A popular website (www.betterbe.co) has listed 10 types of Food imported from China and warned people that these foods have serious safety problems and contain harmful substances to human body, which seriously affect health, so it is best not to buy and eat them unless necessary.
1、All kinds of fruits and juices
The big problem of Chinese agricultural products is pesticides, because China does not have any laws to restrain and regulate the problem of pesticide abuse. Chinese farmers commonly use pesticides to grow fruit, and a large number of substances harmful to humans are left in the fruit.
For example, a popular kind of apple juice in Asian supermarkets was found to have high arsenic levels. This could be the result of apples being inflicted with large amounts of arsenic-containing pesticides, and if consumed regularly, the element arsenic could lead to serious health problems.
Watermelons made in China are also covered with large amounts of pesticides and can be subjected to fast-growing pesticides. So when buying fruits and juices, it is best to buy safer products related to the place of production.
2、Seawater and freshwater fish and shrimp
The export of saltwater fish from China with freshwater fish, many of them are captive-bred, these fish grow in terrible environmental conditions, a small area will raise thousands of fish, fish living environment is not only cramped and dirty, water quality is also very poor.
A few years ago, the Texas Tech University Institute of Environmental and Human Health Food Lab, had collected research across the United States in Chinese supermarkets, frozen shrimp in bags imported from China. In their study, they mentioned that these shrimp all contained harmful and carcinogenic substances such as enrofloxacin, chloramphenicol and nitrofurazone. These ingredients should have been in the antibiotic class of prescription drugs in the United States, but fish and shrimp imported from China are often detected.
3, canned food
Canned foods have never been the healthiest food priority, and canned foods imported from China are even more so. Whether it’s meat or canned fruit, avoid eating it in your stomach. Australia has conducted a survey of canned food and found that the lead in canned food from China was severely over the standard level, more than twice the standard level, and this harmful substance must have dissolved into the can to contaminate the food.
The effects of lead poisoning on the human body have long been well documented, including decreased muscle coordination, damage to the kidneys and nervous system …… etc.
- Beef and milk and all dairy products
It is not a good idea to buy any meat imported from China. This is because during the manufacturing process, these meats can be filled with many germs, after all, Chinese meat processing plants are known for their suboptimal health and safety standards. In addition, Chinese meat processing plants often mix multiple foods together to make meat that tastes like beef, but is not actually a blend of any meat and chemicals.
Chinese infant formulas have also been found to contain melamine in order to make the protein “higher,” which can cause serious kidney damage when consumed. Milk and any dairy products imported from China should also be avoided for health reasons.
Look at all the crazy surrogates overseas, and many Parents who would rather spend more money on foreign milk powder for their kids, would you really want to buy Chinese milk powder for your kids?
5、Cabbage and peas
In order to keep cabbage fresh in the hot summer, farmers often spray cabbage with formalin solution, which is often processed into pickled cabbage for export. Formalin solution keeps the crop fresh, but it can be very harmful to humans.
Peas, which are rich in fiber and antioxidants, are often a healthy choice among vegetables. But if you buy frozen peas imported from China, there is no guarantee that they are green peas. This is because “creative” Chinese traders process soybeans, snow peas, food bleach and preservatives together into a pea-like mixture. So the peas exported from China are rarely the real thing, but mostly a mixture of beans filled with cancer-causing chemicals.
- Salt and soy sauce
China is one of the world’s largest producers of salt, but the raw materials used to produce it are not safe for humans. This is because many unscrupulous manufacturers use industrial salt full of heavy metals and other harmful substances as table salt.
Soy sauce is also an essential seasoning for tasting Asian food. Unfortunately, more than 25 percent of soy sauce imported from China contains the carcinogenic 4-methylimidazole. You can’t gamble on your health, so if you want to enjoy your food with confidence, don’t buy soy sauce from China.
- Garlic and mushrooms
Garlic has an extremely strong absorption capacity, and with the abuse of pesticides, it naturally absorbs a lot of pesticides.
The same goes for mushrooms, and note that mushrooms are often labeled “organic” to drive up the price and make more profit. Also, in addition to harmful chemicals, Chinese mushrooms are sprayed with many preservatives so that they appear to be fresher.
- Rice and rice flour
Rice is one of the staple foods in China, but unfortunately, the rice processed in many factories in China contains synthetic resin, which contains chemicals that can also cause cancer. If you do not want to eat plastic rice, please buy rice from other countries.
Rice flour imported from China has also been found to contain carcinogenic sulfur dioxide, a chemical that mainly makes rice flour look more “shiny”.
- Ginseng
Asians like to eat ginseng, so China is also an exporter of ginseng. However, Greenpeace has tested ginseng from China and found that it contains more or less different amounts of pesticides and other harmful chemicals.
- Cooking oil
The lack of food safety measures and laws makes it difficult to trust the health and safety of cooking oil made in China, especially since the well-known problem of gutter oil has always existed and has not disappeared. Even a major Chinese food company has been exposed for taking used oil from restaurants, reprocessing and filtering it, repackaging it and selling it as new oil.
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