cat/any other animal.
Chinese Police Arrest Suspects in Rat-for-Mutton Crime Ring
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-03/chinese-police-arrest-suspects-in-rat-for-mutton-crime-ring.html
China still uses Soviet-era regulations to test its bottled water
http://qz.com/80890/china-still-uses-soviet-era-regulations-to-test-its-bottled-water
Rice Containing 'Harmful Levels Of Lead'
http://www.businessinsider.com/lead-found-in-us-rice-2013-4
If we listened to all the news we'd be starving, based on all the foods that are apparently unhealthy/uneatable! I think we are doing out best picking wisely what we choose to buy and eat and hopefully there won't be any long term effects.
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