Viele Japaner meiden Lebensmittel aus China aufgrund der laxen Gesundheitsstandards des Landes und der häufigen Entdeckung illegaler Zusatzstoffe. Japanische Händler vermeiden jedoch häufig die Offenlegung der Lebensmittelherkunft, indem sie Lücken in den Kennzeichnungsgesetzen nutzen. Eine Analyse zeigt, dass tatsächlich etwa 90 % der japanischen Obstkonserven aus China stammen
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I thought this was common knowledge? Japan literally cannot produce enough to feed themselves.
I bought some seafood from one of those furusato campaigns and the bags the product were delivered and sealed in (packed in styrofoam and surrounded with ice) said, „Imported from China“ on it. Maybe the label was referring to the bags themselves but I sincerely doubt it.
I was not disappointed by the quality of what I got especially for the price and tax break, BUT how is an imported product allowed to be sold as a prefectural speciality?
Lax health standards? But keeps importing USA’s food? As European I am more worried about USA’s food and health standards compare to China.
When I was in Japan last year, the unagi chef tells me most of the unagis are imported from China. There are just not enough of them left in Japan.
I mean I myself avoid Chinese food even though I was born and raised in China.
I think labels on products in Japan need some law-enforced improvements. Add some mandatory disclosures, like where things came from, also easy to understand content measurements. Don’t write „12 cookies“ write 300gr (12cookies/25gr) as an example. It’s wild how hard it is sometimes to get information about what you are buying. I understand that it’s sometimes intentionally misleading but that’s one more reason to make it more customer friendly.
Chinese don’t trust Japanese “safe” food from radiation contamination regions either. No love or trust are lost. lol
lol recently found out that 99% of all kimchi is also Chinese… and from one province no less.
Foreigners, I knew it was them (deceptively passing off their products as Japanese)!
yeah, my family doesn’t touch anything canned.
On another note, not gonna lie that I was genuinely heartbroken about 10 years ago when I felt that the Japanese Oreos flavor had changed slightly and saw that their production had switched to China.
What about the glowing seafood in the waters offshore Fukushima …
Gross
On Japanese labels, they just say country of origin : PRC
There is no „China“ in it so … well
Despite the rhetoric you really cannot avoid the continent sized country next door when it comes to trading food.
Especially since china produces a plurality or outright majority of most of the world’s fruits
It’s similar with Korea and other neighbors. Food from China has that notorious image. Pretty justifiable after all the fake food fiasco in the early 2000s. The fake egg was revolutionary in absolutely shitty way. Anyone remember the fake milk scandal? It’s impossible to avoid made in China foods, but many people try to do it to the best of their ability.
Japanese cope never ceases to amaze me
It is true that China faces food safety challenges, and these issues should not be ignored. However, looking specifically at Beijing and Shanghai, life expectancy in both cities exceeded **83.9 years** in 2024—reaching **83.93 years in Beijing** and **84.11 years in Shanghai**—according to official public health data. This places both municipalities on par with the world’s leading high-life-expectancy regions, such as Japan, Switzerland, and Australia. So I guess the food safty might not be that bad as people thought it is.
90% of *canned fruit*?
I mean, it’s not exactly the biggest category of food in any country, but in Japan in particular.
Maybe it gets used at restaurants and such, but I don’t think it’s really part of the regular household’s diet.
Not certain small supermarkets carry any at all.
This sort of cherry picking undercuts whatever truth the story holds.