China investigates tainted eggs in new food scare
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BEIJING (AP) — Three more Chinese brands of eggs containing melamine were identified on Wednesday and leery consumers began avoiding the product, as a local government acknowledged that officials knew about the contamination for a month before it was publicly disclosed.
Authorities in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou recalled a brand produced by a company based in the northern province of Shanxi. In Hong Kong, government said tests on two other brands found excessive amounts of melamine.
No one has been sickened and it was not immediately clear how many eggs have been recalled.
The widening problem has exposed the inability of Chinese authorities to keep the food production process clean of toxins despite official vows to raise food safety standards.
In Beijing, egg sales dropped by at least 10 percent on Tuesday at the Xinfadi Wholesale Market, a major distribution center in the capital, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
"Everyone is scared of eating eggs right now. Who knows what other types of food is affected?" said Wen Hu, a 28-year-old software engineer living in the northeastern port city of Dalian, where China's leading egg processor is based.
"All of my co-workers, friends and family, not just those living in Dalian, have stopped eating eggs," he said. "It's one of those things that it is better to be safe than sorry."
Last week, Dalian Hanwei Enterprise Group's eggs were pulled from some Chinese stores after Hong Kong food safety regulators found excessive levels of melamine. Its Web site said that, besides the domestic and Hong Kong markets, its egg products are exported to Japan and countries in Southeast Asia.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------First it was bad milk, now eggs too!
Authorities in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou recalled a brand produced by a company based in the northern province of Shanxi. In Hong Kong, government said tests on two other brands found excessive amounts of melamine.
No one has been sickened and it was not immediately clear how many eggs have been recalled.
The widening problem has exposed the inability of Chinese authorities to keep the food production process clean of toxins despite official vows to raise food safety standards.
In Beijing, egg sales dropped by at least 10 percent on Tuesday at the Xinfadi Wholesale Market, a major distribution center in the capital, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
"Everyone is scared of eating eggs right now. Who knows what other types of food is affected?" said Wen Hu, a 28-year-old software engineer living in the northeastern port city of Dalian, where China's leading egg processor is based.
"All of my co-workers, friends and family, not just those living in Dalian, have stopped eating eggs," he said. "It's one of those things that it is better to be safe than sorry."
Last week, Dalian Hanwei Enterprise Group's eggs were pulled from some Chinese stores after Hong Kong food safety regulators found excessive levels of melamine. Its Web site said that, besides the domestic and Hong Kong markets, its egg products are exported to Japan and countries in Southeast Asia.
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chickwau
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I love our vegetable garden, maybe now we`ll get some chickens!!!
- 3 years ago
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chickwau
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AveryMoore
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Now it's EGGS!
It's way past due time to label everything according to where it came from and list exactly what's in it.
- 3 years ago
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AveryMoore
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islek
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This is just ridiculous. In the past year, I've had to be wary when purchasing spinach, peanut butter, tomatoes, jalapeño peppers, milk... and now maybe eggs?! We'll all be reverting back to subsistence farming at this rate.
- 3 years ago
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islek
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