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A man walks amidst the debris 23 October, 2005, in the hotel area in Cancun, after the city was hit by Hurricane Wilma. Although heavy rains had subsided as the hurricane drifted northeast, strong winds continued to blow. Looters on Sunday seized upon the chaos after Wilma to raid electrical, clothing and food stores in that Mexican resort city. Mexican authorities said eight people were reported killed and two remained missing on the Yucatan peninsula as a result of the storm. AFP PHOTO/Alfredo ESTRELLA
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Poisoned Chinese-made product is imported repeatedly.
Eggs of parasites in Chinese Kimchi have been found since there were hot disputes over the safety of the lead-poisoned Kimchi just only half a month ago. The Korean Food and Drug Administration said 16 Chinese-made Kimchies and 18 Korean-made Kimchies sold via the inter-net were collected and tested. 4 kinds of insects including a roundworm and intestinal worms were found in the tested 9 Chinese-made Kimchies. It is shocking that the worms can cause a stomachache or intestinal diseases.
Some people are really angry with the Korean Food and Drug Administration as they said "people may eat Kimchies sold in South Korea." According to Korean Food and Drug Administration, they don't do any test on imported foods to find worms in South Korea aw well as foreign countries. It is absurd that they didn't do any test on Kimchi to check worms, when considering that Kimchi is An indispensible part of the Korean diet. As soon as a member of the opposing party, who announced that some Chinese-made Kimchi is lead-poisoned, indicated that "there will be an increase of parasites because of the increase of imported product", the government hurried to release the result of insect-contaminated Kimchi. The governmental administration is too late.
This year, there have been some repeated disputes over the safety of the imported Chinese products such as cancer-causing eels, contaminated rice, lead-poisoned tea and Kimchi. By the end of last July, imported Chinese products are over 1.7 million ton, compared with 1.67 million ton last year. Although authorities concerned cannot inspect imported products one by one, they should prepare some securities against unhealthy products at least.
They should collect some information on the local products, and increase a lot of inspection members. The Ministry of Health and Welfare is preparing "local factory registration system" first to inspect the hygiene and safety of Chinese-made kimchi in the factory in China, and then to give a certified mark on it. They should also educate or punish severly the wholesalers, who imported dirty cheap products. They should lead some restaurants to indicate country-of-origin marks. What is more, the government should make it mandatory for major imported goods to carry country-of-origin labels. It is another duty for the Government to prevent unhealthy products from the people.
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 / 입력시간: 2005. 10.24. 08:57
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