China, again, proves to the world that there's nothing they can't fake. China police seize more than - Polidicks

[IMG]http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_pictrure_780x520_/public/articles/2016/05/10/jelly1may10.png?itok=ZfjQnNUP[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_pictrure_780x520_/public/articles/2016/05/10/jelly2may10.png?itok=5nxi40iq[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.straitstimes.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_pictrure_780x520_/public/articles/2016/05/10/jelly3may10.png?itok=l8S3y_iP[/IMG] [QUOTE]HANGZHOU - More than a tonne of fake jellyfish has been seized and the producers detained in eastern China, reports said.Six suspects were detained in Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces, said a press release issued by Huzhou police on social media platform WeChat last week. Three were nabbed in April for selling artificial jellyfish in a rural market in Wuxing district. More than 150kg of the product confiscated. One of the suspects, surnamed Yuan, said they had been producing the "seafood" for almost a year. Their operation had made more than 70,000 yuan (S$14,000) in profits since June 2015. Yuan confessed that he had learnt the trade from a "master" surnamed Jia in Jiangsu's Changzhou City. This led the police to three other suspects, where more than a tonne of fake jellyfish was seized. Jia's operation is estimated to have produced more than 10 tonnes of the fake food, and his profit was estimated to be about 100,000 yuan. Three chemicals - sodium alginate, calcium chloride and aluminum sulfate - were used to mimic the gelatinous texture of the delicacy. There are high levels of aluminium in the mixture, 600 to 800mg/kg, which is eight times of China's own legal limit, the BBC reported. The food and drug safety branch of Huzhou police said too much aluminium could result in bone and nerve damage, and potentially harm memory. The effects could be more pronounced for pregnant women, children and the elderly. The cost of producing fake jellyfish was less than half that processing real jellyfish, and less time was required, People's Daily Online reported.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-police-seize-more-than-a-tonne-of-fake-jellyfish?utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&link_time=1462874962#xtor=CS1-10[/url] [editline]11th May 2016[/editline] Here are some other foods they managed to fake: [video=youtube;Kea87ILzOpQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kea87ILzOpQ[/video] [video=youtube;9sET54nERZs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sET54nERZs[/video] [video=youtube;haSsXxxQBSo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haSsXxxQBSo[/video] [video=youtube;T55tz4qwFMo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T55tz4qwFMo[/video] And terrible food safety: [video=youtube;zrv78nG9R04]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrv78nG9R04[/video] There must be fake food cartels or some shit

Well, now I know people eat jellyfish....

I'd be more surprised if there was something China [I]couldn't[/I] fake. Also that "watermelon" looked absolutely disgusting. It's like raw meat wrapped in cardboard.

[QUOTE=Rope;50293448]Well, now I know people eat jellyfish....[/QUOTE] It tastes like mushy water.

[QUOTE=Rope;50293448]Well, now I know people eat jellyfish....[/QUOTE] i once had jellyfish at a dim sum place in chicago it was interesting

14 grand a year. That's pathetic, but living conditions are different I suppose

Fake cities, fake food, fake cars, fake electronics, what next fake citizens, fake countries?

[QUOTE=Sableye;50293645]Fake cities, fake food, fake cars, fake electronics, what next fake citizens, fake countries?[/QUOTE] I don't know how to tell you this softly, but you're trapped in a counterfeit universe made by some Chinese company. Everything you see is fake.

[QUOTE=Omali;50293659]I don't know how to tell you this softly, but you're trapped in a counterfeit universe made by some Chinese company. Everything you see is fake.[/QUOTE] That explains why life is so cheap.

[QUOTE=Rope;50293448]Well, now I know people eat jellyfish....[/QUOTE] its not that weird, it's just an organic muscley gelatin. its extremely popular in asian countries as an appetizer. considering how much aluminum this fake jellyfish has though, youd go mad eating it

[QUOTE=Sableye;50293645]Fake cities, fake food, fake cars, fake electronics, what next [B]fake citizens[B], fake countries?[/QUOTE] well china is one of the leaders in cloning technology so they're on their way to this

Seriously, there is nothing on this planet that China couldn't fake??

If they didn't add aluminium sulfate this would be completely safe to eat, I reckon.

I don't even want to know what that """"watermelon"""" actually was.

Jellyfish. I had it once when I was in New York because I was feeling adventurous. Imagine gelatin mixed with fried cabbage. You get the slight crunch of the cabbage, but it's still gelatinous, and it has the flavor of seawater.

What the fuck is wrong with China?

I'm more surprised that this is what their chemists do to make money

Gutter oil never ceases to amaze me. They outright open a sewage man-hole, scope up as much sewage as possible and serve it with your food? What the fuck.

[QUOTE=Elcard100;50293870]Seriously, there is nothing on this planet that China couldn't fake??[/QUOTE] Oxygen. That's why Beijing's atmosphere is so fucked.

[QUOTE=Skyward;50294002]I don't even want to know what that """"watermelon"""" actually was.[/QUOTE] I do. What and how.

Plastic jellyfish for eating? [video=youtube;G6zPvkP5uVI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6zPvkP5uVI[/video]

[QUOTE=FunnyStarRunner;50294630]Oxygen. That's why Beijing's atmosphere is so fucked.[/QUOTE] I seem to recall they had fake oxygen bars that were just using air from outside.

Makes one wondering how much of this fake food is still unknown or exported to other countries even.. Also literal fucking greed, not giving the slightest of a fuck about the health of the person that eats it

This is why agencies like the FDA and USDA exist.