CHINA-FREE

DEFINITION chi-na-free adj. A term proposed for use on food labels to show that products are not made in China.

CONTEXT In light of recent health and safety scares regarding Chinese-made food and products, a U.S.-based company called Food for Health International has announced plans to put "China-free" stickers on its goods. The subtext: These products won't make you sick or have harmful contaminants like melamine.

USAGE Given recent recalls of items from toys to toothpaste, China-free labeling could catch on, though consumers would do well to remember that not all products from China are tainted and not all tainted products are from China.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Americans sold toys that contained asbestos
Mesothelioma Web - Houston,TX,USA
The toy, as with so many other products that have been proven to contain health hazards, is manufactured in China where product safety standards in general ...
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Recall of Jardine Cribs sold by Babies “R” Us is expanded to ...
Stamford Plus Magazine - Stamford,CT,USA
... US Consumer Product Safety Commission’s voluntary expanded recall of “Jardine Cribs” manufactured in China for Jardine Enterprises of Taipei, Taiwan. ...
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FDA Criticized Over Melamine Stance
Newsinferno.com - New York,NY,USA
The failure to properly inform people about these findings undermines consumer confidence in a fundamental product that millions of parents depend on,” ...
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Group wants more tests of baby formula
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - MO, United States
China's tainted milk scandal has had nationwide repercussions since the scandal came to light in September 2008, with at least six children dying and nearly ...
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Rebuilding confidence key: Quality chief
China Daily - China
Wang said that his administration will assist other ministries to revamp the risk analysis and recall system for products, as well as eradicate the illegal ...
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Mercury in gold mining: a Third World toxic threat
The Associated Press
They recall how they breathed mercury fumes or handled the toxic liquid for years with no problems. Some Indonesian miners have even smeared mercury on ...
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Chinese fish contaminated with toxin: CFIA
Ottawa Citizen - Ontario, Canada
The recall affects frozen leatherjacket fish from China sold in packages with the production code of H104 and UPC codes of 8 74718 00074 0 or 8 74718 00073 ...
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KRQE

Lead rules exempt thrift
KRQE - Albuquerque,NM,USA
Managers at Savers and Others Mothers said they follow recall lists very stringently to make sure toys recalled for lead don't make it to their shelves. ...
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Some Worry New Child Product Safety Law Will Harm Stores
Lex 18 - Lexington,KY,USA
Lead paint prompted recall of 45 million toys last year, mostly made in China. Parents flocked to small specialty toy stores in the aftermath searching for ...
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NipperAlert: King Nut Issues Peanut Butter Recall
By NipperAlert
NipperAlert: Why the iDoggiebag Foundation On March 16, 2007 Menu Foods announced the recall of 60 million cans and pouches of its products for cats and dogs – the largest pet food recall in US history. Contaminated food was believed to ...
NipperAlert - http://nipperalert.blogspot.com/

 

 

CTV Toronto - Agency issues warning about fish product - CTV News ...
The agency says there have been two reported illnesses associated with the consumption of the product, which has been imported from China and distributed in British Columbia and Ontario. The agency says fish contaminated with ciguatera ...
CTV World - http://www.ctv.ca/

Could the Children’s Book Market Sink like a Lead Balloon ...
Book publishers aren’t used to having to worry about product safety. After all, how dangerous can a book be? But in response to a huge Mattel toy recall in 2007, over concerns about too much lead in its products manufactured in China, ...
Future Perfect Publishing - http://futureperfectpublishing.com/

eFoodAlert.com: Peanut Corporation Expresses "Deep Concern" Over ...
By Phyllis Entis
Unless these efforts are successful, or unless FDA detects the outbreak strain in an environmental sample from the PCA manufacturing facility, the agency will have difficulty convincing PCA management to recall its peanut butter based ...
eFoodAlert.com - http://efoodalert.blogspot.com/

Food Safety Chat: Fish recall due to ciguatera toxin
By Dr Louise Manning
"The affected product, School of Fish brand frozen Leatherjacket, product of China, is sold in packages of various weights bearing Production Code HI04 and one of the following Size and UPC combinations: ...
Food Safety Chat - http://foodsafetychat.blogspot.com/


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