I'm usually a brand-name food and medicine buyer, for one particular reason: reputation. Tylenol is an excellent example. It's such a valuable brand that the m

I'm usually a brand-name food and medicine buyer, for one particular reason: reputation. Tylenol is an excellent example. It's such a valuable brand that the manufacturer has an incentive to provide a quality product. In the past, J&J has done an excellent job of this. But even they have slipped. For a while in the recent past, J&J was forced to recall quite a number of products. But still, in my probably grossly uninformed opinion, generics are generally a "commodity" business. Where else to manufacture a product like that but China? And I'm tired of reading about harmful Chinese products, e.g. [0]. China is like the USA was about 100 years ago, the wild wild West. I don't mean to single out China. I'm leery of the entire third world. E.g. [1] given the state of sanitation in India, do I want them manufacturing my medicine? They have been called out on this in the recent past. [2] To paraphrase Clint: You've got to ask yourself a question. "Do I feel lucky?" Well, do ya? [0] http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/726160-dog-treats-made-in-china-linked-to-kidney-failure-death/ http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/726160-dog-treats-made-in-ch... [1] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/15/world/asia/poor-sanitation-in-india-may-afflict-well-fed-children-with-malnutrition.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/15/world/asia/poor-sanitation... [2] http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/15/world/asia/medicines-made-in-india-set-off-safety-worries.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/15/world/asia/medicines-made-...