So far I've been pretty immune to all the product recalls from China. The pet food scare passed, I don't buy any toys (unless you count Best Buy as a toy store), my fish isn't Chinese, and my blankets are old. To be fair, I don'tcan't use chopsticks, either. But for some reason this story triggered my gag reflex. I have no idea if these things were even made for export (probably not), but the thought of using somebody else's old, dirty chopsticks is enough to make me spit-up my Shaobing. This is all very fitting since we had originally planned to do a show on OCD today (and will probably revisit that subject next week). Sure, I use the paper towel to open the bathroom door, and wash my hands after riding the subway. That's not all that uncommon. Though, now I'll probably sniff my plastic silverware, too! I'll open the floor to other quirks out there...
Better Check Those Chopsticks
Categories: Cutting Room Floor
August 23, 2007
It's not really clear to me in this article whether the factory was repackaging and selling USED disposable chopsticks or selling disposable chopsticks that hadn't been sanitized in an unlicensed factory...
I'd think it might be the latter, since disposable chopsticks come stuck together at the top, and you have to snap them apart - I think you wouldn't be able to pull one over on people just by putting them in a different package once they've been separated.
PLANNED to do a show on OCD today? ANNHHH You can't do this to an OCD listener. I had been hearing the promos for today's OCD story, rushed to have TOTN on today and was so disappointed not to near the story! Okay, PROBABLY revisit that subject next week? Don't leave us dangling or tease us with the promise again, PLEASE. We NEED certainty!
You know, Ruth, you're right. The original story I saw about this made it pretty clear that they were "recycling used chopsticks." This version sure settles my stomach down a bit. Though, I wonder if the details of the story changed, or if someone just got their details wrong. For what it's worth, here is how the story read when I first saw it:
http://news.aol.com/business/story/_a/factory-faces-dirty-chopsticks-charge/20070822030309990001
And sorry Michelle, should have seen that coming! I'll try to keep you posted here on when we reschedule the show. Right now, it looks like the first week or two in September.
Its very hard to follow a thread when you dont know what people mean. Yes we know TOTN means this show but what does OCD mean? and if you are going to use the initals can you at least spell it out once (unless its obvious)
Michelle,
As promised... we have the OCD show scheduled now for Thursday, 9/6, in our second hour of the show. Nothing is ever set in stone in live radio, but it's on the board.
JM Fay:
Point taken... OCD stands for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. We'll have more info on that on Thursday.
I was given a pair of chopsticks at a food establishment today. They cam in a red paper wrapper from China. Instead of having rectanular edges that are stuck together at the top, these were very thin and were crudely lathed. These are most likely the recycled kind.I ended up eating my maki rolls with my fingers.


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