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.
In the latest example of potentially harmful Chinese-made products, rubber hair bands have been found in local markets and beauty salons in Dongguan and Guangzhou cities in southern Guangdong province, China Daily newspaper said. ...
1 comment:
I just heard today that China will be making condoms for the US, that a condom plant in Alabama will be closing down. This gives new meaning to putting lead in your pencil. If it weren't so serious it would be funny. With the shoddy and downright dangerous products China has been sending us one can only wonder about the problems this will cause. Personally, I don't trust anything that I would put in or on my body that was made in China.
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