China : the big exporter, its dark side, the case of fake food

Name: Phongpan Somabha

keyword: Chinese economic boom

LCSH: Product counterfeiting -- China

; Globalization

LCSH: Food fraud -- China

; Counterfeit industry

LCSH: Food contamination

; Fake food

Abstract: China has long been considered as a turf for counterfeiting industry. Fake goods that are produced in China are sold throughout the entire world because the prices of the items purchased are incredibly low. That dominance has piloted China into a similar (product) based industry. An industry I shall term the fake food industry that undermining health and induce sickness to the consumers. The food market itself reaps a higher than normal marketability due to overpopulation and world food scarcity. The price of food goes up but still people demand for cheaper food. Melamine has been disguised into “milk powder”, “soy protein concentrate” and “gluten” (wheat flour) as a form of cheap ingredient for China’s food industry. It can also easily relocate or infiltrate in to other food industries in many parts of the world. Melamine alone is of low toxicity, but however when melamine is combined with cyanuric acid leads to crystal formation and subsequent kidney toxicity. Instances of counterfeit merchandise distribution and fake food distribution have been identified as following a similar system of movement and have been recognized as having the same country of origin. The big difference is consumers who buy counterfeit goods are mostly aware that these products are faked due to the fact that they demonstrate themselves to be of lesser quality to their legitimate product and price comparatives. In the case of fake food, the distinction is more effectively hidden and unclear to the public at large. Consumers are simply unaware of the hazards associated with these products. This study also unearths exactly why an individual country like China cannot ensure the food safety standard and content quality of its food products

Thammasat University. Thammasat University Library

Address: BANGKOK

Email: preserv@tu.ac.th

Name: Pisanu Sunthraraks

Role: advisor

Created: 2014

Modified: 2021-12-08

Issued: 2021-12-08

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DOI: 10.14457/TU.the.2014.661

eng

DegreeName: Master of Political Science

Level: Master's Degree

Descipline: International Relations

Grantor: Thammasat University

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