Toxic melamine is suspected in seafood from China

Toxic melamine is suspected in seafood from China
LA Times

Industry experts and businesspeople in China say that the industrial chemical has been routinely added to fish and animal feed to artificially boost protein readings.

Reporting from Los Angeles and Shanghai--Melamine in Chinese-produced milk powder has sickened hundreds of thousands of children and added to a growing list of made-in-China foods banned across the globe.Now, some scientists and consumer advocates are raising concerns that fish from China may also be contaminated with the industrial chemical.


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FYI... people have noticed boxes of frozen talapia bearing “Produce of China” being unloaded into Walmart seafood display cases.

Twitching Fish 'Is Popular Dish In China

Sky News

A chef in Taiwan has been criticised for reportedly serving a deep fried fish with its head still twitching.

The chef presents the carp with its body cooked and covered with sweet and sour sauce, the newspaper United Daily News said.

"When eaters pick the fresh meat with their chopsticks, they can watch the fish's stirring mouth," the paper continued.

Animal lovers have criticised the practice, saying deep frying the fish while alive puts it through extreme pain.

FOXNEWS: Possibly Tainted Fish From China Detained by FDA for Inspection

WASHINGTON — Imports of five species of farmed Chinese seafood will be detained until they can be shown free of potentially dangerous antibiotics, U.S. government health officials said Thursday.

The Food and Drug Administration said it would detain the catfish, basa, shrimp, dace and eel after repeated testing has turned up contamination with drugs unapproved in the United States for use in farmed seafood.

The announcement was only the latest in an expanding series of problems with imported Chinese products that seemingly permeate U.S. society, from its playrooms to its prisons.

Beyond the fish, federal regulators have warned consumers in recent weeks about lead paint in toy trains, defective tires and toothpaste made with diethylene glycol, a toxic ingredient more commonly found in antifreeze. All the products were imported from China.

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