Outsourcing Food Production to China

(Seoul, South Korea) Recently, a Korean woman was surprised to find a rat's head in her bag of shrimp snacks.

Manufacturer Nongshim issued a public apology and recalled the snacks. They inspected a factory in South Korea and will go to China to visit another factory involved in the production of the shrimp snack.

The Korean media is sounding the alarm over the outsourcing of food production to China. Coming on the heels of last month's pesticide-tainted gyoza scare, which hospitalized ten people in Japan, this can't be good news for China's food export industry.

The hard, oily rat head had burnt hair and it had the remains of eyes and a nose. It measured 1.6 centimeters long.

Although there is insufficient reason to harbor a blanket distrust of products from China, there has been a recent history of problems which warrant an elevated level of awareness. To simplify, stuff from China deserves a second look.

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