10 Toxic and Fake Foods from China You Need to Avoid

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Last Updated on January 7, 2021

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#3 – MUSHROOMS

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Chinese mushrooms, mostly canned (about one-third of these canned products from China) or dried, also should be avoided because of the massive use of pesticides. In recent years, several countries have even temporarily banned the importation of these Chinese mushrooms until the problem is resolved.

Tetramethrin, an insecticide used to control the proliferation of insect pests such as cockroaches, is particularly highlighted. This carcinogenic pesticide also causes several severe health problems, such as muscle spasms or breathing difficulties.

#4 – CHINESE GARLIC

Chinese garlic© Pixabay

It is perhaps the most problematic food on our list because nowadays, the garlic we find in the grocery stores almost always comes from China.

In addition to being produced using large quantities of pesticides, Chinese garlic has the disadvantage of obviously putting more time to arrive here. This means that it is often less fresh, already germinated, and less digestible.

What can we do? Check the provenance and look for local garlic, for example in public markets, even though it is not available all year round.

Don’t hesitate to ask for garlic that does not come from China when you’re grocery shopping; Supermarkets want to meet consumer demand after all. If we are a large number of consumers to require alternatives, local produce might be more available much faster than we think.

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9 COMMENTS

  1. Why does the United States allow these dangerous food products into our country.my first thought is money..corporate greed!!.we should all buy more produce. that’s locally grown..as well the money stays in our country..

    • Naaa… It’s more like we don’t have enough agents and lab time to inspect all that stuff. I imagine if we did check it all out…every single shipment, it would be so expensive (and the food would rot on the dock) that no one would buy it. Most of it is good food, but its the crap that gets the media attention and scares the heck out of us. If we did have enough inspectors, we probably wouldn’t have as much illegal drugs coming in as well.

    • I agree. It’s sad when the number one priority is making money and not making sure the food is safe.

    • From this article I know that industrial salt is american’s food,as I know who sell industrial salt in china as food will be sent to jail

  2. I agree with the above comment. Also, I wonder on another level, if the large corporations want you to not buy Chinese produced items so that your money supports particular corporations.

  3. Just another way for China to take over our country without engaging us in a war. Just poison us all.

  4. Yep. It’s all about the $$$

  5. The USA doesn’t allow China products with dangerous food substance , but China developed some ways to try to trick american supervision. Looking for the honey chinese case.

  6. It is sickening that our government would allow this poison to enter our food supply. Who can we trust any more?

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