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> If shoppers can't tell the difference without this analysis, then it implies that the price differential between these two products is larger than it should b

> If shoppers can't tell the difference without this analysis, then it implies that the price differential between these two products is larger than it should be. But their bodies might. Standards for meat are much higher in New Zealand than in China. I would be curious to have a health inspector take a look at the facilities where the beef was produced and handled... Let's just say the country isn't new to food safety scandals... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutter_oil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutter_oil https://www.businessinsider.com.au/chinese-street-vendors-use-gutter-oil-2013-10 https://www.businessinsider.com.au/chinese-street-vendors-us...

dunmalg 5y ago
>Let's just say the country isn't new to food safety scandals... Yeah, just because I can't taste the melamine they used to water down the milk doesn't mean I want to drink melamine. I especially don't want to drink the chemical they later added in addition to melamine in order to spoof the melamine detection process and continue to sell watered down, tainted milk. The low end of food production has some seriously determined bad actors. "Let the consumer decide" definitely isn't good enough.