Sanitary pad se ew sauce?

[1newyorkguy]

i bought kwong hung seng sauce at a Thai markets reccomendtion. I googled it and see the FDA has consistently found insect and rat filth in it. Know any clean alternatives?

[alkapal]

this it? http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/ClIrrH6f5cupAzYaoPKJcA

or this, i think: http://thaicookinghouse.com/glossary....

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if it's on the FDA red list, it ain't getting in, though. at least that's how i read it,

[ZenSojourner]

No new product is getting in, but I wonder about stuff already on the shelves, in warehouse, or in stock rooms . . .

[alkapal]

i may be a wuss, but whenever i have a "lee kum kee" brand option in a particular paste or sauce, i'll choose it. i have confidence in them from years of use (and presumably no FDA alerts. ;-).

[ZenSojourner]

Yeah, I don't think avoiding rat excrement and whole beetle larva makes one wussy.

And Lee Kum Kee comes up clean, except for a brush with a possible carcinogen back in the 90's (which was not at dangerous levels and was in a lot of other brands of soy sauce as well)

Now if only I could be sure of getting clean (or at least clean-ish) bean thread noodles . . .

[twj]

Many Lee Kum Kee products are made in California, which inspires a little more consumer confidence than those made in Asia, IMO.

[mrbigshotno.1]

I watched a documentary about food in Korea about 10 years ago, there was a Korean lady who claimed she was a buyer for a large Korean food manufacturer. She claimed that the sanitation in Chinese and Thai factories was disgusting and appaling(she was talking about spice factories) , I dunno, I tended to beleive her. She was very convincing.

[LaPomme]

Oh man. This definitely confirms my reservations about using Chinese water chestnuts, black bean sauce, and other such imported ingredients. I always read lables to try to find products that aren't from China or Thailand, but usually there's no choice.

[monpetitescargot]

oh my god, that is really disturbing, how is it still being imported? feathers? mouse hair? omg.

maybe this will help? http://www.foodsubs.com/CondimntAsia....

also, did anyone read the title of this post and laugh?

[twj]

I use Healthy Boy brand for black soy sauce and yellow bean sauce for Thai dishes. I am tempted to Google to see if any FDA warnings come up, after reading that. I've used the Kwong Hung Seng in the past-needless to say, I will never again.

[1newyorkguy]

I just bought Trader Joe's black pepper sauce, which is made in Thailand. Hopefully it does the trick and is free of vermin!

[1newyorkguy]

avoid the tj's sauce..tastes nasty

[CindyJ]

That is totally gross!!! And it really makes me wonder about the vast array of imported products available in ethnic markets. I'm curious -- what prompted you to google the product in the first place?

[1newyorkguy]

Hmm..I guess just to see what others thought of it. I also was aware of imported products from Asia being tainted with various things, so I had an eye open for that.

[1newyorkguy]

here's the stomach-turning link
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/...