Surprise, surprise, people are not so keen on buying products made in China, according to a recent Reuters article. From formula to milk, pet food to pharmaceuticals, and the ever-scary question of melamine-tainted wheat gluten going into animal feed all around the world, people aren't feeling so trustworthy when they see that Made In China label. According to experts interviewed, even though Beijing does take action after each event, the overall lax regulations and size of the country make it almost certain that more of these events will keep occurring. It's not so easy just to boycott Chinese goods, according to Matthew Crabbe of Access Asia and moving production to other "low-cost" countries probably wouldn't solve the problem anyway.
Feeling that it's only a matter of time until the next scandal hits, Crabbe's venturing to guess that the next industry to have a problem will be the supplements industry. "Next would probably be the fake pharmaceuticals industry, the herbal pills sector. God knows what goes into those things, and what regulation there is, if any, of that industry," said Crabbe.
Considering that the U.S. itself doesn't even regulate supplements as drugs, that could be a scary thought indeed.
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