Is it time to ban food from China

food can be poisoned enywhere in the world if it is not preserved properly if or not it is vegetarian or nonvege.the main thing is to find out poisoned food as quickly as possoble and destroy it in anywhere in the world.

It does seem to me there are more and more problems with the food we are bringing into the country. I'm all for 'made in America' and follow through with 'grown here', 'produced' and whatever else.

As harsh as that may be to their economy, it seems like the most logical choice. It would be pretty simple to start purchasing goods after they have set into place a quality assurance for all their products. We have the same quality here of QA. I believe that anything purchased from other countries should have the same standard.

Yes we should ban it . I cant understand why it isn't already banned. I don't think they have really even found out what the cause of the dog and cat food problems are. First it was one thing then another. I don't think you are overreacting at all. Thanks for the discussion.

we sure do however it sems to me that our goverment cares more about trade than the people just annother case of money ruling all here

i think you are over-reacting. you have your view of the important overshadowed by trivial. i am Chinese, and i eat Chinese food everyday ,and so healthy now. you should not have this feeling just by some so-called unauthorized news. Chinese diet culture has gone through more than 5,000 years ,it will not be denied just by so few so-called faults. my opinion. as Chinese.thank you .

I hadn't heard about all those things, just the pet food. But if those stories are true, then I say they should be thinking about banning products from China. I don't think you are over reacting at all. I think I am going to be paying more attention to where my food and other things come from.

I'm always amazed at how our government handles various situations. We jumped on the "no beef" from Canada thing immediately. This is a country we've always had free trade and a wonderful relationship (ok, except for that one little war at Fort Erie LOL). We know these 3rd world countries do not have the strict laws that we try to enforce on our consumer goods, yet we allow them to ship in fruits and vegetables knowing they can and do use chemicals we have outlawed for our farmers here in the states. We know they have little to no governing about most any product they produce, another obvious reason for the "cheap cost" of the product because there's no cost to making sure there aren't bad things in it or having to produce it in a safe environment. America needs to wake up. We buy foreign cars, import foreign foods, depend on foreign oil and then wonder why none of us have decent paying jobs?! We are quick to turn our backs on a country that we've always had open borders with yet we turn our heads to the ones that have fought us for centuries and even attacked us in wars. Have we Americans simply lost our minds and can't see past our cheap wallets that are only getting thinner and thinner anyways? UGH! Can you tell you hit a sore spot with me! LOL Sorry for the rant! Um... could you tell I agree with you? LOL

Seems to me we should be growing and manufacturing more of our own stuff. We are so vulnerable with buying so much and not making any of our own stuff. Their standards are not ours and we would be better served with homegrown and homemade items in our lives. Just my thoughts on this.

Wow-- I guess I didn't pay all that much attention to all the banned food products for us and our pets- I agree- if the food that is causing problems is ALL coming from China- then we need to do something to stop this- Should there be stricter testing on the products coming in? Is banning the way? I imagine we get alot of stuff from China- do we want to take the risk of getting sick? I remember the Mad cow-

you are right about thinking that what has been happening to the world population, because of ingesting food ffrom china, can justify the ban. beef from england was banned from entry throughout various countries in the world because of mad cow disease. same goes for chicken and poultry due to bird flu. in all respects, the experiences we have been going through, with the way chinese food products has been threatening life and health of people and animals, can justify this same ban on their food products.

i have no problem with chinese especially their noodle cuisine, its very delicious when hot...

I am chinese i do not konow virulently