May 26, 2004

Soy Vey!

bon apetite!

Shanghai. (Interfax-China) - The Chinese government has shown an unusually high level of concern as a result of a bold media exposure towards a scandal in which human hair was used to make soy sauce. The government has now ordered an immediate inspection of all domestic food seasoning plants before the end of January.
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By producing soy sauce from such raw materials, the producers were said able to cut costs by half. Workers employed at the plants, however, never bought soy sauce marked as "blended" on the packaging, because that usually meant that human hair was the basic material in the sauce.

Posted by ac at May 26, 2004 07:40 PM

Comments

Jeezus, that's nasty! Don't they eat cats, too? Totally uncivilized country..

Posted by: Burnt Fuse at May 27, 2004 01:11 PM

ewwwwww and i thought u were gon talk about soy vey, the teriyaki sauce!

Posted by: Enigma at May 27, 2004 05:43 PM

eww eww eww! Don't most normal people send tha plate back if there's hair in it????

Posted by: Natalie at May 31, 2004 08:56 PM

i think you missed the point... they use hair as an ingredient in making soy sauce -- you just never knew it was there!

Posted by: ac at June 1, 2004 07:13 PM