Chinese company makes soy sauce from human hair

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A resourceful Chinese company got in trouble for brewing soy sauce out of human hair.
China Central Television (CCTV), the state television station, first raised public worries over the quality of domestic soy sauce by uncovering a substandard workshop in central China's Hubei Province, where piles of waste human hair were found. The hairs were treated in special containers to distill amino acid, the most common substance contained in soybean sauce.

Human hair is rich in protein content, just like soybean, wheat and bran, the conventional and legally accepted raw ingredients for the production of soy sauce.



Chinese company makes soy sauce from human hair - Boing Boing



A new wave of food scandals has erupted in China. Melamine-laced dairy products have resurfaced; pork tainted with toxic clenbuterol, as well as millions of tons of diseased carcasses of chickens and pigs, continue to be sold as food.

Since this is just the latest Chinese food scandal—previous ones have involved soy protein, gluten, glycerin, fish, candy, ginger and garlic—you should be alarmed. The food labeling laws allow for Chinese ingredients to be used in processed foods without being labeled as being of Chinese origin.


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Imagine if we had opened up retail and been flooded with such innovative Chinese products.
 

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China is about to become World's largest importer of farm products. That nation is not able to supply its own domestic agri product demands. And people are worried about chinese farm products flooding India! :pound:
 

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China is about to become World's largest importer of farm products. That nation is not able to supply its own domestic agri product demands. And people are worried about chinese farm products flooding India! :pound:
Ok the flood part was not accurate, but China does export Dairy products. And a lot of contamination.

2008 Chinese milk scandal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Outside mainland China

PRC Customs said exports of dairy products and eggs in 2007 were valued at US$359 million, a year-on-year increase of 90%. Since the news of the melamine contamination began to circulate, at least 25 countries stopped importing Chinese dairy products. A number of countries have imposed blanket bans on Chinese milk products or its derivatives —among which are Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burundi, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Gabon, India, Ivory Coast, Maldives, Mali, Nepal, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, South Korea, Suriname, Tanzania, Togo, and the United Arab Emirates —[SUP][112][/SUP][SUP][113][/SUP][SUP][114][/SUP][SUP][115][/SUP][SUP][116][/SUP] joining Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore and Malaysia which have imposed specific bans on mainland Chinese dairy products which have tested positive for melamine.[SUP][117][/SUP][SUP][118][/SUP] White Rabbit Creamy Candy was blacklisted after tests by health authorities around the world identified it as being contaminated.[SUP][119][/SUP]
[edit] European Union

On 25 September 2008, the EU announced a ban on imports of baby food containing Chinese milk. The European Commission also called for tighter checks on other Chinese food imports;[SUP][120][/SUP][SUP][121][/SUP] isolated contaminated products were found in the Netherlands, and the French authorities ordered all Chinese dairy products off shelves;[SUP][122][/SUP] Tesco removed White Rabbit as a precaution from its stores in the United Kingdom.[SUP][123][/SUP]
 

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The good news is that it makes people more aware of food safety. Bad news is that it was reported by CCTV in 2004. :rolleyes:
Whoever posted this is late by like hmmm 8 years. Guess writers in boingboing.com dont care about that.
After all food standards are the key here, right? Even old news can be of use.
 

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Ewww... sauce from hairs???
 

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I have heard pork price is sky reaching in China triple digit and more costly then any other meat in that nation, while their all weather friend cannot provide this meat to the Chinese it could be a good bet for North East India to have some business, maybe even I initiate such a farm if such a prospect of Import export arise :rolleyes: (Import-export Biz. hehe )
 

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The good news is that it makes people more aware of food safety. Bad news is that it was reported by CCTV in 2004. :rolleyes:
Whoever posted this is late by like hmmm 8 years. Guess writers in boingboing.com dont care about that.
After all food standards are the key here, right? Even old news can be of use.
Yea this one also quite old...but very interesting

Investigation of fake eggs in China. by FujiTV - YouTube
 

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^^^ more than that, they are using their supposedly(haven't seen much on display ever) high IQ in innovating harmful shyte.
 

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Thank heavens that after the milk scandal in China, I gave up buying Chinese food products.

Apparently greed and the desire to make a quick buck with no ethics has overtaken China.
 

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