Made in China: Will Chocolates Ever Be the Same?
For sure most of you are aware right now of the current melamine scandal that has been associated with China. Leading the pack of products include dairy products, infant milk and just recently canned meat. But does this end there?
Apparently China has long been in the controversial area of recalls and controversial manufacturing purposes. But if you are looking for a certain brand, chances are you will find none in particular that stands above the rest. If you are associating dangerous products, it has been surely tagged as purely “Made in China”.
But that does not end there. In fact the whole world has been drawn into this mess and the number is growing by the day. This is because most of the products outsource some of their ingredients and household names and brands like Cadbury, Nestle and Mars are being wooed as possible contaminated products as well. Will consumer product confidence ever be the same again?
For the record, melamine can cause a variety of health risks, one of which is leave you with kidney stones. That is how serious the issue is so it would be wise to check out the list of melamine contaminated products people should be careful of consuming or purchasing.
(Source) GMA News
Brian Yalung is an Editor at Talent Zoo mainly contributing to latest news and issues on advertising and marketing. He is the editor for Beyond Madison Avenue and Beneath the Brand Blogs of Talent Zoo.
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It seems that ‘all that glitters is not gold.’
“Controversial manufacturing practices:” nice euphemism. Just what does that mean? M-m-m, maybe low or no quality control, lack of oversight, callous treatment of whistle blowers perhaps? We can only guess.
North American companies have un-employed thousands of Canadian and American workers to lower their costs in far off places like China. The trade-off? Our health and safety. Does the WTO or GANT treaties enforce any rules governing quality assurance? Or, is it buyer beware.
In the coming months and years, primarily due to a low American dollar, might we see a transition back to North American of all those lost jobs - and stronger health and manufacturing standards?