China: Tainted Wine Scandal Unfolds

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  1. skip

    skip Founder Administrator

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    China has another food related scandal to deal with. China's wine industry is reeling from a huge recall of tainted wine.

    It's good to see that the Chinese government is acting swiftly, recalling all suspected wine. After the tainted milk scandal they are becoming more proactive in protecting their food supply against malfeasance by irresponsible corporations.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20101227/wl_asia_afp/healthchinafoodsafetywine_20101227051642
     
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  3. TheMadcapSyd

    TheMadcapSyd Titanic's captain, yo!

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    Too bad for them, Chinese wine was actually becoming popular around the world, at least in the lower end of the market. French, Iberian, and Italians still dominate the high end, though American wines, both from the US west coast and South America(mainly Chile and Argentina) have been making inroads.
     
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  5. thedope

    thedope glad attention Lifetime Supporter

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    Nothing like a box of fine Chinese wine.
     
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  7. skip

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    I sure hope China's "Bordeaux" is somewhere where the air is clean (very doubtful). I wouldn't drink (or eat) anything from mainland China anymore.

    If I see "farm raised in China" on any package I put it back.

    It's bad enough we buy so much crap from China, we don't need our food supply coming from there too!

    Buy & Eat local. Support your local bizes.
     
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  9. wa bluska wica

    wa bluska wica Pedestrian

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    should be a sticky for half the subforums in here, would stop a lot of needless new threading . . .

    i actually didn't know that china was making wine, apart from plum and other trad bevs

    local wine for me is chokecherry, i think, oh well, eau revoir gourmande [or something]
     
    wa bluska wica, Dec 27, 2010
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  11. odon

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    Ambient air monitoring data in recent years of Changli county show that atmospheric environmental quality is declining gradually and environment is being polluted slightly.The paper considers that the main reasons for the pollution are increased emissions of pollutants caused by coal burning in winter,sand blown by the wind and dust effects.Discussion is carried out by means of combination with the controlling practices,such as developing central heating,improving the fuel composition,enhancing supervision,strict environmental management,increasing investment and carrying out end treatments etc..
    http://en.cnki.com.cn/

    Why bother if you live in a metropolitan city and the business is only after profit, anyway? I can see the point in small villages etc...but cities?
     
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  13. TheMadcapSyd

    TheMadcapSyd Titanic's captain, yo!

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    You're still helping people maintain a job in farming 20 miles away vs 4,000. It's overall better for the local economy.

    Also what kind of city do you live in with no small stores. I mean there's always chains like Starbucks, McDonalds and such, but in all the cities here the grocery stores are independently owned, especially downtown. You don't see big name stores like Stop and Shop, Big Y, ect until you start hitting the suburbs where there's more room.
     
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  15. skip

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    Odon lives in or near London I think where there are mostly huge stores like Marks and Spencer, Tesco, Sainsbury, etc. So he won't recognize these names. They have lots of small shops in England, isn't it supposed to be the country of small shopkeepers? But today all these small shops are like a 7-11, with overpriced crap that sits on the shelves forever.

    What you need to do Odon is READ THE LABELS of everything you buy and find out where they were produced. In England you can pretty much buy anything made in the British Isles as the distances aren't vast like in the US. Here we buy shit produced 3000 miles away and think nothing of it. It's still American grown/produced, but just the transport of the products adds to the carbon footprint if it goes more than a couple of hundred miles.

    It should be very easy for someone like Odon (with a conscience anyways) to read labels and reject products not made in Britain. So there's no excuse to buy exotic products and support other economies and add to your carbon footprint when similar local products are available, even if they cost more (one should ask how this is possible).
     
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  17. skip

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    OK, I just researched the area myself and found they've been growing grapes there for 400 years! And the area is beautiful, by the sea with clean groundwater.

    So this makes it all the more puzzling as to why they would have to adulterate their wines. My guess is they can't grow enough to satisfy demand so they are watering the wine down then adding these adulterants to make it look and taste more like real wine.

    I see some business executives getting executed over this... Too bad the US doesn't have such deterrents in place for corrupt business people (they should!)
     
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  19. odon

    odon Slightly Popular

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    I imagine most of the milk in my area (even from the supermarkets) comes from around my local area. Where applicable, anyway.
    The most local and largest farm - I think - is Kirby and west.
    A family run business that is doing rather well with out my business.
    All I actually meant was that I'm not helping the local economy that much if at all by buying from a local independent store (strangely the local store is a franchise http://www.spar.co.uk/BecomeASPARRetailer/Default.aspx ) .
    Plus I don't just eat farm products.

    Have a look around my local area:
    http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...noid=PXGqyTCzK4dT3AnVutWViA&cbp=12,96.92,,0,5
    http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&s...03&ll=52.631787,-1.151848&spn=0,0.002631&z=19


    I didn't say there wasn't any small stores etc.
    What I'm saying is the small stores etc - aside from the groceries perhaps - are only supporting themselves and a few staff.
    There is literally 20 hairdressers in my local area, all trying to make a living. I can't support them all can I.
    In the smaller villages there will be less and it makes sense to support them if there are only one or two and not many business' in the area.
     
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  21. odon

    odon Slightly Popular

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    No. Leicester.

    [​IMG]

    My carbon foot-print is tiny.
    It isn't hard for me to check where my food comes from.
    I can't guarantee all of it was produced within my city, though (which is the point).
    I'm not going to stop buying electrical goods which mostly come from abroad. I don't consider those "exotic".
     
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  23. wa bluska wica

    wa bluska wica Pedestrian

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    oh, you could if you tried really hard

    [post a pic when you're done :afro:]
     
    wa bluska wica, Dec 27, 2010
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  25. antithesis

    antithesis Hello

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    I'm with Skip, I try never to buy any food that comes from China (or any other country for that matter).
     
    antithesis, Dec 28, 2010
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  27. wa bluska wica

    wa bluska wica Pedestrian

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    i'm against skip

    if i'm cooking chinese food i always buy food from china

    does anyone in the us even make fermented black beans?
     
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  29. TheMadcapSyd

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    Remember when buying maple syrup to buy American. Don't let Canada win.
     
    TheMadcapSyd, Dec 28, 2010
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  31. antithesis

    antithesis Hello

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    Yes, they do.

    This is my own trip, but if I can't find a kind of food locally, then I feel that I don't really need to be eating it anyway. Of course I don't always follow this, but I do try to.
     
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  33. odon

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    I don't mind supporting the 15 bars near me.
     
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  35. shaggie

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    The old vaudeville joke:

    I've got my 15 dependents to support.

    (15 dependents?!)

    Yes. My wife and 14 bartenders.

    .
     
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  37. skip

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    I've tried that whine before.

    (triple entrendre there - whine/wine/line)
     
    skip, Dec 28, 2010
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  39. antithesis

    antithesis Hello

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    You have 15 bars near you?! Jealous!

    Now that I live in the middle of nowhere I have 0 bars near me. It's a very sad life.
     
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