Monthly Archives: September 2011

Food safety and business ethics

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For those who enjoy Chinese foods, you might be aware that you will not enjoy them in China as much as you do in here. They are good; they are cheap, but they are just not safe. China has been struggling with food safety issues for a very long time. Tony-red, wax, sulfur, bleach: everything that is able to make foods look or taste better is added to all kinds of foods by unethical manufacturers to reduce costs, and sell low quality products at a higher prices, in disregard of the harm that the chemicals could cause to consumers’ health.

(click the imagine to read the original article “Tainted-Baby-Milk Scandal in China“)

 
The unsafe foods range from street foods, to infants’ formulas. In September of 2008, the leading dairy brand in China, SanLu Groups, recalled its melamine-tained  milk power that caused illness and deaths to more than a thousand children from all around China. As young as 4 years old, kids who have been drinking milk made from SanLu milk power get kidney stones or permanent brain damage.
While Chinese economy develops at such an exponential rate, social responsibilities and business ethics are essential for businessmen to make the right decisions.