Comments on: Companies maliciously mislabeled tons of imported eels http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/06/27/companies-maliciously-mislabeled-tons-of-imported-eels/ Japan News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: LB http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/06/27/companies-maliciously-mislabeled-tons-of-imported-eels/comment-page-1/#comment-190315 LB Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:32:04 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=4997#comment-190315 True, but there is a whole world of difference between labeling edible Chinese eels as Japanese ones, or labeling lower-quality beef as high-quality beef, or changing best-by dates... and contaminating food with poison. Japan has more than its fair share of scandals, but most of them do not involve health-safety issues. On the other hand, Chinese scandals (and there have been a whole lot more than one) often involve death and injury when they occur. True, but there is a whole world of difference between labeling edible Chinese eels as Japanese ones, or labeling lower-quality beef as high-quality beef, or changing best-by dates… and contaminating food with poison. Japan has more than its fair share of scandals, but most of them do not involve health-safety issues. On the other hand, Chinese scandals (and there have been a whole lot more than one) often involve death and injury when they occur.

]]> By: hadji http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/06/27/companies-maliciously-mislabeled-tons-of-imported-eels/comment-page-1/#comment-189883 hadji Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:44:39 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=4997#comment-189883 I know, but the domestic problems never get the finger pointing the Chinese ones do. Japan has had heaps more food scandals but should the Chinese have one... I know, but the domestic problems never get the finger pointing the Chinese ones do.

Japan has had heaps more food scandals but should the Chinese have one…

]]> By: LB http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/06/27/companies-maliciously-mislabeled-tons-of-imported-eels/comment-page-1/#comment-189861 LB Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:20:37 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=4997#comment-189861 They didn't. This is strictly a domestic problem. They didn’t. This is strictly a domestic problem.

]]> By: hadji http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/06/27/companies-maliciously-mislabeled-tons-of-imported-eels/comment-page-1/#comment-189854 hadji Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:53:09 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=4997#comment-189854 Why do the Chinese always do this? Why do the Chinese always do this?

]]> By: Vonskippy http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/06/27/companies-maliciously-mislabeled-tons-of-imported-eels/comment-page-1/#comment-189695 Vonskippy Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:22:57 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=4997#comment-189695 Tsk, tsk! Eel tampering - when will people learn? Tsk, tsk!

Eel tampering – when will people learn?

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