While Americans are still recovering from a scandal over poison pet foods imported from China, FDA inspectors report tainted food imports intended for American humans are being rejected with increasing frequency because they are filthy, are contaminated with pesticides and tainted with carcinogens, bacteria and banned drugs.

In the past year, the FDA rejected more than twice as many food shipments from China as from all other countries combined. No country is increasing its food exports faster than China – about 20 percent in the last year alone. China has become America’s leading supplier of apple juice used as a food sweetener, garlic and garlic powder, sausage casings and cocoa butter.

Officials say FDA inspectors examine only a tiny percentage of the food imported from foreign countries – *about 1%* — meaning most of the contaminated products make it inside the country and to the shelves of retailers.

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