Food that kills - like tofu made from paint

[dArKeR]

Tofu made from paint. A fake rabies vaccine that's nothing but salt water. Bogus whiskey packing a toxic wood alcohol punch.

China's thriving product pirates are best known for fake DVDs and designer shirts. But they do their worst damage peddling fake medicines and foods that are widely sold and can be deadly.

http://iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=3&art_id=vn20040601094559618C686829&set_id=1

Wonder if Neil Bush's Communist company is making any of these products?

[UpInArms]

1. that these problems are continuing

is yet more evidence that the world cannot focus on issues and problems that are resolvable - with the maladministration's warmongering taking center- right- and left- stage, nothing is getting better :(

http://www.iccwbo.org/home/news_archives/2001/counterfeit.asp

Life-threatening product fakes are on the rise

London, 9 January 2002 - The multi-billion dollar global counterfeiting industry grows apace - sullying reputations of legitimate manufacturers and too often putting the health and even the lives of consumers at risk.

These are the conclusions of the ICC Counterfeiting Intelligence Bureau's 2002 International Anti-Counterfeiting Directory, a one- stop information resource to aid companies in the worldwide fight against fakes.

CIB Director Peter Lowe says: "The range of products affected is virtually endless - designer clothing, music, software, food, watches, liquor, aircraft spare parts, pharmaceuticals, including the male potency drug Viagra."

"When a company's products have health and safety implications, suppressing counterfeiting and devising effective product protection are not an option but a necessity," Mr Lowe adds. "One of the most worrying feature of present trends is the high incidence of fake medicines that can kill."

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