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And Now Melamine Eggs
Chinese products are back in the spotlight after eggs and chocolates imported from China were discovered with traces of melamine. Retailers and shopkeepers across the mainland, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia have pulled off an entire range of Chinese food supplies from their shelves after several people complained of health complications following the consumption of toxic-laden products.
Tainted eggs from Hanwei, China’s largest egg producer, are just an addition to a long list of woes. The list goes on: lead-laced toys, poisoned pet food, toothpaste, the melamine milk, green tea, cheese and chocolates. The melamine-tainted milk has already resulted in four infant deaths, and severe renal disorders to around 54,000 children.
These episodes have once again turned the spotlight on the notoriously lax safety and quality standards in China. The international concern over the quality and safety standards of Chinese products are warranted because they are all over the world. In fact, China thanks to its cheap and abundant labour and mass production facilities has become the factory floor of the world flooding the global markets with its products.
Which is why it is important for China to get its act together. It has to take serious and effective measures to ensure that everything that leaves its factories must meet international quality and health standards. A recent UN report has blamed Beijing for its patchy food regulatory agencies. The report says China has 350,000 food producers or processors with fewer than 10 employees, and an oversight of them was the greatest challenge.
Despite repeated pledges from Chinese authorities, little seems to have been done to address international concerns. A culture of food safety is the need of the hour. All countries including China must strengthen their food control and food-borne diseases surveillance systems. As a mass producer, China should lead from the front.
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